How Pinball Conned America | Nostalgia Nerd

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@ataribowlingcgc4465
@ataribowlingcgc4465 Жыл бұрын
I have a flipperless pinball in my basement called Bally Attention that was in the Brooklyn Naval Yards when LaGuardia banned pinballs and ordered them all dumped into the Hudson River. Two sailors caught wind of this and hid the machine in the back room of a candy store in the area where it stayed for 60 years until the candy store closed and the owner discovered the machine in the back. I bought and restored the machine,
@DjAle1
@DjAle1 Жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@thedave7760
@thedave7760 Жыл бұрын
Was there any candy in the machine? Did you get to taste it?
@Spudcore
@Spudcore Жыл бұрын
Was there meant to be more after that comma? What's it like to play?
@ehrenloudermilk1053
@ehrenloudermilk1053 11 ай бұрын
Name checks out
@notsyzagts7967
@notsyzagts7967 3 ай бұрын
@@Spudcore There are demonstration videos of these machines on KZbin. Search for "flipperless pinball."
@cs8712
@cs8712 Жыл бұрын
1940: we need to protect kids from gambling 2023: loot boxes for kids are ok
@Solaceon
@Solaceon Жыл бұрын
To be fair, the US has started to crack down on them lately. It's why a lot of games that used to have them don't have them anymore.
@p_mouse8676
@p_mouse8676 Жыл бұрын
In parts of the world paid loot boxes are illegal in games.
@sb6482
@sb6482 Жыл бұрын
have a bang on that you mug!
@MrPaxio
@MrPaxio Жыл бұрын
@@Solaceon no they haven't, lol, and if they did, they're about a decade late
@ExtraThiccc
@ExtraThiccc Жыл бұрын
​@@SolaceonThe worst country on earth isn't doing shit, we're too busy banning women from using the women's restroom and making it illegal for people to dress as a different gender
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Жыл бұрын
I'm in Trinidad and Tobago and I was born in 1998. I've played in many arcades, I still remember smoking sections, malls are still bustling and successful here. I've never seen a pinball machine in my life. I thought pinball was just a computer game like in Windows XP until I was like 12.
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Жыл бұрын
@RightHandReaper Well I've never seen one in real life! But I must have seen one on a show and been like "huh guess it's a real game"
@herbiehusker1889
@herbiehusker1889 Жыл бұрын
Normally I only throw my used car batteries in the ocean, but I'll throw an arcade machine in for good measure.
@herbiehusker1889
@herbiehusker1889 Жыл бұрын
@@fathersunglasses6085 it's fine. How else would you recharge all those electric eels?
@fathersunglasses6085
@fathersunglasses6085 Жыл бұрын
@@herbiehusker1889 🤣
@klausstock8020
@klausstock8020 10 ай бұрын
@@fathersunglasses6085Yes indeed. Thanks to all these shoot-em-up arcade games dumped into the ocean we now have killer whales. Well, still beats school shootings caused by these games.
@waleswideman1
@waleswideman1 5 ай бұрын
Forgot about that meme
@BlackHoleForge
@BlackHoleForge Жыл бұрын
I have watched severaldifferent documentaries about pinball. I can honestly say this is the first time someone has explained how it got the name pinball. Well done mate 👍
@BlueCrayon77
@BlueCrayon77 Жыл бұрын
For anyone not familiar with pinball but wants to get into it (probably a video game version)... the best and easiest tip to improve your playing is the Dead Flip! Basically it's where you intentionally don't flip the flipper, but you let the ball bounce off the 'dead' flipper. You quickly get used to when doing this is a good idea, and you wrestle that ball back under control. It will often lead to the ball bouncing across to the other flipper where you can easily trap it for a nice considered flip.
@Tamarocker88
@Tamarocker88 Жыл бұрын
Yep! My favorite tip is for someone to cradle a ball with the flipper and try nudging to feel how it affects the ball. Then see if they can do a post pass. Once you get familiar with the feel, it almost feels like cheating!
@DGK2K1
@DGK2K1 Жыл бұрын
Abe Flips is also good for basic flipper skills.
@Renville80
@Renville80 Жыл бұрын
I do that sometimes, but with the flipper raised. Also, if you get the timing exactly right and release the flipper at the moment of contact, you can literally suck all the momentum out of the ball!
