Archive for November, 2009

Pinball economics

Addams Family Pinball Restoration (131) I was a huge fan of pinball during my high school years in the mid to late 90’s. I remember going to the mall for lunch and playing The Adams Family pinball game. We left many a free play in that game when we had to leave to get back for afternoon classes. It was my favourite pinball game and the one I was the best at. I’d love to find a digital version, or a live machine someday. With the detailed game information presented here I bet I could do even better at that game. In contrast, another mall also had a copy of the game, but they had their table set at a steeper incline and it made the game play entirely differently (obviously). I really sucked when I played there.

There is a wonderful article that explains the economics of the pinball machine, and also looks at their eventual downfall in the face of video games.