Every Fall for the past five years or so, my good friend Rob and I hop in the car (or fly) and travel to arcades across the country in an epic "Fall Arcade Road Trip." We have an ambitious goal for this year's trip...to visit arcades that collectively have more than 1,000 pins over the course of one long weekend. That's right...1,000 PINBALL MACHINES IN ONE WEEKEND!
The research has been done and the maps drawn (no we don't have paper maps that we use to navigate like pirates). This year's trip kicks off at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning, taking us through the pinball mecca of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on to our ultimate destination of Past Times arcade in Girard, Ohio.
Over the course of the next several days, I will report back with tons of video and pictures of the rarest pinball machines and arcade games that I can find in some of the coolest arcades in the country. Make sure to keep an eye on the Knapp Arcade social media pages for real-time updates:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KnappArcade/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knapparcade/
In celebration of the big trip, I present to you some terrible AI-generated art, featuring as my kids' friends call it the Knapp-mobile, aka Arctic Thunder my white Jeep Wrangler that we will be driving this trip and various Easter Eggs :)
Your arcade road trip looks amazing! When embarking on such an adventurous journey, it is always wise to prepare for the unexpected trouble. Having a reliable roadside assistance service can make a big difference in travel if something goes wrong with your vehicle while on the road, ensuring you can focus on enjoying the journey.
Bummer you're not stopping at Wizards World in Fort Wayne, IN. 144 pins, all in great shape.
just fly into Portland, and go to Hillsborro to Next Level Arcade..lol, you'll satisfy almost half of that goal in one shot ha ha..have fun in your quest guys, and keeper between the trees' ...maybe you should do a 'ranking' of these acades (unofficially)? this one below ranks pretty good to me ;)
You can visit 500 pins at just one location: Ann Arbor Pinball Museum, in Michigan. However, it is open to the public only one or two weekends per year.
It's more like 1,000 pop bumpers according to that last image.