Posted on 09/08/2025 4:29:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Step into an unassuming industrial building in Teltow, just outside Berlin, and a bright, clacking universe unfolds: around 50 pinball machines line 200 square metres, from classics like Wizard and The Addams Family to modern hits such as Game of Thrones. Welcome to Flipperhalle Berlin - proof that pinball is back in vogue.
The United States, the world's largest pinball market, has seen a dramatic revival since the mid-2000s, fuelled by the rise of arcade bars, or "barcades," that pair vintage games with food and drink.
The trend has spread far beyond the US: pinball machines now pop up in breweries, restaurants and dedicated pinball bars from Chicago to Sydney. Chicago's Logan Arcade, for example, has become a mecca for enthusiasts, with themed machines and regular tournaments.
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I assure you, the machinery of a pinball machine is purely digital. There are absolutely no devices that react to a variable-weighted stimulus nor are there variable actuators. These are purely electro-mechanical digital machines.
The world of telephone switching was also a primary contributor to the evolution of digital logic.
I assure you that you are responding to an argument no one is making.
I am not arguing. I am discussing stuff, bring new information to the table.
That’s exactly right. We knew that machine (and a few others) like the backs of our hands. As long as you could get the slightest tip of the flipper on the ball you could save it. Good cheap fun.
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