'A Hot Night in the Life of a Pinball Addict' -Toronto Star 1978

[monty]

just sharing this old Toronto Star article from April/1978 - had seen snippets of it before but Steve Bowden of Fun With Bonus shared this scan of the entire article today.

notwithstanding the almost comical hysteria ("arcades full of criminals and homosexuals") it's a pretty cool read!

http://i.imgur.com/Ves8CMe.jpg

 

[tim.sanderson]

40% of youngsters prefer their pinball mixed with dope

That's like, one of the greatest sentences I've ever read.

 

[luch]

hilarious , I remember going to many of these places on yonge st .A $10 roll of quarters kept you playing all day , Never did I think about the criminal aspect or the phobia

 

[dnewman]

"... where pinball machines at two games for 25 cents ring up hero scores that attract the girls."

Sad how the times have changed... Both on price, and of pinball attracting girls!


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[Menace]

Such a great read...

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[EJB]

"attracting girls"

 

[SuperPinball]

"Psychologists fear that some teens are turned on by the lights and clang of pinball machines-an attraction that can lead to addiction." Nobody try to attach a bunch of flashlights to a cowbell... I might get addicted.