![]() ![]() As some of you who have been reading my posts know,I got the chance to visit for the first time The Pinball Wizard Arcade over in Pelham,NH. The good reputation that it has as an excellent place to play pinball is well deserved. (Sci-Fi Journal,if you'd like to know more.) I went that day on the chance that my scheduled trip up there the following weekend to shoot a segment for my cable access show. The Montshire exhibit halls will be staying open late with presentations from astronomers and the New Hampshire Astronomical Society, and well have telescopes. ![]() Well,not only was I able to do that,but my wife and I spent the weekend in the lovely Lakes Region of New Hampshire - which also happens to have one of the biggest arcades on the planet - the legendary Funspot. While my wife & I had a great time during our mini vacation,the gaming & pinball portion of it was somewhat of an eye opener to me. The following is my story of how events unfolded. Contact Electronic Wizard in Franklin, MA for all of your pinball machine, arcade game, pool table, and electronic repairs. I can't say enough good things about The Pinball Wizard Arcade. To have a place like PWA within two hours driving distance of home is just incredible. REPAIR SERVICES: Pinball, Video Game, and Shuffle Alley My Arcade Repair specializes in on-site (home or business) service and repair on most makes and models of electronic and electromechanical pinball, video game, and shuffle alley machines within the Nashua/Salem New Hampshire area. Anyways, my crew & I arrived there Saturday morning and we got some playtime in before we started filming my segment. Has (3) teensy BBs, a plunger, spinners, ledges and variable point scores. John is a "pinball wizard" - and the owner of the PWA. Put an arcade in your pocket with this tiny pinball game. The tables there are from her personal collection,which is incredible in and of itself. She is very passionate about pinball,and also her arcade - I could tell how proud she was of TPWA during her interview. (This became more appreant to me over the course of the weekend,but more on that later) I pointed out that - to me,anyways.while I love the quantity of the selection of games there - that it is really the quality condition of TPWA that really stands out. I can't begin to tell you how long it's been since I've seen so many machines in good working order. Now,most of these machines are well over 15 years old-so there were a few not working.(TPWA has a proto WOZ that isn't working properly - that was my biggest disappointment)But overall,still an A+ in my book. I'm making it a point to try pins that I haven't played before - and my goal is eventually to play every table at TPWA. As an example,my first trip there,the Indy WMS table malfunctioned while I was playing it. The lists are divided into the American Classic Arcade Museum games and games elsewhere in the center.I got my tokens back,and Sarah had it fixed and running again within ten minutes. ![]() The following tables list games located at Funspot. The majority of games at Funspot are part of the American Classic Arcade Museum's collection, a non-profit organization located on Funspot's second floor, whose goal is to "promote and preserve the history of coin-operated arcade games." Games Funspot is ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's largest arcade. This is a list of games at Funspot Family Fun Center, located in the village of Weirs Beach in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States.
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