Thanks to quality work courtesy of the Pinball Medics, Eight Balls spinner is JUICED! Light the spinner for 1000 points per spin by shooting the 8 Ball target (top right). Then shoot for the spinner for big points. Hint: With practice, you can shoot the spinner from either flipper. Mike Remembers: Eight Ball was the […]
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Mike Remembers: Mata Hari was positioned beside an old Stern Stars at the Spider’s Web Arcade underneath the Britannia Plaza. I would frequent this location throughout my childhood and the arcade owner would always answer my many pinball questions and tell me stories of the games, their makers, and their significance. I remember him explaining
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Watch carefully! Completing one set of 4 drop targets resets BOTH drop target rows. Shoot strategically, and prioritize finishing the drop target bank with the fewest targets still standing. Mike Remembers: My best memory of Power Play was at a little diner in the small town of Waterloo in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. I
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Mike Remembers: The first place I remember playing Evel Knievel was at the House of Pizza at the corner of Woodroffe and Richmond. It was one of the first solid state games I remember playing and was worth the bike ride down the parkway. I remember it again at another Pizza Shop across Baseline Road
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Mike Remembers: I used to play Stargazer at the games room on Bank Street. I always loved the great sound package and the astrology theme was very attractive to me as well. The classic Sterns were some of my favorites and this and some of their other rare titles have always held a special
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Mike Remembers: The only location I remember playing the Incredible Hulk is at the Mister Arcade at Bank and Alta Vista. They always had a great selection of Gottlieb games. The angry Hulk sounds really stood out for me and it always drew me back in because once you lit the specials you could
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Mike Remembers: The first time I played this game was at Mister Arcade at Bank and Alta Vista. It was an extra wide body Gottlieb, with the largest playing surface of any standard game along side its sister game Star Race. It was nestled beside Gottlieb Genie and while it was not my favorite game
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Mike Remembers: I remember being blown away by the artwork on this game when I first saw it at the Hampton Park Bowling Alley. Although it was a very difficult game, it drew me back time and time again with its unusual playfield layout, the reverse back hand upper flipper, and its difficult to achieve
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Ottawa Pinball Arcade – 2559 Baseline Road – The Neighbourhood Pub Ottawa Pinball Arcade, in partnership with the Neighbourhood Pub, is thrilled to announce a rapidly expanding lineup of Pinball Machines and Video Games at the Ottawa Pinball Arcade located at 2559 Baseline Rd. Not just any arcade, this is Ottawa’s only Classic Arcade, featuring
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