@joesterling4299
@joesterling4299 2 ай бұрын
Cradle the ball with a raised flipper, release the flipper and let the ball roll down to just the right spot on it, then launch the ball toward where you want it. Is this uncommon knowledge? That would be a surprise to this old player.
@BlueCrayon77
@BlueCrayon77 Жыл бұрын
The tokens dispensed by the Safe Cracker machine could actually be put back into the machine to launch a different play mode called Assault The Vault.
@DST.73
@DST.73 Жыл бұрын
Assault *On The Vault
@liamodell7191
@liamodell7191 Жыл бұрын
I hope you get the chance to experience the joy of owning a real 1980's (or early 90's) solid state pinball machine. I have two. A Bride of Pinbot and William's Fire. My brother use to buy damaged pinball machines, restore them and resold the ones he didn't want to keep. He has a Stern Sea Witch I would love to buy from him. Digital pinball is nice but will never compare to an actual pinball machine. Other machines I would love to own is a Gottlieb Black Hole, Haunted House, Circus Voltaire and Elvira Scared Stiff.
@PolygonAlchemist
@PolygonAlchemist Жыл бұрын
There needs to be an arcade or a bar at LaGuardia Airport with a few pinball machines, just out of spite.
@LarixusSnydes
@LarixusSnydes Жыл бұрын
First of all: I love a good game of pinball (with flippers!) now and then. I even wrote a software table in Visual Basic Script for the Visual Pinball platform based on my favourite comic strip. LaGuardia had a point with the payout machines being rigged to fleece you.The modern equivalent Pachinko in a so-called Pachinko-parlour is a sorry sight in my eyes. You see rows upon rows of people in front of "their" machine looking like zombies as they put coin after coin in the machine mindlessly watching as the metal balls ploink from pin to pin while the players are blasted by dazzling visual effects when they "score" points. The inserting of token coins is the only active part in "playing" Pachinko, except grabbing the occasional pay-out in tokens.
@thesteelrodent1796
@thesteelrodent1796 2 ай бұрын
@@LarixusSnydes this is also why Pachinko and any other luck based gambling system is illegal in most countries outside Asia. But their love for pure luck based gaming isn't just limited to those stupid machines, they also infest many of the video games made in Japan and South Korea, with many of them end up in the west unchanged as long as they don't require real money to play the gambling components
@iivin4233
@iivin4233 Жыл бұрын
I'm sitting here at minute 12 realizing that ticket-paying arcade machines can be gambling machines but get around restrictions by paying out tickets.
@SergioLeonardoCornejo
@SergioLeonardoCornejo Жыл бұрын
Took you this long to realize? I realized thanks to Pachinko.
@MesaAufenhand
@MesaAufenhand Жыл бұрын
Wait until you found out about lootboxes
@gariko
@gariko Жыл бұрын
Now you have to start thinking about Skill testers and UFO catchers
@mycosys
@mycosys Жыл бұрын
Go watch a pachinko documentary
@verzocktes
@verzocktes Жыл бұрын
That's why they are 18+ in Germany haha
@tipulsar85
@tipulsar85 Жыл бұрын
Pinball in the Seattle area has been legal, as long as the table is just for points. I grew up with them, and still to this day still enjoy the odd round in Pinball Arcade, as it is far cheaper than owning some of the tables I would like to have a physical version of. One of those tables being Doctor Who by Bally-Williams, and another being Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure by the same company
@MrTaxiRob
@MrTaxiRob Жыл бұрын
T2 has to be my all time fave. LOAD THE CANNON!
@pinballwiz45b
@pinballwiz45b Жыл бұрын
Pinball Arcade never got Indiana Jones. Pinball FX did.
@tipulsar85
@tipulsar85 Жыл бұрын
I know, FX also got Space Station as opposed to Space Shuttle.
@DGK2K1
@DGK2K1 Жыл бұрын
Seattle has a massive pinball community and tons of tournaments
@tdtrecordsmusic
@tdtrecordsmusic Жыл бұрын
luv that app ! wish it was still in dev !! I hold on to it dearly
@quintessenceSL
@quintessenceSL Жыл бұрын
To be fair, America has always been quite puritanical, despite it's proclamation of FREEDOM! I live in a dry county (still), which would just dumbfound an Englishman.
@MuscarV2
@MuscarV2 Жыл бұрын
I just finished watching "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game", and the first thing I see when I open youtube is this video. Good stuff!
@BlueCrayon77
@BlueCrayon77 Жыл бұрын
Weird eh! I only just watched that last week... and here I am.
