PLAY PINBALL IN COLORADO!!!
Website last updated 11/06/2009
I’ve put this site together as an up-to-date reference for all places to play pinball commercially in Denver, surrounding suburbs, and towns.
If you are interested in serious play and playing with some of the best in Colorado (tournaments, leagues (LCP only), and well-maintained machines), check out the listings below for
Lyons:Lyons Classic Pinball (LCP) (monthly tournament, league)
Leadville: Strikes N Spares Bowling Center
Denver: Jason’s Billiards, The Falcon/Moe’s Tavern & BBQ, 3 Kings Tavern??? (monthly tournaments) and
Lakewood: Lakewood Grill and Bar (monthly tournament)
Black Hawk: Dory Hills Campground (monthly tournament)
Another location is Arcade Amusements in Manitou Springs from 1908 which has a large selection particular of older games (50’s-80’s) and a few recent titles although currently tournaments are not held there as at the above places. Also if a ball gets stuck, you will get your money back as most coin attendants don’t attend to fixing the machines on site in real time.
There are other websites where you can get this information but this is also to list the places that have one or two machines that might not be known otherwise. Also the quality of the machines is described if gameplay is less than desired. Please refer to the establishments’ websites when applicable for the latest information. Please help me keep this information up to date. If the pin is working less than desired, please report to the establishment’s owner. I have found most are accommodating. Mail any updates to Doug at doug_gaming@yahoo.com
Make sure to support these establishments and thank them for having pinball.
Note: You should always call ahead if you plan on bringing children with you particularly if the establishment sells liquor.
This following site is another representation of the data in alphabetical order by machine and is publicly updatable. I have however on this site included the yellow pages’ name for the establishment, additional machine and establishment information, and phone numbers here. www.pinballrebel.com
If folks send me the high score at a location with initial besides those places which already keep track of their high scores (e.g. Lyons Classic Pinball), I will post them here.
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Denver
One Eyed Jacks 8/29/09
475 Santa Fe Drive
720-524-6904
evening hours
CSI (great, harder mode than Manitou Springs, take a ramp shot to light lock)
3 Kings Tavern 10/24/09
21+ ONLY
60 S. Broadway
Denver, CO
They used to hold a tournament second sunday of every month 6pm (not sure if they do any more, confirmation please); WPPR points
Several games in tournament mode for cash. Games regularly serviced
24 (great)
Gilligan’s Island (left flipper needs new spring for retraction)
Indiana Jones (Stern) (ball can get stuck on magnet in front of arc, mystery light out on grail)
Pirates of the Caribbean (fine)
http://www.myspace.com/3KingsTavern
Atomic Cowboy 6/5/09
3237 E Colfax Ave
303 377 7900
The Simpsons Pinball Party (dirty, hard to make lock shot to try compared to other SPP- did once but took a lot of hits, else plays fine).
Note there is a Tattoo parlor across the street from the Atomic Cowboy that has a Williams Sorcerer that works fine except for the left flipper is dying. Person looking for someone to fix, trade out for another machine, sell the pin etc.
Blake Street Tavern 6/5/09
2401 Blake St
303 675-0505
FunHouse (seems ok but several plastic pieces are loose covering metal inherts, ball got stuck on metal above red bumper and ball diag will not find, service called)
Brown Barrel Tavern 6/5/09
76 S Broadway
303 777-9898
Simpsons Pinball Party (works great now)
Bushwackers Saloon 3/19/09
1967 S Broadway
303 722 0280
Playboy (STERN, plays fine)
Cafe Netherworld 6/5/09
http://www.netherworld.com/
1278 Pennsylvania St.
303 861-8638
South Park (from Jason Billiards, works great)
Cafe Carioca 06/05/09
2060 Champa Street
303 296-1250
Indianapolis 500 (playfield is dirty, VUKs seem like they are going- sometimes takes a couple pops to launch ball into wire so it doesn’t fall back)
Cherry Cricket 6/05/09
2641 E. 2nd Ave
303 322 7666
Family Guy (great, sound low for restaurant that may have kids present)
Club 404 8/29/09
404 N Broadway
Harley Davidson (Sega,E target stays up on left bank, needs to be leveled, leans left, also start button sticks so makes it tough to enter initials, DDD is my score for DUG. Also pressing start button with credits during a game resets the game -easy to do since push button launcher. This games has high scores set to factory levels. Very hard to get a good score – ball likes to drain out left outlane easily)
Corona Laundry & Dry Cleaners 6/5/09
847 Corona Street
303 831-9057
Dracula (Left flipper dying, right flipper weak-hard to make left orbit shot, center rollover light out. Otherwise played fine and all features seemed to work)
The Dirty Duck Bar 7/15/09
4780 E Evans Avenue
303 758-3667
Attack From Mars (launcher weak that couldn’t launch ball to left orbit for super skill shot, no center drop target after three bank falls down allowing one to enter hole several times before 50M before destroying ship, left ramp (big-o-beam) does not always register, tilt off?, several lights out (center light of 3 bank, right outlane, T of MARTIAN)
E-Z Pickin’s 7/15/09
1950 S Holly Street
303 757-7129
Spider-Man (Ball popper for launcher sometimes takes several tries to pop ball into launch lane, can also release two balls to play at times, else plays fine)
Famous Pizza 6/5/09
1528 E Colfax Ave
303 832-1200
High Roller Casino (Wow! Well first, I walked into this place after not being there since summer 08 and person asked me if I wanted anything. I said no and just here to play pinball. I went to machine and asked a young lady how it was working and her reply was “not well”. Next thing I know, the owner asks “Can I help you?” I said, I am here to play and rate the pinball machine. He got very angry and started going on and on how I broke the machine. I couldn’t argue with the man as he was very irate and asked me to leave. Good luck playing there without ordering anything and good luck telling them what might need fixing. Sorry pal, I did not break your machine. The pinball was in the state I found it in last summer. Here it was: Dirty, a lot of features: Hi-Lo, Blackjack don’t work even though lamps are lit)
Famous Pizza 6/27/09
2035 S Broadway
303 744-1446
Congo (Kickback light out, otherwise plays great)
Twister (out of order)
Goosetown Tavern 9/20/09
3242 E Colfax
303 399-9703
Lord of the Rings (condition unknown)
Highland Tavern 6/05/09
3400 Navajo St
303 433-1990
Spider-Man (lock shot doesn’t always register especially for ball 3 and I don’t see the usually lighting of the two inner loops when you make one. Backglass light out. Otherwise plays great.)
