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The Pinball Doctors: The Last Arcade Technicians in NYC

submitted by Joe Motion

(lurgee)
6 years 10 months ago

Pinball was once an American obsession. Now, the arcade classic is making a comeback, but the repair technicians skilled enough to repair these complex machines are limited.

In this episode of State of Repair, Motherboard talks to two remaining pinball repair techs in New York to see what goes into keeping these highly specialized games running.

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I sold my black knight a few years back.
The guy who bought it played it non stop for weeks, then it died.
The only repair shop in our area no longer services pinballs at all, so just to have it inspected he's going to have to go all the way to Portland or the Bay Area, 3-400 miles. It's been sitting dead in his living room ever since. It sucks. I hope there's a resurgence and they start working on them up here again.

PlayhousePals

Flashback to YEARS of enjoyment [my wrists still ache when I reminisce]. *promote nostalgia

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, February 5th, 2018 1:15pm PST - promote requested by PlayhousePals.

jokingly says...

You might say they are wizards, in a pinball sense.

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