@notsyzagts7967
@notsyzagts7967 3 ай бұрын
@@BlueCrayon77 KZbin always recommends a similar video to one you recently watched. Congratulations on following the algorithm.
@gwgux
@gwgux Жыл бұрын
Huh, I had no idea pinball had such a crazy history!
@th0rbjorn
@th0rbjorn Жыл бұрын
@Nostalgia Nerd The tokens that Safe Cracker dispenses can be inserted on a special token slot on the face of the machine. This triggers the 'wizard' mode.
@jafwilding
@jafwilding 11 ай бұрын
I’m a seaside town near me, an arcade purchased a South Park pinball machine, around the time that the show was becoming popular. The first time I used it, Mr. Hankey had popped out of the toilet. When I went back, a few weeks later, the toilet opened, but all that popped out was a metal bracket. The arcade owner had clearly instructed the handyman to remove Mr. Hankey from the playfield.
@billkeithchannel
@billkeithchannel Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I did really great at pinball in the mid 1970's. I was a pre-teen and my family was at a restaurant and they had a pinball that ran on dimes. I had racked up a lot of free games by playing all four players myself. When we went to leave with the won credits still on the game he came over and turned the game off then on and handed me a couple dollars for the credits.
@bubbadmatt8124
@bubbadmatt8124 Жыл бұрын
Love that outro song. Arcades and pinball spots are hard to find here in rural southwest Indiana. Luckily in nearby Evansville there's now a bunch of places to go. That's only a recent phenomenon mind you. Still tho, I miss the good ol days of the mall and strip mall arcades. The kinds they have now are just ticket redemption crap. 😢 Never gonna happen but if I ever won the lotto (big national one, not the smaller state version) I'd want to create an actual arcade and amusement tech museum. Couldn't hold all of the games it's just not possible, but I would like to showcase the technology that went into it in order to preserve that knowledge for future generations. Plus I'd want to see if it's possible to start a CRT production facility.
@joanfan6324
@joanfan6324 Жыл бұрын
Has anyone tried finding the machines that were thrown in the water?
@spladam3845
@spladam3845 Жыл бұрын
Wow, Peter, your virtual PB table is beautiful, well done, I really want to start that project soon.
@MAGA_Patriot2024
@MAGA_Patriot2024 Жыл бұрын
Best of luck to you! I've had one for over 5 years, and I still love it! 😊
@saintuk70
@saintuk70 Жыл бұрын
What Aquaman does in his spare times.
@Entr0py404
@Entr0py404 Жыл бұрын
I read your comment as "what does Aquaman do in his spare time?", was looking for the read more or comments for the punchline 😅
@vaderaguk
@vaderaguk Жыл бұрын
Great video, but title was a bit of a con... Arcade Machine != Pinball Machine
@dwaynezilla
@dwaynezilla Жыл бұрын
I'm working toward getting my U.S. Kinder Egg Carry (KEC) license
@Siska0Robert
@Siska0Robert Жыл бұрын
Be careful, man! With great power comes great responsibility.
@FirstLast-vr7es
@FirstLast-vr7es Жыл бұрын
If LaGuardia had REALLY been interested in banning gambling in NYC, he'd have shut down the New York Stock Exchange. Not a peep on that one though.
@ChristianBehnke
@ChristianBehnke Жыл бұрын
Massive nostalgia moment with the "twelve" song at 1:33! That takes me back.
@flippersteinschmatz
@flippersteinschmatz Жыл бұрын
In Austria we have a great museum with 118 Pinball Machines - it is called "Eitle Kinderkram Neulengbach"
@Jakepearl13
@Jakepearl13 Жыл бұрын
The regulation of pinball reminds me a bit of how bowling used to be associated with gangsters and racketeering,until the 50s where it got heavily sanitized and became a common pastime (for the better,in my opinion)
@mikedrop4421
@mikedrop4421 Жыл бұрын
We welcome you back good sir! Edit: My dad got himself a used pinball machine when I was a little kid back in the 80's. I loved playing with it. And his atari 2600. Funny he kinda stopped playing games in the 80's and I kept on loving games and tech. Oh man that pinball counting animation hit all the nostalgia feels. I haven't seen or heard that in 30+ years but I can't get it out of my head now
@EeekItsSnek
@EeekItsSnek Жыл бұрын
First ever video from someone, not from Washington, who managed to pronounce "Spokane" correctly. That's almost as impressive as this video.