Jason Billards
2200 S Monaco Pkwy
720-377-1560
Monthly tournament first Saturday of every month 8pm; WPPR points
Eight Ball (turned off 9/6/08 and not used in tournaments)
Austin Powers
Family Guy
Fish Tales
Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Lethal Weapon 3
Party Zone
Roadshow
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Star Wars (Data East) (currently slam tilts and loss of game)
Terminator 2
http://www.classicarcaderesource.com/PinballTournament.htm
Lakewood Lounge 8/22/09
On west side of Sheridan across from Sloan Lake (north of Colfax)
need phone; can’t find this one in phonebook
Twilight Zone (left flipper now completely dead, lots of lamps out, dirty)
Lions Lair 6/5/09
2022 E Colfax Ave
303 320 9200
F-14 Tomcat (top TOP CAT targets don’t always register with hits. The area is dark so it is hard to see playfield. Else things look like they work fine)
The Retreat 7/15/09
2186 S Colorado Blvd
303 756 1869
Ultra Pin (Video emulator of several classic pins: AFM, Xenon, Black Knight 2000, FunHouse, Med Madness, Eight Ball, FirePower, etc. Physics work differently for flippers, takes getting used to)
Skylark Lounge 6/5/09
140 S Broadway
303 722 7844
The Simpsons- Data East (OOR )
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (OOR)
Swing Along (upstairs, Gottlieb, out of order)
Beach Time (upstairs, Bally, bartender says has never worked)
Smiley’s Dry Cleaners 6/10/09
1080 E Colfax
303 864-9466
Revenge From Mars (light cap sitting above top right rollover which causes ball to get stuck there; left top rollover not register, otherwise seems ok)
Tooey’s off Colfax 10/25/09
1521 Marion Street
303 586-5075
Spider-Man (works fine)
Washway Laundry 6/5//09
7150 Leetsdale Drive
303 333-5214
Whirlwind (works well, a couple lights out on big compass)
White Palace Laundrymat 6/5/09
94 S. Broadway
303 777-7019
Roadshow (worn game but still plays ok, ted’s jaw sometimes doesn’t raise all the way during multiball, seems to lean right, during MB, one ball went down launch lane and autoplunger did not plunge in allowing me to “rape” the game in MB mode with one ball in play)
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Denver suburbs
Arvada
Chuck E. Cheese 1/30/09
9301 Ralston Rd
303 425 5926
Roller Coaster Tycoon (left flippers dead, upper right target taped down, top right flipper weak- can’t make lock/super jackpot shot)
Note: There are other Chuck E Cheeses in Colorado, see http://www.chuckecheese.com/locations/results.php?state=CO for numbers and information. However, I was told recently that the stores have a policy not to give out information such as this.
Gunther Toody’s 10/10/09
7335 Ralston Road
303 422 1954
Lord of the Rings (plays fine now, the right flipper takes a little getting used to and playfield dirty but all features work)
DUG 200M
Ralston Lounge 10/10/09
6420 Ward Rd
303 423-2828
Sopranos (Soft hits on the safe registering? – “forget about it”, Associate (rank) light out, dirty playfield else, plays fine.)
Time Out Sport Bar 9/10/09
8787 Sheridan Ave
720 540 6000
Nascar (test car never lowers, garage shot is a drain most of the time, right outlane did not register for me, also I could not get captive ball to score, otherwise fine)
Aurora
Challengers Sport Bar & Restaurant 7/18/09
12161 E Iliff Avenue
303 750-5558
Spider-Man (works fine)
Chuck E. Cheese’s 5/03/09
14005 E. Exposition Ave
3033667196
Pirates of the Caribbean (fine. Right flipper didn’t retract once or twice during play but otherwise was fine. 1 quarter. Machine and LED (holding high scores) mentions token given for certain score/top score but the store knows nothing about it.)
Rosie’s Diner 7/18/09
14061 E Iliff Avenue
303 752-3663
Diner (right outlane did not reg extra ball when lit, extra ball lit out on grill else looks and plays great!)
