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ALAMEDA, CALIF.–It’s easy to drop $10 or $20 in an arcade within a few short minutes. How would like to play unlimited games on 85+ vintage pinball machines (that actually work) for a flat fee of $15? Add to that a museum tour offered by pinball docents who know their stuff and you’re in for the time of your life! There’s a little bit of pinball heaven in Alameda where a unique, one-of-a-kind  Pacific Pinball Museum features Charlie’s Angels, solid state Dolly Parton, Addams Family in dot matrix, Dr. Dude, Buckaroo, CSI, Fireball, Flash, Grand Slam and Hurricane, just a few of the pinball machines that will make you feel like a kid again. If you have kids it’s never too late to introduce them to pre-21st technology where you don’t have to blow someone’s head off or obliterate them with your laser gun to have fun. Oddly enough, there was a time when pinball was considered risqué and leading to youth decay. Better Homes and Gardens magazine launched a campaign in 1957 to outlaw children’s access to pinball. You’ll learn this and more when your visit to the Bay Area includes a stop in Alameda at the Pacific Pinball Museum.

On March 9, 2014  see Dan Miller, collector of historic pinball machines:
1-1:45pm Pinball History TOUR
2- 2:45pm CLASS: What you need to know about buying and owning a pinball machine
3- 3:45pm Pinball History TOUR

The City of Alameda offered Pacific Pinball Museum the fantastic (1902) Carnegie Library building. They’ve launched a campaign to raise the needed $3.2 million within the next two years. Help them create the “Smithsonian of Pinball!”  pacificpinball.org