Playable Public Pinball in Melbourne & Sydney

[ajlaird]

Went to "Xanadu" kids playground in Hallam.

Has the most f***ed up Baywatch, no display, half the globes are out, can't read any of the writing on the playfield for dirt... Great machine...

Gave up on it and went and played the Sega rally twin sitting next to it, coin mech on the left didn't work, screen on the right had horizontal jitters and was moving about 6 inches left and right... Thought I was going to have a seizure...

I asked the owner (thinking they were his machines), he told me that 3 different guys come in and "look after" the machines, commented that maybe they need a new career choice...

Their website needs some work, too: http://www.xanaduplaycentre.com.au

[shansta]

Their website needs some work, too: http://www.xanaduplaycentre.com.au

Looks like the same dude who owns the Baywatch IMO...

[shansta]

Sounds like it might be worth the trip i havnt played a crappy broken down baywatch in a while you did say it had no display didnt you man thats gold

Didn't have much working except for those flipper thingys and the silver ball thing... 

[HOW]

Hi there all,

Hope everyone had a good Xmas and New Year.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the suggestions for public pins in Melbourne & Sydney.
I've had a look on Google maps and think I have the addresses of places mentioned correct - appreciate it if anyone can correct any errors though.
Really must ry to get to that Sandringham Hotel as never played a real-life MM - only a Visual Pinball approximation.
The other game I'd wanna try is SW-E1 as never played a Pinball 2000 machine either, and there's no PC-playable emulation of them as yet. I'd rather it was an RFM but hey :)
Thanks again all  

EDIT: Oh- I forgot - there was large arcade in the Mall where Paddy's is last time I was in Sydney- think it was called 'Galaxy' - do they have any pins as far as anyone knows? I'll probably pop in as like vids too - and a sucker for Sega Rally 3 LOL

Melbourne CBD Pins:
Kingpin (Melbourne Central -8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006‎ - (03) 8646 4150‎) - Star Wars Episode 1  
All Nations Backpackers  - 2 Spencer Street 3000 Melbourne VIC - Flinders Street (near corner of Spencer St) - Demolition Man  
The Lounge -  1/243 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000‎ - (03) 9663 2916‎ (upstairs) - Scared Stiff  
Strike Bowling Bar  - 249 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000‎ - 1300 787 453‎ - Crnr. Swanston Street - Star Trek: The Next  Generation  
Crown Casino Bar - 8 Whiteman St, Southbank VIC 3006‎ - (03) 9292 6666‎ - Monster Bash  
Las Vegas Poker Room - 8 Whiteman Street, Crown Entertainment Comlex, Southbank VIC 3006‎ - (03) 9292 6408‎ - World Poker Tour  
Crown Casino - Strike Bowling Bar -  8 Whiteman Street, Crown Entertainment Comlex, Southbank VIC 3006‎ - (03) 9292 6408‎ -   The Simpsons Pinball Party, Family Guy, Pirates Of The Caribbean  
The Cue Club - 277 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065‎ - (03) 9419 (pool hall & bar) on Brunswick St, Fitzroy -It had 4 good working pins last I looked: Monster Bash, Attack from Mars, Tales of the Arabian Nights & another I can't remember (err..getting old).It's a 10 min tram ride and is a cool shopping & cafe/bar precinct.
Pins in Sydney CBD:
Windsor Hotel  - 48 Park St, Sydney NSW 2000‎ - (02) 9283 3362‎ - has TZ, NF and RS
The James Squire Brewhouse   - King St Wharf, 22, The Promenade, Sydney, NSW 2000 - Stern Indy Jones & T2 - good beer too brewed on premises.
Sporters Bar in Menzies Hotel  - 14 Carrington St, Sydney NSW 2000‎ - (02) 8235 1828‎ - has STTNG, IJ and SS
Best place to go would be Newtown which is just 2km from CBD which has nice pubs with pins - eg :  
Court House Hotel - 202 Australia St, Newtown NSW 2042‎ - (02) 9519 8273‎  - Spiderman, TZ, AF, JY, Congo - and good place for a feed too - it is walking distance from Courthouse is the:-
Sandringham Hotel  -  387 King St, Newtown NSW 2042‎ - (02) 9557 1254‎  - with MM & IJ

[HOW]

Thanks Leon    Anytime you are back this way we will make a day of it 
Andy,there are a few kiwi's on this forum,Pintech/Iain who is in CHCH and sounds like you have found some of his pin's out in the wild,there are more,happy hunting 
Hamish1 & Clark are in Auckland,can't think of any others at mo,
There is a NZ meet in march up in Auckland if you want to meet some top guy's and play some pin's and classic arcade games 
Will pm you my phone number if you are keen for a game or 2 

Hi there Mike,
Sorry - been real busy over Xmas. Thanks for the offer - I may well be taking you up on it :)
Cheers Andy

[FreePlay]

yep all of the Sydney addresses look correct & Galaxy no longer has any pins (last checked about 6 months ago)

[Homepin]

Melbourne domestic airport - Virgin gate 4 (departures)

[Docpinball]

God, when I think back to where there were Pinballs on every corner Milkbar and Fish and Chip shop. really sad to see this list and realize just how few there are around.

