One of the reasons that Pintastic is able to exist is the number of games that are available for people to play. A huge chunk of those games come from Gabe D’Annunzio’s private collection (see the extra ball lounge) some come from vendors, and others come from individual collectors who are given a free pass in exchange for allowing people the pleasure of playing their games.
But other than Gabe BY far the biggest batch of games that people enjoy comes from Mike and Emily of the Electromagnetic Pinball Museum of Providence RI who bring a plethora of pinball machines every year from their Providence location to the event and each year the number of machines has increased:
Anyone who has moved one pinball machine understands that it requires effort, picture the amount of effort to bring two dozen or more AND maintain them in the free play room during a four day festival that runs basically 9 am to 2 am.
Last year in our closing interview they made a special note of their team that makes it possible to pack and secure DOZENS of machines (many of them over 40 years old) so they can be safely moved.
The most amazing thing is that after those four days they still have their place in Providence open by 10 am the next day. It’s definitely worth a visit
With this year’s show now in Marlborough it’s a shorter trip and might be a tad easier but if they keep increasing the number of games they bring it will only be tiny tad
The most amazing thing is that after those four days they still have their place in Providence open by 10 am the next day. It’s definitely worth a visit
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