![]() We spoke with Tim Arnold for a little while and he explained his motivations for The Pinball Hall of Fame. It’s not like a boring museum where you just look at shit… it’s a play museum. To top things off, there’s a couple of aisles filled with the most vintage video games ranging from the original Donkey Kong and Missile Command to lesser known gems like Mad Planets. They even have several “EM” or electro-mechanical arcade machines which are essentially the prototypes of modern video games. There are machines dating back nearly 80 years as well as brand new limited edition machines. The guy who owns it, Tim Arnold, is a pinball machine collector & repair specialist. His work shop is in the back of the Pinball Hall of Fame where you can see the guts of various machines he works his electronic wizardry on. ![]() Seriously, in 2011 they donated $500,000 USD to the Salvation Army. No time is wasted on decor and swiping point cards, instead you get pure arcade goodness at ridiculously low prizes (most machines are quarter plays) and to top things off, all the proceeds go to charity. It’s more like a warehouse than a hall of a fame, but once you step foot inside none of that matters. Located in sunny Las Vegas, The Pinball Hall of Fame is inside of a sand tone brick building. To be entirely honest with you, I never fully appreciated pinball machines… until now. Typically there was something along the lines of a Batman machine, a KISS machine and maybe a Star Trek TNG machine. If you’re like me, pinball was a bit before your generation, so when you went to an arcade your options were Sega Rally, Street Fighter II, Tekken 2, Virtua Cop, etc… Then, against one wall was always the pinball machines. Some of these games don’t even pixels… but they paved the way for what we play today. Beyond Retro is a section of the site dedicated to displaying really old video games and pinball.
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