Pinball Galery Opening This Weekend WildWood NJ
Rickspins09
wildwood to check out a car show they have every year from one end of
the board walk to the other.And well as I was looking in all the shops
I came across the WILDWOOD Mall and come to Find a Bunch Of Old EM
Games in the Bottom Part of the Mall on the board walk.The Guy who
owned all the games was there working on them and took a few moments
to BS with me for awhile and said he has owned these games for a very
long time.He said this weekend all the games would be up and running
100%. About 150 games were there to play and enjoy.
Mark
the guy's name is randy, and i hope that he is ready to open up to
the public
today or tomorrow. i will be stopping by to check it out tomorrow at
noon, and
i will follow up with a post to let everyone know. this could be em
heaven for
pinheads.
mark
Rickspins09
Check it out
Brad
You think you could take some photos? I live about 2 hours from there
and would love to check out it out. I can't imagine one guy fixing up
150 EM's for public use.
--
Brad
This USENET post sent from http://rgparchive.com
Ray
Just got back from a trip to Randy's Pinball Arcade in the bottom of
the Boardwalk Mall in Wildwood, NJ with Mark. He has it setup with
about 70-80 machines in the pay for play area. He charges $10/hour.
No other options available at this time. He announces when the hour
will start. You need to wait for a start time before you can play.
At the end of the hour he asks everyone to leave and starts a new
hour. Since no one was around in the afternoon he let us play for 1
1/2 hours and did not kick us out. Most of the machines were fully
working. Some had some minor issues. He does not allow video or
pictures to be taken, not sure why, I saw the sign but did not ask.
Most of the machines are Williams and Gottlieb with some Bally's and
Chicago Coin thrown in. He has them all on high tap and must be using
super duper pop bumper coils because the pop bumpers on all of the
machines (Williams, Gottlieb and Bally) were knocking the ball around
like I have never seen before. Hopefully they do not cause the
machine to break plastics or targets.
There is also some other games outside that need coins to play. Some
pinball and gun games. There is also a shooting gallery to shoot out
the red star and a horse race game where you roll balls to get points
to move your horse down the track.
Some of the machines that I remember:
Gottlieb: Team One, King of Diamonds, 2001, Central Park, Super Spin,
Buckaroo, Fast Draw, Quick Draw, Pioneer, Roller Coaster, Mustang,
World Fair, Now
Williams: Straight Flush (Pop bumpers were on Speed), Yukon, Soccer,
Whoopee, 8 Ball, Ding Dong (Pop Bumpers were unbelievable), Granada,
Aztec, Love Bug
Bally: Circus (not working correctly), RoGo, Surfers, Safari, El Toro,
Vampire
Chicago Coin, Gun Smoke (Awesome game to play with the Gun Smoke
button).
There were also some pitch and bat machines in the pay for play area.
Definitely a nice place to play some EMs. If you are down there I
would highly recommend that you check it out. He also said he is
still trying to get his place opened up at the old Woolworths but he
is having problems with the elected officials.
funrudy
<52bdf475-5e6b-4f5f...@w36g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,
Ray <exw...@aol.com> wrote:
Whoo-Hooooo!!!!
Time to head for the NJ Shore again, Pinball, Pinball and Pinball!
No Snooki and The Shituation!
Brad
Drove down today and it was closed. The owner was inside..walked up
the the door and tried to say something.. I though maybe it was too
early, and came back later..lights were out.
biggdlarry
I use to live in Jersey when I was a kid? Wildwood is real cool:
--
biggdlarry
Rickspins09
thats shitty I give him a Post on Rgp and He is closed Cant be the
same guy and place I was at guy was totaly into making people happy.
Brad
Yea, I was bummed about it since I had driven 90 miles..oh and the tolls
to get down there. I hope there is a proper update with the hours and
games available for play.
--
Brad
PinJim
100 pins (EM) on free play. Had a great time. If you go, introduce
yourself, he's a great guy to talk to.
PinJim
day 10:00am to 10:00pm.
sledworks
back. I sold and delivered to him a couple Allied Leisure "Shaker
Ball" machines. I had no idea who he was or what he collected. Turned
out to be a fun day and was amazed with his coin-op and memorabilia
collection. Got a tour of the Woolworth store. He briefed me about the
zoning issues he was facing.
He emailed me last week and asked if I could help spread the word
about his new pinball venture...
"About 100 EM Pinballs, set on free play with hourly admission charge
to get in and have unlimited play. Fast playing, amazing feel like
solid state, but on electro-mechanical !! Extra stuff to do to, some
gun games, bat and pitch, even shoot out the star and 16 player derby
race. The collection is just the tip of the iceberg, as it is part of
a massive collection of thousands of great old Amusement Park games
and memorabilia... Also in town is an amusements museum filling the
entire Woolworth's department store... hoping to open soon !!! it is
only a WOW !!!
Remember When Retro Arcade Pinball Palace inside the Boardwalk
Mall, 3800 Boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ 08260"
Good luck Randy! Hope to see you this summer.
Jimmy Rosen
Old Sled Works
Duncannon, PA
www.sledworks.com
Mark
i was there the saturday of memorial day weekend, and had a great
time. all of
the machines that i played were working good and the pop bumpers were
amazingly strong and fast. the owner ( randy ) needs to come up with
an "all day pass" $ price because you can't play all of the machines
in 1 hour. it would be great if you could pay a daily fee $ and play
fro a couple hours, then go up on the boardwalk for a bite to eat and
see the sites, than go back to play more
pinball for another couple hours. his set up is a pinhead's dream,
and the daily
fee $ is really the way to go, you need the time to play multiple
games on a machine, to see if you can get a high score, or pop
specials, and 1 hour just doesn't cut it.
there is a great mix of games ( gottlieb, williams & bally ) and a
chicago coin game called "gun smoke" that is a must play. there are
2 hole/cups that when the ball goes into, there are bonus points
flashing on the back glass, and you push a button on the cabinet to
stop the flashing bonus on a score amount 50, 100, 200, 300, 500 point
value, it's really unique.
sorry to hear of the guy who went last friday and the place was
closed. i guess
randy just took the day off. i plan to attend a couple more times
this summer.
Mark
bump
Mark
any body make a visit, or intending to visit this wildwood nj
arcade,please give a response,
thanks, mark
Metahugh
This Randy?
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=110746
Hugh
fred
Same guy.
annointed
I still need to check this place out, given that we have a condo in
Wildwood (stroke of luck there). Unfortunately we rent it out all
summer, so I won't be able to stay there until at least September:(.
But hopefully my tenants are patronizing Randy's establishment. If
anyone has brochures or info that I can put in the condo, please PM me,
I'll slap it on the fridge and encourage my renters to check the place
out.
--
annointed
airace3065
It's about time someone took advantage of Wildwood NJ!! Not too many
years ago Wildwood was loaded with arcades featuring any number of
pinball machines. Ocean City NJ still has 3 or 4 decent arcades (esp
"Jilly's") on the boardwalk with a good line up of machines.
Ron, (Boatcat)
This isn't the first time Randy
attempted to open an EM Arcade on the
Boardwalk, (not talking about the fascination
place he had). He had one operating I would
say approx 10 years ago. Lasted only a few
years probably because the location wasn't
a good one.
fred
He was on the boardwalk at the Old Glenwood ave. Bowling Alley\Roller
Skating Building. Back then it was like $10 a day all you can play.
The problem was NOBODY could see it because it was basically hidden
from public view. Then the 2nd problem was there were WAY more "Out Of
Order" signs on the machines than customers...