@box-botkids3267
@box-botkids3267 11 ай бұрын
I'm impressed that the Brit narrator knew how to pronounce 'Spokane'. Most Americans can't get it right.
@GameOfDepth
@GameOfDepth 7 ай бұрын
The Coin in Safecracker would activate a SUPERGAME mode on the machine. They were quite the collectable. Good show!
@dextrose42
@dextrose42 Жыл бұрын
Some things of note: There were some flipperless machines that had slot machine style arms on them to pay out (OD Jennings Sportsman for example). Also, look into bingo machines.
@Dazdigo
@Dazdigo Жыл бұрын
There are a lot of arcade games that give out tickets are rigged. Even the claw machines are rigged. I wish I knew that when I was a kid.
@Robocopnik
@Robocopnik 10 ай бұрын
I love when the government just transparently embraces the fact that they're literally nothing other than the biggest racket there is. The honesty is refreshing, y'know?
@K9arcade
@K9arcade Жыл бұрын
Another fun video from Nostalgia Nerd. Loved looking into the history of Pinball. I'm more for arcade machines but do enjoy all the amusement games and what they can offer. This video further inspires me with my own video projects so I'm grateful.
@eightcoins4401
@eightcoins4401 6 ай бұрын
As an european, some context to the Kinder Egg anecdote. First of, the FDA used to consider any candy with toys inside a safety hazard. This got changed, but to be safe Ferroro changed the toy holding capsule to contain breathing holes. Alledgly said breathing holes meant people could easily smuggle drugs in the capsules by swallowing them though. I dont know how much of the last part is urban legend and how mcuh is true though.
@Tamarocker88
@Tamarocker88 Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Any plans to mod your ALP? The OTG experience with VPX, Zaccaria PInball in Steam, and Pinball FX3 are all fantastic. It's a lot of work to get set up just right, but it's worth every minute.
@kiwirocket64
@kiwirocket64 Жыл бұрын
Yes, speaking of pinball I learned about how bowling used to be banned as well. It’s really interesting and like it wasn’t unbanned until the 60s or some thing it’s really interesting you know which is weird.
@JPMonteith
@JPMonteith 3 ай бұрын
I like the one dollar coin slot in the video on that pinball game. Unlike the one pound coin in Britain, it is flippin' hard to find one dollar ones used anywhere in the USA. They do exist, but there are precious few in circulation.
@HeroQuestFans
@HeroQuestFans Жыл бұрын
now with microtransactions we're back to games shilling gambling to kids again...
@greenhowie
@greenhowie Жыл бұрын
One of these days I'm going to watch a Nostalgia Nerd video and the subtitles are going to be exactly what he says. I just know it.
@benjamink1403
@benjamink1403 Жыл бұрын
Now we have pinball machines AND guns! A true win-win
@user-nq9xe7np8z
@user-nq9xe7np8z Жыл бұрын
Still no kinder eggs unfortunately
@psil0cibin89
@psil0cibin89 Жыл бұрын
My mom managed a few bars in a small town back when I was a kid in the 90's. ALL the bars in town had pinball machines that would payout. The way it worked was you would collect points by doing certain things in the game and the counter would go up and it also had some sort of slot mechanics as well. I dont remember the exact conditions you had to hit before a payout would happen but I do remember you were paid based off the number on the counter. For example if the counter said 100 you were paid 10 dollars. The Pennsylvania liquor control board would occasionally come in and raid the businesses to see if they had machines that people were gambling on. Most of these bars had video poker as well. When the PLCB would hit one bar it would call and warn all the other bars that they were in town and everybody would scramble to hide the machines quickly.
@anasevi9456
@anasevi9456 Жыл бұрын
27:49 Don't threaten me with a good time!
@MrMarkalroberts
@MrMarkalroberts Жыл бұрын
The irony of getting one of those “get rich quick” adverts from KZbin in the middle of your excellent documentary!
@NegativeReferral
@NegativeReferral 3 ай бұрын
It's interesting to think that in the 70s, if you wanted to make a kid in a movie look rebellious or carefree, you'd show them in front of a pinball machine at the local pizza joint. Never mind that nowadays, pinball almost seems like something very straight-laced, some good clean fun to be had. It's like chewing gum - something that was once seen as trashy, rude on principle, piggish, or perhaps unladylike - used in cinema for some time to suggest a rebellious (for better or worse) persona, only for it to become ordinary - perhaps a personal sensory choice or a way to freshen your breath - not something that is supposed to convey subtext about the character.