T&B Bar and Grill7/18/09
1195 Iliff
Pool Sharks (plays fine except ball can get stuck between right rail return and plastic ramp on top, a couple lights out on HOT SHOT targets, machine will reset if lightly nudge coin door)
Brighton
Mojo’s Restaurant LLC 6/21/09
174 S Main Street
303 655-9933
Ripley’s Believe It or Not (balls were stuck in Ripley arrow VUK and ball search would not find)
Broomfield
Chippers Lanes 06/21/09
100 Nickel Street
303 466 9700
NBA FastBreak (saucers weak up top especially number 2 to pass left, defender missing, ping pong ball get stuck in rollover in top cabinet)
Revenge From Mars (ball popper weak, Also, very strict tilt, no warnings, right rollover skill shot and capture shot sometimes doesn’t register)
Joe Palooka’s 10/30/09
3923 E 120th Ave
303 457 3902
Revenge From Mars (capture shot no longer register, If you don’t mind ball save turned off, the ball popper throwing ball down for an occasional center drain, and the lighting is not the best on the game, it plays great. left flipper is stronger to make end of mini-game shot, game plays hard and outlanes are wide open and requires lots of patient playing, strict tilt)
Splitz 10/10/09
10685 Westminster Blvd
303 466 7515
Star Wars Episode I (No tilt. Leans right so R2D2 skill shot will lead to center drain without a shake of machine, video is either very dim or glare from outside makes video screen practically impossible to see, machine seems like it could be sturdier, some lights out, hard mode (no ball save, takes saucer place to light saucers from start, many C3PO body parts to score, fast C3PO shots don’t register.)
Centenniel
Abo’s Pizza 8/08/09
7475 East Arapahoe Road
Cyclone (3 ball game, no center post between flippers, 1 light out else fine)
Last Action Hero (ball gets stuck above left inlane else fine)
Englewood
Blondie’s FireHouse 11/06/09
3435 S. Inca
720 963 8408
Champion Pub (occasionally 2 balls are released from top right holding area when only one should be played causing flippers to go dead when one ball drains. Speedbag not working. Else ok. Nice place.)
Casual Lounge11/06/09
65 W. Floyd
303 789 9336
Monster Bash(coin mech eating coins, service called)
No Fear (great shape, tilt off, and very unsturdy on legs, in dark area of bar so hard to see)
Chuck E. Cheese’s 4/18/09
1001 W. Hampden Ave
3037613699
Nascar (lock light out, cramped playing space, but plays great!)
Falcon Bowl, The/Moe’s Tavern & BBQ 11/06/09
http://www.moesdenver.com/
3295 S. Broadway
303 781 0414
Monthly tournament second Friday of every month 8pm. WPPR points. The following pins (except for Star Wars) came from 12th Man Sports Bar are were excellently maintained machines. Only comment is it is dimly light upstairs.
Breakshot (great)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (great)
Funhouse (great)
NBA FastBreak (great)
Star Wars (Data East) (out of order)
Whirlwind (great but extra ball disabled from monthly tournaments)
Finn McCools Bar & Grill 3/19/09
8880 E Arapahoe Rd
303 770 8832
Pirates of the Carribean (tortuga spinning disk doesn’t work as well as other games; sometimes releases ball too soon not giving a chance to lock more balls up there once timed lock is engaged, some ship multiballs only played with two balls sometimes, else ok)
Gunther Toody’s
9220 East Arapahoe Road
303 799 1958
Lord of the Rings (Top left path of the dead does not register; dirty playfield; Balrog not always register, otherwise ok)
Table Steaks 6/21/09
101 W Floyd Avenue
303 789-0643
F-14 Tomcat(some lights look out on right orbit, two balls on top launcher takes ball search to find else plays fine, LED is fair)
Lord of the Rings (Two Towers MB does not use Balrog, looks like Fellowship of the Rings is in hard mode – may take more than one shot on a orbit, ramp, VUK, to gather a fellowship, left flipper is slightly disengaged so it is difficult to make the ring shot, left return does not always register)
Ripley’s Believe it or Not (shrunken head magnet not working, some lights out (matrix top row), auto launch did not work during MB allowing person to rape game in MB mode with one ball, top flipper is not great, Ripley’s arrow light is out)
Space Shuttle (worn playfield but play fine).
Erie
Abo’s Pizza 8/17/09
720 Austin AV # B
303 828-9777
Family Guy (fine now)
Glendale
Gunther Toody’s 6/5/09
4500 East Alameda
303 399 1959
Ripley’s Believe It or Not (all lights on playfield are out except slot machine numbers – fuse? Has been that way since 8/7/08, told manager twice now. Head magnet does not kick ball upward. All features work though if you know when they are lit. Interesting way to play pinball)
Sam’s Bar and Lounge 6/5/09
6801 Leetsdale Drive
303 322-6401
The Shadow (plays great)
Lakewood
Cordial Lounge 7/26/09
1521 Pierce Street
303 233 9621
Addams Family, The (chair does not light when a room is flashing, tilt off else plays great)
Cuckoo’s Nest 10/16/09
7893 W Jewell Avenue
303 988 9893
Family Guy (local player’s game, right stewie flip can sometimes stick slightly up otherwise great!)
