Welcome to Arcade Artifacts, a site dedicated to the restoration of Coin Operated Arcade, and Pinball machines.
If you are interested in Pinball Machines, you will find many listed with detailed pictures and descriptions of restoration. You can browse Arcade Machine Restorations for machines other than pinball, most very unique.
Why Arcade Machines? I got interested in coin-op machines when I was a young guy, just as video games were on the scene at arcades, and video games were becoming available for the home. It was pretty neat to have a game like that to play without dumping all your quarters at the arcade. About 20 years later, I happened upon an old Electro-Mechanical (EM) shuffle alley, and tried fixing it up. I quickly learned how complicated these old EM games were, and decided to to learn how to fix them. After a few years repairing these machines, and after receiving some mentoring from someone in the hobby, I've since restored many of these old machines. They are not only fun to play, but represent a piece of our history, very unique to American culture.
This site will be used to house machines that I've restored to working condition. In addition, I will share other projects I've worked on in the past, that represent hours of restoration work. If you are interested in purchasing a machine, or in doing some trading, please contact me. Keep checking in, as I will continue to update this site as new video and pictures are collected.
I hope you enjoy looking at some of these great old machines that represent a time in America when ingenuity, engineering and craftsmanship were the rule, not the exception, and I hope seeing some of these machines brings back fond memories.
Enjoy!
If you are interested in Pinball Machines, you will find many listed with detailed pictures and descriptions of restoration. You can browse Arcade Machine Restorations for machines other than pinball, most very unique.
Why Arcade Machines? I got interested in coin-op machines when I was a young guy, just as video games were on the scene at arcades, and video games were becoming available for the home. It was pretty neat to have a game like that to play without dumping all your quarters at the arcade. About 20 years later, I happened upon an old Electro-Mechanical (EM) shuffle alley, and tried fixing it up. I quickly learned how complicated these old EM games were, and decided to to learn how to fix them. After a few years repairing these machines, and after receiving some mentoring from someone in the hobby, I've since restored many of these old machines. They are not only fun to play, but represent a piece of our history, very unique to American culture.
This site will be used to house machines that I've restored to working condition. In addition, I will share other projects I've worked on in the past, that represent hours of restoration work. If you are interested in purchasing a machine, or in doing some trading, please contact me. Keep checking in, as I will continue to update this site as new video and pictures are collected.
I hope you enjoy looking at some of these great old machines that represent a time in America when ingenuity, engineering and craftsmanship were the rule, not the exception, and I hope seeing some of these machines brings back fond memories.
Enjoy!
United Bowling Alley & Bally Shuffle Alley
Arcade room, 2018.
Arcade room, 2018.
"Curators of Cool"