@Christopher-N
@Christopher-N Жыл бұрын
In a way, this goes back to when slot machines had to become fruit machines to avoid gambling laws. It wasn't too long ago that collectable card games like _Magic: The Gathering_ were banned from school because cards could be anted up (if the players elected to do so), thus a form of gambling.
@raymoreton3184
@raymoreton3184 Жыл бұрын
my fav pinball is on the amiga - pinball dreams - nightmare table, with the volume turned right up it sounds amazing.
@polocatfan
@polocatfan Жыл бұрын
honestly screw arcade owners for not fighting this sooner and just letting their stuff get thrown away like that.
@ZugPlayz
@ZugPlayz Жыл бұрын
If you're a game collector, just go to the ocean to get rare games. edit: the context is that the video name was "millions of arcades machines are underwater"
@SergioLeonardoCornejo
@SergioLeonardoCornejo Жыл бұрын
Nay. You'll only find an artificial reef.
@neilsimpson79
@neilsimpson79 Жыл бұрын
Has Peter launched a Kickstarter with the goal of fixing up someone else's boat to try and find these machines at sea but still make the backers pay to play them yet?
@kevinbarry71
@kevinbarry71 Жыл бұрын
There is an episode of the honeymooners TV show, which was filmed in the 1950s, which shows Ralph playing a pinball game in New York City. And that is where the show was filmed
@coyoteartist
@coyoteartist Жыл бұрын
I had read many years ago some of the history of pinball and that there were laws concerning the gambling element. It wasn't until I sawr a story on Mysteries at the Museum that I learned about the New York City ban and I quite agreed with the ider behind it. Sad that one has to agree with a ban on something one loves because we can't have nice things.
@hullinstruments
@hullinstruments Жыл бұрын
The police needed to raid LaGuardia's pantry and kitchen cabinets. Which was obviously more dangerous for him feeding his fat face and pose more of a threat than the "gamblers". Good to know the cop's would just go along with any crazy thing.... with zealous malice... Who could have ever guessed
@matthewday7565
@matthewday7565 Жыл бұрын
TotalAV? Really? The one with the notorious "FREE" version that nags like hell to upgrade and then expires if you don't, the one some other AVs will block as badware? Now ok, credit to Total AV, they HAVE been included in the tests they claim to be and results are adequate, but they do not cover themselves in glory with their dubious marketing
@coctailrob
@coctailrob Жыл бұрын
Many reports of billing issues also. 54 pages of complaints against them on the better business bureau website
@elessal
@elessal Жыл бұрын
that mayor was ahead of his time. he should have been sent to the future to give cement shows the board members who promote lootboxes and pay-to-win mechanics in videogames, and throw them in the sea.
@thesteelrodent1796
@thesteelrodent1796 2 ай бұрын
in Denmark, only machines that have a payout are considered gambling (otherwise video games would be illegal), and the laws regarding them is very strict. Thus you normally will not find payout machines in an establishment that have machines without payout - thus no pinball or video games next to the slot machines. We otherwise have very relaxed regulations for pinball and other machines - they can be as expensive or difficult as they want, but if they cost money to play they must be beatable
@sergeant5848
@sergeant5848 8 ай бұрын
Horrific to think about the loss of, what now would be, collectable vintage/classic pinball cabinets. They'd probably be worth 1000s.
@klausstock8020
@klausstock8020 10 ай бұрын
8:15 Naturally, they would ban kids from playing "Billiards, Bagatelle, or any other game" in Jackson County, GA. To keep them safe and happy, children worked in the textile industry instead.
@nathanembry9245
@nathanembry9245 Жыл бұрын
I would rather own guns than video games. Gaming industry is at a all time low, and the new Kimbers are amazing!!!
@ed.puckett
@ed.puckett Жыл бұрын
Thank you, this was a fun episode, and educational!
@venomdust1
@venomdust1 11 ай бұрын
1:32 old school Sesame Street . Although he is not in the clip RIP Mr Hooper big bird can’t torment you anymore 🙏🏼
@CarlosEduardo-gf4my
@CarlosEduardo-gf4my Жыл бұрын
Bro here from Venezuela, Glad you mentioned that stupid law, and believe me that shit has 0 effect on many gamers over here, as the mayority of us has downloaded games from shady websites (no wonder why many computers over here completely riddle with viruses thanks to some kid who tried to download San Andreas), and thats mostly because we have no choice, to this day its hard to find a legitimate copy of older titles (especially PS2 or Xbox 360), and even with the advent of steam and other similar online services we still have to resort to piracy to play some games because there are way to expensive (and if for some reason you had the money, find a way to PAY it it's a nightmare), anyway thanks form your excelent video, and sorry for my bad english, greettings from Venezuela.
