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Pacific Pinball Museum

Thursday our group was Jenny, David, Glen, Roger, Alan, and Anne. Jenny spotted the Pinball Museum in the guidebook, so we drove to Alameda to check it out.







They had old machines dating back to the 1930's. These were on display, but not available to play.














Starting with the 1950's wooden rail machines, though, most of them were actually available to play -- what a neat experience.







































Moving along in time, Glen discovered a model like the one in his dorm building at Penn State. He'd played that one quite a bit.














There were also several rooms full of more recent machines.









We all had fun: once you paid your museum admission, the games were all free to play. Try whatever looked interesting. No pile of quarters required!









They have around 900 machines, but only around 100 on display at any one time, due to space constraints. They're currently fundraising for a more spacious venue.




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