Remember when you could find a Playboy or Kiss just about any suburb you went to.

[HOW]

God, when I think back to where there were Pinballs on every corner Milkbar and Fish and Chip shop. really sad to see this list and realize just how few there are around.

Remember when you could find a Playboy or Kiss just about any suburb you went to.

Not sure about Kiss & Playboy......an age thing 
Can certainly remember plenty of Addams Family & Getaways back in the UK in the early 90's though.
Well you'd be hard pressed to find any pins in Blighty now.
I think I'm blessed to be this end of the world - I get to play a TZ, FG, Flintstones, Dr.Who - and now there's a CSI pretty regularly on location.
Looking forward to Oz in general - but pins are nice bonus 

PS. When I was Googling for this forum at work I came across: http://www.aussiearcade.com.au/
Are the 2 related?

[Homepin]

God, when I think back to where there were Pinballs on every corner Milkbar and Fish and Chip shop. really sad to see this list and realize just how few there are around.

Remember when you could find a Playboy or Kiss just about any suburb you went to.

Not sure about Kiss & Playboy......an age thing 
Can certainly remember plenty of Addams Family & Getaways back in the UK in the early 90's though.
Well you'd be hard pressed to find any pins in Blighty now.
I think I'm blessed to be this end of the world - I get to play a TZ, FG, Flintstones, Dr.Who - and now there's a CSI pretty regularly on location.
Looking forward to Oz in general - but pins are nice bonus 

PS. When I was Googling for this forum at work I came across: http://www.aussiearcade.com.au/
Are the 2 related?

No, they are separate forums

[markc]

Friday night games coming soon

we have 25 plus working pins in showroom now and ware hoping to get to  50 plus by end of month 
plus a few others .......


will load pictures  soon


 

[HOW]

@markc: Hey! Cool - look forward to pics :)

@Homepin: I wondered if run by same persopn - as both had changing banners with some pretty cool artwork  *%*Tempted to 'borrow' some of those banners for a T-Shirt......  LOL

I mentioned new CSI - What's others thoughts? It seemed OK to me - but the new Stern builds such as new IJ,new Batman, and this CSI seem 'plasticky' if you know what I mean? - Compared to say a couple of Sterns I've played lately - ie. an FG and Stern Spiderman.

[HOW]

Hi there All,

Back from the trip a week or so now - Thought I'd say thanks for the info

Out of the list provided I managed to get to, and play the following 

Melbourne Pins (Missed the storm/hail by a week - looked awful).

The Lounge - Scared Stiff

Kingpin Bowling in the Crowne Complex - for The Simpsons Pinball Party - there was no Family Guy, and I didn't play Pirates Of The Caribbean.
There was a Star Wars Episode 1 but.....I left that as next to the SWE1 was a Revenge From Mars!!!     
Crown Casino Bar - Monster Bash
 
Didn't make it to The Cue Club in Fitzroy -so missed Attack from  - Maybe next time.

Pins in Sydney CBD:

Windsor Hotel - had TZ, NF and RS - but only No fear working, and was being reserved/played 

Got out to Newtown as my other half was looking for an Ibrik in a coffee shop out that way.

Found the Court House Hotel, but she was not impressed by the rowdiness  , so missed out on - Spiderman, TZ, AF, JY, Congo, etc.

However I got to the Sandringham Hotel for MM which I really enjoyed   - You have to remember that these machines I played I've never played in real life before - only via simulation on Visual Pinball (Revenge excepted as I thought I'd NEVER  get to play that!)

Nice bonus was Queen Victoria Hotel on Ensmore Street - They had The Getaway (I've played this before back in the 90's in UK- a personal fave, a SE Playboy....but I left that as they had a CV! - another game I've always wanted to play .

So thanks all - You were a great help 

Andy

[markc]

the Que  in Fitzroy   closes  very soon  ( next week  I think ) , I will have all the pins for sale

[Problemchild_87]

Batman (Dark Knight):
Galaxy World
George Street Sydney


Indiana Jones
Galaxy World
Market City China Town Sydney