Front Range Inn 8/22/09
7779 Morrison Road
303 988 1151
Fish Tales (looks clean, condition unknown)
Green Fields Bar 10/25/09
3355 S Yarrow Street 101
303 989 9820
Indiana Jones (STERN) (Great shape, some lamps out (mystery), runs Tournament Mode for top four cash prizes)
Holiday Bowling & Banquets 5/15/09
10350 W Colfax Avenue
303 238 0407
Simpsons Pinball Party, The (Right lower flipper is not the best as its tough to place it in the garage and have it stick – door may not open as wide or stay open long, right lower flipper sometimes does not retract, third ball up in upper tray did not release and ball diagnostic took long time to find only to then release two balls when not in multiball)
Lakewood Grill and Bar 10/29/09
8100 W Colfax Avenue
303 237-8051
Monthly tournament second Saturday of every month 7pm. WPPR points
Batman, The Dark Knight (plays great)
Lord of the Rings (plays great)
Medieval Madness (plays great)
Simpsons Pinball Party, The (plays great)
Spider-Man (Black Edition)
Tales of the Arabian Knights (plays great)
All games regularly maintained.
Puttin Green Pub 7/26/09
7785 W Colfax Avenue
303 237 7511
Star Wars Episode I (out of order currently. When was working on 5/09: Watto’s place lamp out, r2d2 shot can be a drain on launch otherwise fine)
White Fence Farm5/11/09
6263 W Jewell Avenue
303 935-5945, evening hours
Monopoly (right flipper sticks at times)
Littleton
The Castle Bar 3/19/09
6657 S Broadway
303 798-5981
Medieval Madness (Playfield dirty, some lamps (Joust, Troll Madness, Francois Du Grimm, Sir Psycho) Else plays well. Not in a well lit area.)
Dubb’s Pub 3/19/09
5301 S Broadway
303 798-6711
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Plays well)
Fugglie’s Bar & Grill 5/13/09
11614 W. Belleview Ave
303 933-7761
Getaway: High Speed 2, The (1 ball missing and broken left posts)
North Shores 5/17/09
7444 W. Chatfield Ave.
303 972 8611
Family Guy (ball auto-launches on its own, tilt off, raise death return does not register, skill shot target is down negating skill shot otherwise everything else working)
Gunther Toody’s 10/16/09
8266 West Bowles
303 932 1957
Lord of the Rings (Ring Mode light out else plays great, cleaned. Thanks!)
Lone Tree
Chuck E. Cheese 6/27/09
7510 E Parkway Drive
Roller Coaster Tycoon (game needs a lot of work, all drops targets stay down, right main flipper weak, terrible glare from overhead lights where machine placed, left launcher weak-does not shoot ball around rails, ball can get stuck on scrambled egg and B rollover, Map VUK weak, Extra Ball did not register, top right flipper weak, multiball did not light nor start on right ramp shot after Ball 2 lock registered)
Northglenn
Castaways Lounge 7/30/09
451 W 84th Avenue
303 430-7089
South Park (tilt off (so no bangbacks please!), right sling on the inside, little metal guide on top of toilet seat is missing so only but the hardest kyle ramp shots make the loop otherwise ball falls out on top of toilet, super jackpot did not score when I hit lit ramp shot into toilet, multiball sometimes does not start right away, flipper hits can launch ball at times, extra ball light out, playable otherwise)
Gunther Toody’s 10/27/09
301 W 104th Ave
Elvis (top right flipper is not 100% so most shots don’t make the inner loop for Blue Seude Shoes, during multiball, the left lower flipper died on me on a couple occasions, also started a 2 ball multiball when none of the features were running, else regularly serviced and plays fine, hard mode, strict tilt. Note:a fast ball down right outlane will sometimes bounce back into play off of the collar between the flippers)
House of Babes 6/5/09
2265 W. 84th
Can’t find in yellow pages, need phone number
Starship Troopers (out of order for several months)
Thornton
Gunther Toody’s 05/24/09
16755 N. Washington St
303 451-1950
Ripley’s Believe It or Not (Leans left, penguin light does not light else plays fine. Kind of nice though when you get a free game and the waitresses and waiters hear that familiar sound, they’ll shout, “Free game!”)
Jump Street 03/25/09
8225 North Valley Highway (yellow building on frontage road)
World Cup Soccer (currently turned off – on 11/08/08, flippers very weak (right) or dies (left). Not worth playing until they fix. When it was working, ball sometimes does not turn 180 degrees for lock shot on left ramp.)
Machine is located in area with the trampolines. I’ve always played at a birthday party or when it was not busy. On busy days (Im guessing a Saturday), you may to leave your license to request to play pinball in back; I assume they wouldn’t charge admission.
Westminster:
Wheat Ridge
Crystal Laundry 7/26/09
7180 W 44th Avenue
303 422-0784 (Note: they typically don’t answer phone)
Demolition Man (Great shape. Regularly maintained)
Jackbot (Can’t make top two vortex shots with plunger. Keno light out, seems to lean left else plays great. Regularly maintained.)
