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- From: zio@garg.Campbell.CA.US (Zio zZz)
- Newsgroups: ba.general
- Subject: Re: Pinball venues?
- Keywords: ding bang whoop
- Message-ID: <TsJsoB3w164w@garg.Campbell.CA.US>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 12:25:16 PDT
- References: <y8pm=wh.dec@netcom.com>
- Distribution: ba
- Organization: The Land of Garg
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- dec@netcom.com (Dennis Chapman) writes:
-
- > Every once in a while I get the urge to pump some money into a pinball
- > game. Any suggestions on some venues in the south bay which provide a
- > good variety of games? I know of the Keystone at Bowers & El Camino.
- >
- > Thanks,
- > Dennis
- >
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------
- > dec@netcom.com Listen with your eyes, see with your ears.
- > Dennis Chapman - Ken Kesey
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Without a second thought, Galaktican Arcade in what is known as "Westgate
- West" is my absolute recommendation for pinball. For starters, they are on
- a token system, which works as follows:
-
- $ 0.25 - 1 token
- $ 1.00 - 6 tokens
- $ 5.00 - 32 tokens (6.4 tokens per $)
- $10.00 - 68 tokens (6.8 tokens per $)
- $20.00 - 145 tokens (7.25tokens per $)
-
- Plus, if you go between 6PM and 7PM weekdays, or 10AM and 11AM weekends, you
- get 2 additional tokens per dollar spent - no limit!
-
- If that isn't enough, there is also Club Galaktican, where for $6.00 you get
- a Galaktican T-Shirt, plus $2.00 in tokens, therefore the cost of the shirt
- is 4 bucks. From that day on, the first dollar you spend in a day, gets you
- 4 free tokens right there on the spot, IF, of course, you are wearing your
- shirt.
-
- In addition to the pins, they also have some of the best modern AND older
- video games ever made. For a LONG time, they even had Tempest (a long time
- fave of mine), but it finally outlived its physical lifetime...a sad moment.
- But check this place out!!! NO place beats the play per $ ratio of this
- place!!
-
- To get to Galaktican, enter the lot as if you were going to go to Payless
- Supermarket. There is an alley type road between Orchard Supply Hardware
- and Ethan Allen/Payless. It is the second to last place on the right,
- between Masako's Hair Salon, and The Huddle.
-
-
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- Zio zZz zio@garg.Campbell.CA.US
- Land of Garg BBS -- (408) 378-5108
-