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.
Pinball was always one of my favourite “arcade games” as well. I had many favourite kinds of tables, but I recall one particular Indiana Jones table as being a favourite down at the bowling alley. A game of pinball was always preferred to dumping quarters in the latest crappy fighting or shooting game!