Rockette Tavern 4/23/09
10006 W. 44th Ave
303 422-6163
Pirates of the Caribbean (Liberal tilt, low volume, tortuga disk is not new but plays fine)
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Surrounding towns
Blackhawk 8/31/09
Dory Hills Campground
http://www.doryhillcampground.com/
661 Golden Gate Canyon Road (Hwy 46)
303 582-9979
Monthly tournaments 6pm, 4th T of every month
Escape From the Lost World
Last Action Hero (great)
Getaway:High Speed II (great)
Johnny Mnemonic (great)
Pinbot (some sound absent and 2nd LED out else great)
Pool Sharks (to be there soon)
SuperSonic (great)
Roy’s Last Shot
17268 Hwy 119
303 642 7870
Scared Stiff (before metal piece from knife VUK came onto playfield making it unplayable, boney beast game and rightmost eyes of crate out, ball not ejected immediately when enter crate)
Theatre of Magic (fine except harlequin lights hard to see for rollovers and trap door will need service soon)
Boulder
Abo’s Pizza 9/9/08
637 S Broadway Street
303 494-1274
Getaway: High Speed II, The
The Flintstones
Whirlwind
All games in great shape maintained by Lyons Classic Pinabll. See www.lyonspinball.com for information
Bart’s CD Cellar 06/21/09
1015 Pearl Street
All games in great shape and currently owned and maintained by Lyons Classic Pinball. See http://www.lyonspinball.com/barts_games.htm
50% of game proceeds donated to Community Food Share. Currently,
Crescendo
Space Invaders
The Whos Tommy Pinball Wizard
Blackjack Pizza 5/09/09
6560 Lookout Road
303 530-2600
Simpsons Pinball Party, The (TV sometimes immediately does not score and release but otherwise plays great)
Pearl Street Pub 6/21/09
1108 Pearl St
303 939-9900
Playboy (Stern, naughty version, ball is not recognized in VUK until ball diagnostic find especially during multiball, auto-launch dead such that allows one to play multiball with 1 ball and get inflated score, miss july, grotto, triple jackpots light out, peek-a-boo hits don’t activate the light and curtain, no skill shot else everything else works)
Century Boulder Movie Theater 10/25/09
1700 Twenty Ninth St.
303 444 0722
Indiana Jones (Right return does not light mystery, ball can get stuck after 8-ball play and ball diagnostics may or may not find, auto-plunger may not be working as I got 2-3 balls in plunger lane and had to play games to get all of the balls in play)
Spider-Man (no sandman toy else plays fine)
Colorado University-The Connection 4/27/09
1669 Euclid Ave (in the UMC)
Simpsons Pinball Party, The (very dirty, many problems, sometimes playable, sometimes not )
Harpo’s Sports Grill 9/08/09
2860 Arapahoe Ave
303 444-9464
Independence Day (DMD fair and slings seem a little weak else plays fine)
Shadow, The (plays ok)
Jumbo Thai Express 6/21/09
1310 College Avenue
303 443-1737
Star Trek (Data East, condition unknown, need confirmation if down with billiards)
Time Out Comics and Games 9/20/09
1631 28th St
303 443 4500
Time Warp (condition unknown)
Twisted Pine Brewing Company 10/24/09
3201 Walnut St. Suite A
303 786 9270
Addams Family, The (Local collector rotates game regularly, this is collector edition, sweet, great caps on light bulbs)
Breckenridge
Historic Brown Hotel and Restaurant 8/09/09
208 S Ridge Street
Monster Bash (condition unknown, evening hours)
Downstairs at Eric’s 10/25/09
http://www.downstairsaterics.com/
111 S. Main
970 453 1401
Batman, The Dark Knight (plays great)
Indiana Jones (STERN, plays fine although a couple times game lost track of ball and had to release a second resulting in a premature multiball but has seen this on other IJ games, little grail light not come)
Medieval Madness (Lock 3 light out, drawbridge not working, peasant ramp not always register, extra ball lit after one castle entry, else seemed ok)
Simpsons Pinball Party, The (top left little flipper to weak to make TV shot, top right flippers dead, Moe’s ramp does not register, free game set at 3M)
Star Wars Episode I (right sling dead, R2D2/skill/extra ball rollover can be a drain on launch; C3PO body part light out, fine otherwise)
Gourmet Cabby 8/09/09
http://www.gourmet-cabby.com
408 S Ridge Street
970 453-7788
Lord of the Rings (coil malfunction on top saucer and sword release. Until then played fine and very clean. Strongest flippers though that I’ve ever seen on this game. My Gimli shots blasted through there having no chance of sitting in the saucer)
Motherloaded Tavern 9/04/09
103 S Main Street
970 453-2572
24 (local collector rotates game, great)
Ulrr’s Sports Grill 9/04/09
Main Street (south of Downstairs at Eric\’s)
Addams Family, The (ball lodged above stairs, leans right, AdvX light out when ball enters right return, Mamuska light, left return lights, else plays fine)
Central City
Easy Street 7/17/09
120 Stuart St # Main
303 582-5914
World Cup Soccer (goalie does not move – is stuck on right side, ball stuck on top sling, tilt off)
Colorado Springs
Arcade Amusements (Manitou Springs) 8/01/09
930 Manitou Ave
719.685.9815
Located in three buildings, amongst a huge arcade of other games that’s been there since 1908. For the most part, the games played well.
