Tonight I found my way to a pool place with some friends where they had some serious vintage pin ball machines. I've never seen anything like them before, super cool. Designed with singular metal buttons to push to designate specific plays and the count for three, four or five in a row, like in board games, it brings you back in time.
These two guys were enjoying their games at Emma's in West Ashley. They said the games must have been around for 40 or 50 years. My friend Mike, 54, said he remembered playing on these exact pin ball machines when he was a teenager. "I would save all of my soda bottles and trade them in so I could play pin ball," he said. How cool!?!
Lining up their shots....
Details of the machine...
Small metal buttons to make it all happen....
Detail shot of the metal buttons.
Getting ready to shoot the ball....this part of the machine is basically still the same today.
Practically looks like Vegas here!
Some guys bang on the machine to help guide the small metal balls into the desired number.
Getting ready to strike!
