A new arcade/game store just opened up in my area, and needless to say, I've become a pretty frequent customer since its inception. The guys that own it are really nice and have been very helpful in introducing me to new games and systems. Along with several standup and sit-down machines, they keep a nice stock of pinball machines going (always ten at a time and they frequently swap them out). As a result, I've been bitten by the pinball bug and am working on saving toward my first machine. Luckily, there is a fairly strong pinball community in my area and I should benefit from knowing some of its members in my local search. Unlike video games, pinball is something you have to work to find locally, unless you have unlimited funds to blow. For my first machine, I though I might go with something more nostalgic to me. I was a big fan of the Williams machines of the late 80s/early 90s, such as Taxi, Cyclone, and Whirlwind, so I am going to start there, since those machines tend to be more affordable than the newer dot matrix models.
