One common problem I see when it comes to arcades over all is that sometimes, people don’t know where to look for one. The yellow pages is a good start but it seems that not everyone always checks the yellow pages. To combat that, we have seen a couple of online efforts where arcade fans have put together very useful websites where players can locate an arcade near them – most notably Arcade Finder and Arcade Fly. What if you are just in the market for some pinball however? While these sites might help, they are focuse
d on arcades which may or may not include a pinball machine on-site to play. To remedy this problem, Stern has given the nod to a website called Pinball Rebel, which in addition to including a lot of information on different pinball games has also added a pinball finder feature so players can hunt down a machine specific to their tastes. I tested it out by adding my two machines to the list from my own arcade and it works just fine although it would be nice if there were a feature where you could upload multiple pins to one location in one setting but for now it’s a good start. As it grows, it should be an excellent resource for players to find their favorite games that they otherwise might have overlooked in their area.
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Adam Fortuna
Very cool! With so many Pinball games possible the trouble always seems to be getting a normalized list. The Pinball Database ( http://www.ipdb.org/ ) is just massive, and would be cool to have listings of all of them — but some may be so rare that their inclusion is just cluttering things up. At least with rebel you can add in any games. We do the same at ArcadeFly ( http://www.arcadefly.com/games?search=pinball ), but don’t have a special category for pinball like we probably should.