Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 18, 2015: Pinball Heaven

Does bring back memories, PHeymont.  I recalling some of these games in your photos consuming significant quantities of quarters in my youth.

Quarters! When I started out wasting my allowance, the machines took nickels and dimes! (and they did take them!)

One interesting fact I picked up at the museum: When first introduced, the machines had no flippers, and therefore no control by the player of what was happening. Therefore, numbers of states and cities rules, it was a game of chance, and illegal. Once the flippers were added, it became a game of skill, and legal—although it took NYC many years to change its rules.