Pink Eye
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, MXL, JGN) discusses location pinball in NYC. This week:Ball 1: NYC competitive pinball resultsBall 2: Chinatown Fair Family Fun Center reviewBall 3: Jose Garcia (JGN)...
Highlights
- There are 277 pinball machines in New York City at 84 public locations as of November 8, 2024
- Chinatown Fair opened in 1944 and was purchased by Sam Palmer in 1982, featuring a dancing chicken and tic-tac-toe chicken
- The original Chinatown Fair closed in 2011 and reopened in 2012 under new management as Chinatown Fair Family Fun Center
- Led Zeppelin at Chinatown Fair costs 13.23 credits (approximately $3.25)
- Chinatown Fair is one of very few NYC pinball locations that doesn't have alcohol
- The original Chinatown Fair specialized in fighting games like Marvel vs. Capcom, King of Fighters, Soul Calibur, and Tekken
- Dante Oliva won the November 2nd National Deviled Egg Day tournament with 27 players
- The Harvest tournament runs November 15-17 with 12 hours of qualifying and finals play
Notable quotes
“I was just shy of top four. I actually got sixth. And I had a pretty good run... I was winning, losing, winning, losing, and I guess I won just enough to make A-finals and then immediately get eliminated.”
“pinball still uses an exclusively physical release... there is no really minimized or smaller or portable version of the game like there is with the fighting game community currently”
“I don't want to get pink eye at the arcade”
“Barcade, I love it... Almost everywhere we play is that [bar-cade]. And I don't want to say I was transported back to when I was 12 years old and my mom wanted to shop at the mall and handed me $5”
“I am actually a huge, huge fan of rhythm games. If you've ever seen my right leg near my ankle, I have tattooed the four DDR arrows because I play DDR consistently”
“The density of stuff is insane. Those giant two-person theaters... they've got all the big ones.”
Entities
- The Harvest· event
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Dante Oliva· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Francesco La Rocca· person
- Gus Gonzalez· person
- Jonah Shlaes· person
- Jose Garcia· person
- Lauren Burner Lawrence· person
- Madeline Lynn· person
- Sam Palmer· person
- Sean Grant· person
- Timothy Lawrence· person
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Chinatown Fair· venue
- Gebhardt's Beer Culture· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Next Level· venue
- Rulo's· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
- Single Cut Beersmith· venue
- Sunshine Laundromat· venue
- Transmitter Brewing· venue
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