Pinball Wizard

There is a place in Las Vegas where the lights flash and bells ring, a place that is full of people ready to be the next big winner. It is off the strip, yet holds a whole different type of style. The Pinball Hall of Fame is where I am talking about. To be honest, I didn’t even know that this place existed until a week ago.

It is really a sight to be seen. My first thought driving up was that the parking lot was strikingly full. I suppose that I was thinking it would be a hole in the wall with a couple of troubled kids out front. What is it is an entire warehouse packed full of fun and during daylight hours there are a ton of people there.
They had mature machines and fresh ones. Things from my childhood like Elvira, Star Trek, and Frankenstein. I think the oldest games I played were back from the 50’s and those games were hard. No joke, if I were a greaser in 1959 I would have roughed up those machines too because they gave me a run for my money (i.e. they took my money really fast).

Not just pinball machines, there was Donkey Kong and the original Super Mario Brothers. I stayed away from that stuff though, I am a maniac at Mario Brothers and I would have been there all night, or at least I like to think I was that good and so there for I still am. Right? Sure. In the end, it was $5 of family fun that I never knew existed. The question is, would I go back? Darn right, it was awesome!