I so miss playing pinball

I did too, so I bought a 'Black Knight' years back, one of the first talking pinball games.
It's also a great reason for a trip to Portland, there's an arcade there with room after room of 80's video games and pinballs.

Remember Xenon?

Is the Portland place you're talking about called Ground Control?

There's also this...

http://www.pinballmuseum.org/

I went a few years back. It's really cool. It has a bunch of info about the history and unique tables. AND you can play all the games.

You don't have to, this is in Alameda.
http://pacificpinball.org/pinball-machines/onsite
I'm jealous, I want to go play there. Too bad they don't have Banzai Run, a great old school game with a second vertical playfield in the back glass.

We have that Star Trek one in our office.

You talking about Ground Control? Went there recently when I was visiting friends in Oregon.

Yes, that's the place. My wife planned a trip there last summer that was canceled. We don't have much here in far N California. I'll have to stop in Alameda the next time I'm in the bay.