Air Aces (5 ball game, plays ok)
Big Deal (Plays ok)
BMX (plays ok)
Breakshot (ball got stuck twice on center post when it exited three ball area, can’t seem to register bank shots in the beginning of a bal instead of going to rollovers)
Bus Stop (Plays ok)
Captain Fantastic (2 machines. One with newer pins has a weak left top flip. The other one has center rollover out and never opens gate, top left flipper sticks, leans left, also player 1 end of ball scoring can move player 2’s rollover scores as well)
Champ (5 ball game, plays ok)
CSI (plays great)
Freedom (EM, played just fine, although the playfield was a bit worn and the backglass is for the LED version of the game instead of the rotary scores)
Fireball (5 ball game, plays fine)
Honey (5 ball game, plays ok, some lights out)
Hot Line (5 ball game)
Jumpin’ Jack’s (5 ball game, plays ok)
Lord of the Rings (leans left but plays great)
Mata Hari (one bump dead and no sound for some hits left most drop target stays down, else playable)
Motor Dome (top left flipper out else ok)
Nascar (plays great)
Operation Thunder (plays ok)
Power Play (center raise post target never registered)
Rocket (5 cent, 5 ball game, plays great)
Rack-a-ball (5 ball game, 10 cent game, right flipper weak, plays fair)
Revenge from Mars (Fast game)
Rollergames (Plays fine)
Silverball Mania(some lamps out, else plays fine)
Smart Set (5 ball game. plays ok)
Star Wars Trilogy (Sega, left flipper slightly engaged over rest position of right flipper, Plays fine)
Star Trek The Next Generation (plays fine)
Street Fighter II (Ball got stuck in right hole with another, shots up left ramp don’t always settle in hole else fine)
Superman (5 ball game, some lamps out, S target is a half-target)
Twin Win (Plays ok)
Wagon Train (10 cent game, plays ok)
Bear Creek Lanes 5/25/09
1232 S 21st Street
719 634 6719
Pirates of the Carribean (Plays great)
Chuck E. Cheese’s 5/25/09
5156 N. Academy Blvd
719 266 5933
Nascar (needs work, drop targets stay down thus no extra ball or super jackpot, car never raises so no garage, RACE letter not awarded for left orbit even though points are scored)
Chuck E. Cheese’s 5/25/09
2925 Geyser Drive
719 576 2115
Pirates of the Caribbean (plays fine, looks like tickets awarded for high score)
Classic Bowl 8/01/09
www.classicbowl.net
1867 N Circle Drive
719 632-4636
Monster Bash (VUK very strong that hits glass with well, plays great)
Star Trek, The Next Generation (guns are not loaded during multiball or battle simulation, rails seems a little lose as they make noise or move when ball travels in them)
Fargos Pizza Co 5/25/09
2910 E Platte Ave
719 473 5540
Terminator 2 (still down, unable to get machine owner to repair)
Revenge from Mars (still down, unable to get machine owner to repair)
Gunther Toody’s 5/25/09
5794 Palmer Park Blvd (at Powers)
719 570 1952
Harley Davidson (shopped, plays great)
Gunther Toody’s 5/25/09
5490 E Woodmen Rd (at Powers)
719 548 1955
The Simpsons Pinball Party (playfield dirty; could not get lower right skill shot to register on two plunger hits, else ok)
King Pin 5/25/09
3410 N Academy
719.574.0820
World Poker Tour (upper and right bank targets stay down; backglass light out, dirty playfield)
Overtime Sports Bar & Grill 8/01/09
http://www.otsportsbarandgrill.com
2809 Dublin Boulevard
719 531-6032
Attack From Mars (plays great)
Paul’s 5/25/09
310 S 8th Street, # B
719 520-9737
Monopoly (other than ball(s) can get stuck in above Chance/Community Chest hole) and ball search won’t find until a long time and a little dirty playfield, plays fine)
Peak Bowling Center 8/01/09
2861 N Prospect
719.636.5193
Attack from Mars (outer rollovers dont seem to register, left outer rollover light out, else plays fine)
South Park (Kenny leans left so ball can get pinned to the left of Kenny and ball search will not find, else plays fine)
Also a plastic-tip dart machine!
Red Robin North 5/25/09
1410 Jamboree Dr.,
719 598 2473
Terminator 2 (needs work, launcher unable to reach targets for skill shot, bulbs out for kickback and upper three targets, some sounds out like kickback tommy gun, DMD fair)
Yukon Tavern 08/01/09
525 S Circle Dr
719 475 0050
FunHouse (5 balls, Rudys’ eyes stay closed, some lights out (for example, steps awards did not light) and dark area so it takes some getting used to, otherwise fine)
Indianapolis 500 (45 balls, plays fine; plays great)
World Cup Soccer (plays great)
Bar also has a working plastic tip dart machine
Estes Park
Estes Park Brewery 5/3/09
470 Prospect Village Drive
970 586 5421
Pirates of the Caribbean (condition unknown. If this is not the location, must be at another microbrewery in town. Got this info from a patron at one of the bars below.)
