Hi, I'm Pete! I'm a life long video game player but that has gradually drawn me towards real-world gaming - aka pinball!
I started with Pinball Dreams way back on the Amiga, then more recently Pinball Arcade on iPad/PC. It's only been in the past couple of years that I've started tracking down tables to play (Medieval Madness outside Waterloo station is a favourite!), reading up on owning and maintaining them, and of course going to shows like South Coast Slam and Pinball Party. Can't wait for my first Northern Lights too!
I'm currently obsessed with picking up a Judge Dredd. I'm a fan of the comics (though still working my way through reading all of them) and have always really enjoyed the table when I played it - two launch ramps, four flippers, no jets (they're iconic but sometimes boring to wait for IMO!), and that super-cool Dead World ball lock. It all just adds up to a really fun machine that I'm determined to squeeze into my flat (thank heavens for the lift)! I also love a good project so not afraid at all to learn about fixing them up and getting my hands dirty (lucky I've got a garage/workshop though).
I realise this is possibly the start of a slippery slope and life-long addiction, but hey, seems like a great community and owning one is the best way to get better at pinball!
I also noticed that
MurphyFlicker and
Deleted_Record are just down the road in Kingston, might have to meet up for a beer or two chaps! Shame none of the pubs around here have a pinball table.
