Play 25 different pinball machines

25 different pinball machines should be a totally doable goal. I found a blog post that lists 55 different places in Chicago that have (or might have) pinball machines. WOOOO!

55 places. whoa. so many places, i needed to visualize and plan out my plan of attack plan. So i made a google map. http://bit.ly/chicagopinballmap 10 months ago

I seem to recall there being a pinball machine in the food court area at Navy Pier in Chicago. I shall have to take a lunch down there to investigate! 4 years ago

The Congress Plaza Hotel at 520 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL has three pinball machines on their first floor. Arabian Nights, Jack Bot, and Dirty Harry.

Dirty Harry
I liked Dirty Harry the best just because it was the easiest to get multi-ball action on it. Even when you sink down your multi-balls, they keep shooting out more, and that’s just a ton of fun.

Jack Bot
Jack Bot is a very close second here, because it’s got super cool retro action going on here. The robot voice is HILARIOUS! And the way the lights are displayed on the game board, it’s soooooo 80s style.

Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights was just meh. Short game play. Not very exciting.

You don’t have to stay at the Congress Plaza Hotel to play these games, just walk right in from the Michigan Avenute entrance, hang a left and the game room is just across from the Men’s washroom. They’ve got a buncha other cool 90s arcade video games too. And the game room is so completely empty, you don’t have to wait.

Side note, I played these games shortly after photographing the CNA building with it’s 2016 sign. You can see that here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spudart/463705022/ 4 years ago

Right now there are 116 pinball machines in 72 locations throughout Chicago. So 25 different pinball games surely sounds like a feasible goal. 5 years ago