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  We’ve been pretty busy this summer and have a lot of new items planned.  We sometimes post pictures on our Facebook page…   Recently Restored: Tron arcade game Guns and Roses Pinball Eight Ball Deluxe Pinball Maverick Pinball Jurassic Park Pinball Ms. Pacman arcade game High Speed 2 – The Getaway Pinball Rush 2049 […]

In my little town growing up, there was an old brick building just under the rail road track bridge.  It had probably served as a dozen things in the past 100+ years, but I always remembered it being an old service garage.   One day, in likely 1982, it was converted into coin-op arcade.  I […]

  The following guides were created by us for use with all 25″ and 27″ Wells Gardner arcade chassis models:  U2000, U5000, k7400 and k7500 Wells Gardner 25″/27″ Chassis (LINK COMING SOON)   Wells Gardner P719 Neck Board This neck board is used on all of the Wells Gardner monitors on this page. http://www.castleclassicarcade.com/files/CCA_P719_Replace.pdf

The Bride of pinbot (BOP) is a unique machine in all of pinball.  This is the second in the Pinbot series, and arguably the best one of the group.  Only 8100 units were ever created. This is the only pinball machine that shares the same circuitry as the legendary Williams Funhouse, and if you haven’t […]

We have some new items in this month…   Megatouch Evo (Force and Ion) flat panel touch screen multi-game machines.  These things are a HUGE hit from kids to adults.  Compact design, small footprint but big in entertainment performance.  We will have limited supply of these machines.  Click HERE for more information   Valley Cougar […]

Bally actually came out with two versions of the Mata Hari pinball in 1977 and was right in the middle of changing technology from electro-mechanical (relays, contacts and basic operation) to solid state (circuit board with programmable memory and deeper rules).   This of course was their first iteration of solid state pinball, but they […]

   – Happy Holidays –  We have lots of news to share.  Top stories are TWO great locations for arcade games in Lexington, KY.   We’re so glad to see the arcade movement starting to come back and have witnessed this in many cities – so it’s no fluke!   Arcadium 574 North Limestone Vintage […]

We were given a little bit of a challenge – restore a completely non-working Kiss pinball machine and keep it under market value.  Well, why not! This machine was brought to us literally in pieces.   Since this is a Kiss pinball machine, everyone seems to have a place in their hearts for it. Restoration […]

  This just in: Kiss Pinball: full restoration blog.  Check back this week for lots of pictures and a great story Bally Xenon : If you liked the full restoration of the Kiss Pinball… then you’ll love this machine.  We’re going over the top on this one and it’s going to be a beauty.   […]

Not many people have heard of this game, probably due to it’s low production numbers.  However, most people have seen and played it’s older siblings:  Bally Eight Ball and Bally Eight Ball Deluxe (1981).   The Eight Ball Deluxe is considered one of the best designed pins of the era and also has a universally […]