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Offline solar value

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Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« on: July 13, 2015, 12:18:24 AM »
Hi All,

Heard about a new barcade that has opened up called Bartronica on Flinders Lane in the Melbourne CBD. Apparently they have 6 pinball machines and some arcade machines. The first barcade for Melbourne I believe.

https://www.facebook.com/bartronica/info?ref=page_internal

https://melbournepinballfinder.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/new-additions-bartonica/
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2015, 12:03:22 PM »
Nice find, wish I knew about this when my cousin was down from NSW...would've loved to visit!!
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2015, 07:53:54 PM »
Bartronica has been on the following website for sometime.  It's the most upto date place to find pins on location in Melbourne:

https://melbournepinballfinder.wordpress.com/map/


The funny thing about Bartronica is that when they opened in late Jan, they had no pinballs.  When asked if they could get a pinball machine, they said "no - they are a maintenance issue'.  After hearing repeated requests (many times from the same people no doubt), they got Teenage Muniment Ninja Turtles.  Ever since, they have added one machine per month!

So don't be surprised if you see seven machines there soon.  Hopefully a new machine this time.  Currently they are all 90s pin games.
« Last Edit: July 13, 2015, 08:25:21 PM by Brunswick Brawler »
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2015, 08:32:34 PM »
Sounds great, although nothing wrong with having older games.
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2015, 09:37:59 PM »
Sounds like they are happy with the reliability of the 90s machines.
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2015, 10:40:03 PM »
They are all good machines at Bartronica.  But I tend to like the really old (60s/70s) and really new that I haven't played before.
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2015, 10:47:32 PM »
Quote from: Brunswick Brawler on July 13, 2015, 10:40:03 PM
They are all good machines at Bartronica.  But I tend to like the really old (60s/70s) and really new that I haven't played before.
A good mix of games would be great. I misunderstood thinking the only way to really make this work is to include new machines which I didn't entirely agree with. I will be checking this place out soon as I think it could be a nice fun spot to relax and enjoy the atmosphere. Hope to meet some ap guys there too  ^^^
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2015, 10:59:38 PM »
I was going to drop in here about a month ago after seeing this place on the pinball Finder app. Unfortunatly it wasn't open and I was going to the football for the afternoon so didn't get a chance to get back there. It'd be great to see some pics if anyone drops in.
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2015, 07:37:23 PM »
Quote from: Crashramp on July 13, 2015, 10:59:38 PM
I was going to drop in here about a month ago after seeing this place on the pinball Finder app. Unfortunatly it wasn't open and I was going to the football for the afternoon so didn't get a chance to get back there. It'd be great to see some pics if anyone drops in.

Have a look at the original link above from Solar_Value to 'new-additions-bartonica'.  There are two photos there.
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2015, 07:51:05 PM »
Quote from: Brunswick Brawler on July 14, 2015, 07:37:23 PM
Quote from: Crashramp on July 13, 2015, 10:59:38 PM
I was going to drop in here about a month ago after seeing this place on the pinball Finder app. Unfortunatly it wasn't open and I was going to the football for the afternoon so didn't get a chance to get back there. It'd be great to see some pics if anyone drops in.

Have a look at the original link above from Solar_Value to 'new-additions-bartonica'.  There are two photos there.

Thanks  ^^^
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Re: Bartronica Arcade, Melbourne City
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2016, 12:39:58 PM »
The Melbourne pinball map has the following lineup for Bartronica at the moment:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Data East 1991) - Goldeneye (Sega 1997) - Star Wars (Data East 1992) - Super Mario Bros (Gottlieb 1992) - Creature From The Black Lagoon (Bally 1992) - Pinbot (Williams 1986)

Great that they added Pinbot! Sad to see that Lights, Camera, Action has left though, was having fun with that one last week.
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