The Ottawa Pinball Arcade is preparing to commence video tutorials of all the games here at the Arcade! As the Pinball Wizard, Mike will walk you through a game overview of each machine, touching on all the features and strategies, with tips and tricks to help you develop your pinball playing skills and take your […]
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Mike Remembers: F-14 was a fixture at the Games Room on Rideau street, and when I first played it I was blown away by the speed and incredibly fast flow of this game. Of course within a year, this was the norm, but at the time it was like hearing Eddie Van Halen for
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Mike Remembers: My most vivid memories of the Fireball II Pinball Machine were at a corner store in Vanier up the road from my friend’s place. The three banks of drop targets and both close in and long sweeping shots, combined multi-ball and speech made it a great package, sort of Skateball meets Eight
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Step back into the mid 70’s, and you will find one of the greatest sources of inspiration for the Ottawa Pinball Arcade, The Wizard. As Ottawa’s largest chain of Arcades, The Wizard stood as the gold standard when parting with our quarters, with locations throughout the Ottawa area, Kingston, and ultimately stretching all the
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Mike Remembers: One of my all time favorite games, which I first became acquainted with at the Hampton Park Bowling Alley. This game really had it all and was the perfect combination of sound, light and game play. As a fan of drop targets in general, this game was a tour de force with a
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Mike Remembers: Sinbad was one of those games you saw all over Ottawa back in the day, and that was a good thing, as this game was a pile of fun. With tons of drop targets and not one but two sets of double flippers, this is still a great piece.
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Mike Remembers: King Pin was another of the classic single player Gottlieb tables with smaller wedge shaped heads, commonly referred to as “Wedgeheads” , that graced the Merivale Arcade in the mid Seventies. Its huge row of drop targets is a real challenge to complete, and for its time, similarly to more than several of
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Mike Remembers: Volley was a fixture at the Merivale Arcade for years, and even a couple of years (think current Iphone models for perspective, pinball technology was moving forward at warp speed from 1976 to 1982) after the advent of Solid State Pinball, Volley was one of the few Electro-Mechanical Pinball Machines to still take
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Mike Remembers: This pinball machine has not been seen by many, and even as an avid arcade hound when his game was new, I only have vague memories of playing it in Ottawa, though if I had to guess, I think it was at the Wizard on Bank Street, where rare classic Stern games were
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Mike Remembers: This machine first caught my eye when it was in front of the shoe rental kiosk at the West end Skateway Roller Disco. It was beside an Asteroids, and they went so well together I spent a lot of time right there as they were two of my fave pinball and video games
Meteor – Stern 1979 Read More »
Experience the best Classic Pinball in Ottawa with your group playing some of the most memorable and most desirable Golden Era Classic Pinball Machines and Video Games of all time. We have many options available for large or small groups. The Neighbourhood Pub offers great prices on Drinks, buffet style or several a la carte
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