Playing pinball from an early age, when EM games were big.

Remember when new...

Pacman, MsPacman, Firepower, Meteor, Galaxy, Ali, Big Game, Flight 2000 - traveled 30 miles one way to play each week.   I lived one mile from one of the best pinball locations in NJ:  Eight On The Break where the games were regularly maintained well.

Unfortunately, I developed an addiction playing pinball, as I could not pass an arcade without stopping to see what is new or if I could put up my initials. Therefore, I stopped playing in the early 1990s.  I started playing more reasonably a few years later.  I am feeling fine now .  : )

In my home?!? ...

One day, the opportunity to own a game fell in my lap.  It was a 1972 Flying Carpet.  I did not even realize the legs came off.  However, it was a single player game and with children, we needed a multiplayer game. 

Hence, my first SS game was 1989 Whirlwind, still one of my favorites.  This one had a problem where the spinning disks sounded like a drill.  They were spinning full speed all the time.  A resistor was missing.  So my playing skill got better much quicker playing with this difficult "feature".  Still, playing the game was the best stress reliever after a busy day. 

Next, we bought a StarTrek TNG from my local arcade operator and I watched in fascination, as the seller did a quick shop job right in my home.  I was hooked to start cleaning games, which made them play so much better.  Learning to rebuild flippers really helped, as well.

Making it serious ...

So, this hobby progressed and after the first 7 years, it was evident that I could make a few dollars buying, fixing, cleaning, selling, so it became a small business in November 2006 - WannaPinball.com was born.