[SportsandRec] Bowling and Skiball

[Joseph Bundy]

I will have to see if i can find them

On 1/26/23, Tom Evans via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Joseph, small little fact on buying old pinball machines. I remember seeing
> a news clip about a place in Portland Oregon that claims to have the largest
> collection and you can buy or rent. I would think it be pretty costly to
> mail A pinball machine but I think most people rent it and then end up
> owning it. But it was a huge warehouse of old operational machines and of
> course I don’t know the name of the company… But they were in or around
> Portland Oregon.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 26, 2023, at 10:36 AM, Joseph Bundy via SportsandRec
>> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I would love to buy old style arcade games for my house
>>
>>> On 1/25/23, Peter via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hello Ashley and everyone,
>>>
>>>    Skiball is different than bowling. Instead of knocking down pins the
>>> idea
>>> is to cause your balls to land in holes on a target similar to an archery
>>> target. The holes around the outside have low point values while the
>>> center
>>> hole or the "Bull's eye" can cause you to score big and possibly win a
>>> prize. The more your balls land in the bull's eye hole the higher your
>>> score.
>>>
>>>    Arcades, bars, and other establishments may also have bowling
>>> machines.
>>> There are two forms of this type of machine. One type delivers several
>>> bowling balls you throw down an alley as in traditional bowling. The rest
>>> of
>>> the game is the same as regular bowling.
>>>
>>>    In another variation of the arcade bowling game instead of throwing
>>> balls
>>> down an alley you push a puck down an alley coated with wax to allow it
>>> to
>>> slide. Otherwise the rules for bowling apply to both varriations of these
>>> machines.
>>>
>>> This was back in the day when you used physical objects such as balls,
>>> pucks, guns, leavers, and other controls to play. I'm sure digitization
>>> has
>>> resulted in changes to how these games are controlled. And to think we
>>> can
>>> have the same gaming experience right in our living rooms.
>>>
>>> Peter Donahue
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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Take Care and God Bless

Joseph S. Bundy
Cell: 1-405-693-4771
E-Mail: josephbundy92 at gmail.com
For I  am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek.-Romans 1:16
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. —
Helen Keller