Lonigan’s 5/3/09
110 E Elkhorn Ave
970 586 4346
Judge Dredd (plays great but ball got stuck twice in JUDGE hole and took tilt to get ball popped out. Ball search would not find)
Village Pizza 10/25/09
543 Big Thompson Ave
970 586-6031
F-14 Tomcat (two balls can get stuck in either top laucher – ball search eventually finds, right return is tight so ball can get stuck there and needs some persuassion to get loose, ball popper is getting weak such that balls falls back down instead of staying in launch chute. All else seems to be working)
Tales of the Arabian Nights (leans right so saucer can place ball straight down center for a drain. Also may cause skill shot not register – the light is always on the third basket yet DMD shows another basket – sometimes shot registers otherwise not, else all other features seem to work)
Wheel Bar 5/3/09
132 E Elkhorn Ave
970 586 9381
No Fear (plays great)
There may also be pinball at the bowling alley in Estes Park. There is at least one mini-golf/go cart place (believe on Hwy 34 east of town) that advertises that they have pinball. Let me know if you go there.
Fort Collins
Chipper’s Lanes 10/14/09
http://chipperslanes.com
830 N College Avenue
970 484-4777
Pirates of the Caribbean (no PARLAY hole, walk the plank did not register at least once, no auto launch allowing one to play 1 ball during multiball mode and get an inflated score, first tortuga light out)
Scared Stiff (condition unknown)
Chipper’s Lanes at Horsetooth 09/05/09
http://chipperslanes.com
217 West Horsetooth Road
970 226-6327
Road Show(leans right, hard mode- takes two week cycle to light 2nd lock, else fine)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (game faulted during multi-ball else plays great)
Chuck E. Cheese’s 06/21/09
105 W. Prospect Rd
970 221 2122
Elvis (left main flipper weak as I think I made right ramp shot only once but ok, very clean playfield!, everything working)
Fort Fun 6/21/09
1513 E Mulberry Street
970 472 8000
Monopoly (right main flipper dead)
Must buy card and purchase credits (500 for $5.00; game cost 65 credits)
Surfside 7 6/2109
150 N College Avenue
970 221-4281
Harley Davidson (plays great)
Trail Head Tavern 6/21/09
148 W Mountain Avenue
970 221-5757
Star Trek The Next Generation (top right rollover light out, launcher weak that doesn’t go to top hole on light lock shot, else fine)
Washington’s Bar & Grill
132 Laporte Avenue
970 484-3989
Star Trek The Next Generation(Data keeps saying “Readings indicate lock is lit sir”, lock lit out, 1 ball only during Borg multiball, fast ball up left ramp exits shuttle or falls off rail; rest working)
Jokerz! (weak flippers can’t make ramps, right bank targets down, some lamps out T in HIT, if two balls get in right saucer, kicker is too weak to dislodge)
A couple plastic tip dart machines!
Golden
Ace Hi Tavern 5/23/09
Washington Street (across from Buffalo Rose and south on Washington)
need phone number and correct name of place for yellow pages
Playboy (Stern, strip poker steady light on left ramp but not play, may work when flashing- worked through Grotto, tilt off else plays fine)
Blue Canyon Bar & Grill 5/23/09
1301 Washington Suite 120
303 271-0730
Pirates of the Caribbean (no timed ball lock, PARLAY hole either not register or hyperactive with bumper hits, very liberal tilt, else plays fine)
Buffalo Rose Saloon 5/23/09
1119 Washington Avenue
303 278-6800
Family Guy (DMD almost gone but plays fine)
Tech World 9/13/09
Colorado Mills Mall
14500 W Colfax Avenue # 100
303 384-3000 (main mall number, Tech World does not have a direct number)
pins are in two different locations in the mall
Addams Family, The (little left flipper too weak to make swamp shot, right inlane sometimes does not light Adv X, else plays fine)
Freddy: A Nightmare of Elm Street (kicker not work, DMD fair else ok)
Lethal Weapon 3 (plays fine)
Maverick (3 of kind targets do not register, 2nd and 3rd lock shot do not register in the paddleboat. Takes ball search to release ball, top spade rollover light out. Else ok.)
Royal Rumble (center ramp did not seem to register wrestlers or start feature, macho madness did not start when entered VUK, macho madness VUK is weak, top little left flipper weak)
Putting Edge 9/13/09
14500 W. Colfax Avenue
303 202-0260
Colorado Mills Mall
Revenge From Mars (well it’s glow in the dark golf so the arcade is dimly lit to begin with, on 4/5/09: machine tilts left, launcher capture does not always register, left orbit sometimes does not register, left inner arrow out)
Grandby
Mad Munchies 7/17/09
970 887 2691
had a Family Guy (need confirmation)
Grand Junction
Chuck E. Cheese’s 4/16/09
2424 US Hwy. 6 and 50
970 241 2851
Roller Coaster Tycoon (Currently down 4/16/09)
Greeley
Chuck E. Cheese’s 4/16/09
2309 Greeley Mall
970 352 0030
Simpsons Pinball Party, The (condition unknown)
Classic Lanes 6/13/09
2454 8th Ave
970 353 4275
Indiana Jones (condition unknown)
JunkYard (condition unknown)
Lafayette
Casa Alvarez 4/29/09
502 S Public Road
303 604-4396
Simpsons (needs work)
Coal Creek Bowling Center 5/09/09
550 W South Boulder Rd
(303) 673-0772
Star Wars Episode I (play at own risk, no refunds and kept quarter from left coin slot, needs lots work, R2-D2 rollover not register, Gungan letters on monitor not light, J-E-D-I lights out, red light out on monitor, game, very dirty playfield)
