Pinball Hall of Fame

Just a quick post today because we’re still having fun and recharging the batteries in Vegas .

We spent a couple of hours today at the Pinball Hall of Fame , a not-for-profit museum (well, warehouse)  containing a huge collection of both pinball machines and (more interestingly for me) original arcade games dating back to the 70’s.

If you’re not interested in old video games then it probably looks as dull as hell, but for me it bought back some great memories, with fully playable versions of Paperboy, Pac-man, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Tetris and Space Invaders.

Having spent many a day as a 10 year old begging my parents for 50p’s to play the Teenage Mutant Ninja Tutrles game, it was odd watching 4 grown adults playing the game again while their 10 year old looking on in bemusement. Nothing makes you feel old like realising that your favourite toys were made 30 years ago.

Anyway, the museum is a labour of love and all profits and donations go to the Salvation Army so if you can tear yourself away from everything else Vegas has to offer I can thoroughly recommend it.