@fathersunglasses6085
@fathersunglasses6085 Жыл бұрын
Hope you are doing well. Hope all is well in Venezuela. Interesting to hear your opinion. 👍
@notsyzagts7967
@notsyzagts7967 3 ай бұрын
How is any of this related to pinball? You didn't mention seeing a machine or playing pinball video games.
@mack.attack
@mack.attack Жыл бұрын
1:59 kinder eggs are banned because there are no guns in them
@kilotangosierra
@kilotangosierra Жыл бұрын
the irony is that later on when the Mortal Kombat 2 arcade machine came along, they programmed it to cheat against the human player..and got away with it. no dodgy wiring needed there!
@georgehill8285
@georgehill8285 Жыл бұрын
NYPD still smashes stuff they don’t like. They ran a commercial about a year ago showing them smashing motorized bicycles.
@Slash0mega
@Slash0mega Жыл бұрын
wow, that pinball ban actually made sense at the time!
@steel8231
@steel8231 Жыл бұрын
Kinder eggs are banned in the US because of a law that says you can't put inedible objects inside food, the objective being to reduce choking hazards. We do have Kinder Joys though, which have the treat in a different compartment than the toy.
@maybeitsneato
@maybeitsneato Жыл бұрын
Perhaps if they put assault rifles in Kinder eggs the US would make them legal again.
@angusmcnay5449
@angusmcnay5449 Жыл бұрын
This is perfect, I was just thinking about bagatelle a few hours ago
@Eric64
@Eric64 Жыл бұрын
The Who movie, Tommy, was released in 1975. It heavily featured pinball and contained the 1969 song, Pinball Wizard. I wonder if that didn’t influence lifting the NYC ban in 1976.
@negativ-dekadent
@negativ-dekadent Жыл бұрын
This honestly was THE video in a couple of years, that taught me so much about something I love and yet never knew! Thanks!
@youtuberobbedmeofmyname
@youtuberobbedmeofmyname Жыл бұрын
You do know that just because we have bureaucracy for stupid reasons doesn't mean we dislike bureaucracy for intelligent reasons. Disarming the United States is something that has been impossible ever since 1865. If we started today, the backlash would be so massive that over 60% of the country's population would stop participating in society to protect their right to bear arms. Then, who would stop them? A Blackbird or Apache or Drone carrying armaments doesnt enforce curfew. And the amount of gun restrictions around big cities is extremely understated in the US. There are many places where you cannot concealed carry. Union Jack lovers like you need not to peep about our world. You have no idea about it.
@TheEpicLifeOfJacob
@TheEpicLifeOfJacob Жыл бұрын
Reading the title of this video to the tune of SpongeBob SquarePants is fun!
@ClassicGameSessions
@ClassicGameSessions Жыл бұрын
Fascinating pinball video, good stuff! 👍
@alanfike
@alanfike Жыл бұрын
Rad outro song. Felt like I was watching the end credits to an '80s summer blockbuster.
@HellJustFroze
@HellJustFroze Ай бұрын
The reason why Kinder eggs are banned in America is simple, there's a blanket prohibition on non-food items being completely encased in food. Yes, it's unlikely something like the capsule in a Kinder egg would be eaten mistakenly/choked on, but you can't tell me that's a bad law to have, and rewriting it specifically to make exceptions for Kinder eggs is nobody's priority.
@BuzzaB77
@BuzzaB77 Жыл бұрын
I phoned my mate in North Korea, I asked how he was, he said "ah ya know, can't complain"
@sgtjitters8980
@sgtjitters8980 Жыл бұрын
The benfold place at Vegas is dope as hell you should try it out, they don't give out tickets, but you get a ton of free games
@BuzzaB77
@BuzzaB77 Жыл бұрын
oooooo timing, I was just discussing a purchase of that atgames machine this weekend. I already have the arcade and love it.
@danieldougan269
@danieldougan269 7 ай бұрын
As a lifelong American, I had never heard the word tinhorn before either.