Leadville
Strikes N Spares Bowling Center 10/03/09
http://www.strikes-n-spares.com/
1717 Poplar
719 486-8905
See Website for latest games. Well-maintained list of games. Proprietor owns www.coloradopinball.com
Champion Pub (plays great)
Dirty Harry (ball falls out of gun, sometimes ball goes to rollovers on ramp shot launch choice, else fine)
Fish Tales (plays great)
Getaway, High Speed II, The (plays fine)
Hyperball (1981 Williams, no flippers just handles to move a gun which rapid-fires pinballs, was turned off)
Indiana Jones (STERN, plays great, tournament mode $1.50 for 4 week session, top two places win cash)
Indiana Jones, The Pinball Adventure (plays fine)
Johnny Mnemonic (plays fine)
Lord of the Rings (plays fine)
Night Moves (sit-down pinball, plays fine, in bar area)
No Fear (right flipper too weak to make left ramp)
Revenge from Mars (plays fine, in bar area)
Shadow, The (plays fine)
Strikes and Spares (plays fine)
Strikes-n-Spares (Gottlieb, combo-pinball-bowling machine)
WhoDunnit(DMD slots do not match playfield slot else great)
Longmont
A Bit of Billiards 10/16/09
700 Ken Pratt Blvd Suite 105
303 776-3952
Harley-Davidson (Sega, launcher not work – use two flippers and third button together, next city light out on scoop,red light multiball light else sound low but plays fine)
World Poker Tour (tilt too liberal – shook enough that ace in the hole multiball started on its own, bang back might be possible but didnt do, right bank target down, monthly tournament for prize)
Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids 10/11/09
1555 South Hover Street
Longmont, CO 80501
303-485-9400
http://www.oskarblues.com
Open 11am to Close, All Week
Monopoly (maintained by Lyons Classic Pinball)
Star Wars Episode I (maintained by Lyons Classic Pinball)
Pumphouse Brewery & Red Zone Sports Bar 9/19/09
540 Main St.
303 702 0881
Family Guy (plays fine, I light out in PINBALL else plays fine)
Sopranos, The (white post (adv rank, pork store, etc.) on center shot never raises so all those features do not work else plays and looks fine)
Louisville
Loveland
Fun For All 1/16/09
138 Barberry Pl
970 613-0889
http://www.FunforAllinc.com
Cyclone (plays fine)
Gold Wings (plays well)
Lucky Ace (5 ball game, plays fine)
SuperNova (out of order 1/15/09)
Toledo (5 ball game, some lamps out, otherwise ok)
See website for latest gamelist. Games work on tokens.
SweetHeart Lanes 10/02/09
2320 N. Lincoln Ave.
970-667-3510
Creature From The Black Lagoon (condition unknown)
No Good Gophers (condition unknown)
Lyons (Northwest of Denver and Boulder)
Lyons Classic Pinball
339 Main Street
(303) 823-6100
www.lyonsclassicpinball.com Monthly tournament 3rd Th of every month. WPPR points. Over 35 well-maintained machines from the 60’s through today. See website for game list. Pinball league on non-tournament THs.
Oskar Blues
(next door to Lyons Classic Pinball)
Family Guy, Fish Tales, South Park, Terminator 2 (all great shape)
See www.lyonsclassicpinball.com for information
Morrison
Morrison Holiday Bar 6/04/09
403 Bear Creek Avenue
303 697-5658
Spider-Man(fast machine but plays great)
Morrison Inn 9/13/09
301 Bear Creek Ave
303 697 6650
Addams Family, The (DMD serious burn in)
Batman Forever (left lower flipper dead, on 06/09: VUK weak-ball got stuck in there and started multi-ball for no reason, kickback light out, right orbit didn’t award gotham event else everything else seemed to work)
Pagosa Springs 10/25/09
Bear Creek Saloon
475 Lewis Street
970 264-5611
Spider-Man (tournament play)
Superior
Chuck E Cheese 11/06/09
305 Marshall Road
720 304-8814
Nascar (manual plunge is difficult – requires hand slap or wait until auto launch, left flipper needs new spring as can stick, the garage can be a drain in this game as common with this pin, else everything else works fine)
Winter Park
Buckets Saloon & Laundry 7/17/09
78415 US Highway 40
970 726-3026
No Good Gofers (right flipper slightly weak that can’t make drive with it; trap hole not strong enough to hit KICK targets, kick light out, leans left, else playable)
Revenge From Mars (no video or backglass light, not sure if top rollovers were registering either)
Smokin Mo’s Ribhouse 7/17/09
65 Cooper Creek Way
970 726 4600
Scared Stiff (Several bulbs out – cat, left deadhead, deadhead game, extra ball, some stiff-o-meter numbers. Left orbit strong shot when deadheads active often allows ball to bounce back down left orbit, ball will often bounce back into launcher slot. Auto-launch broke allowing one to play one ball at time during multi-ball games, crate hits not registering, right outlane not registering)
The Vintage Hotel7/17/09
in Winter Park resort area
Attack From Mars (sound off, right flipper needs new spring, won’t retract on own)
Winter Park Pub 7/17/09
On Highway 40
need phone number not in phone book
looks like evening hours
Nascar (condition unknown)
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Other original links
Alphabetical listing by machine of above information:
www.pinballrebel.com
(There were at least a couple other sites that had out of date pinball links. I took that information
and produced this up to date list.)
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