@pablorai769
@pablorai769 Жыл бұрын
"Pinball Machines are Criminal" is a more alluring title than "There are Hundreds of Arcade Machines Under the Sea", I guess...
@jwillisbarrie
@jwillisbarrie 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf
@TheNugettinage
@TheNugettinage Жыл бұрын
"The not insignificant issue of World War 2 cropped up" has to be the most british way of referring to WW2 I've ever heard
@bentbilliard
@bentbilliard Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile... In-App Purchases. Nothing has changed.
@The_Pyrrhonist
@The_Pyrrhonist Жыл бұрын
Lol, here in South Carolina, we still have a law on the books that doesn't allow children under 18 to play pinball. They're looking to undo that one this year, hopefully.
@SpaghettiEnterprises
@SpaghettiEnterprises Жыл бұрын
9:09 Lol Cyrillic etymology stock footage
@MozTS
@MozTS Жыл бұрын
26:50 still enforced in Toronto Canada. Someone tried to open an arcade in parkdale and local businesses complained to city council who forced them to close.
@MozTS
@MozTS Жыл бұрын
The law banned having more than two pinball machines and then when they finally agreed to just have two the local councilor pushed thru a ban on any new restaurants in the neighborhood. Once the arcade owners gave up and sold all their vintage machines the same council repealed the ban. Canada is a very corrupt country btw. No doubt the city councilors wanted a payoff
@daf666
@daf666 Жыл бұрын
For the Record, I have been humming the "1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, 11 12" theme from Sesame Street throughout this entire video. Thanks a lot.
@McHaro0079
@McHaro0079 Жыл бұрын
Nonononono... those are not called Kinder eggs 1:58. Those are called Kinder's Surprises, as in, Surprise! You are under arrest!
@SeekerGoldstone
@SeekerGoldstone Жыл бұрын
18:22 So they sold licenses to own the machines, then made them illegal and confiscated the machines while pocketing the license fee!? Now THAT'S a sweet racket!
@Cyberbrickmaster1986
@Cyberbrickmaster1986 Жыл бұрын
The real irony of taking legal action of a slight bit of gambling, is that the game industry nowadays has been taking the liberty of forcing gambling mechanics in video games for the sake of greed. And that's an act of gambling that deserves an action lawsuit for being standardized and exposed to young audiences, because everyone but the fat cats taking our money agrees that this needs to stop! Anyway, the history of pinball is quite fascinating and shows just how sensitive people can get, especially the overly concerned crowd of people. Just as well pinball has evolved over the years and enthusiasts have been trying to archive as many of them as possible. Before Farsight got their hands in the mold, there were only a handful that would get the digital preservation, back when playing them in the arcades was still a relevant pass time. But of course in recent years, preservation has become more important than ever for a lot of people, and that's why its become important to make sure things don't get lost in time forever, like what they tried to do with these old pinball tables back in the day.
@KOTYAR0
@KOTYAR0 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for allowing me to listen to this, this is a feast for the ears
@KarldorisLambley
@KarldorisLambley Жыл бұрын
7.09 "money is the root of all evil" you've made that fact up. the actual quote from 1 timothy 6;10 is "love of money is the root of all evil". quite different from your version. eh?
@joniroxanne96
@joniroxanne96 Жыл бұрын
A video game taught me how to play pinball in real life... *Space Cadet 3D* 😏
@sanitarium017
@sanitarium017 Жыл бұрын
The hell is that pinball cartoon???? I remember that
@maybeitsneato
@maybeitsneato Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing it on Sesame Street
@soulfullofhope7339
@soulfullofhope7339 Жыл бұрын
Have you done a video on Dollz, from the late 90s. Internet paper dolls. It was extremely cool back then, kids would print theirs off and bring them to school to show off and put in the special clear sleeve on the front of the binder. ❤
@UltimatePerfection
@UltimatePerfection Жыл бұрын
Don't you think Spongebob deserves some arcade goodness?
@F7GOS
@F7GOS Жыл бұрын
... Precisely the reason I declined a recent works trip to York.... Just in case...
@ohioplayer-bl9em
@ohioplayer-bl9em Жыл бұрын
I love pinball games. There is a pinball bar about an hour away and i cant talk my wife into going. 😒🤷🏼‍♂️
@erichobbs4042
@erichobbs4042 Жыл бұрын
Oakland CA is home to a real cool Pinball museum. They have a ton of machines from the 60's to modern ones. My favourite ever is still The Black Knight.
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