Making our way west we stopped in at JR Macs. Stop #9 of the night was a nice bar as much as I didn't care for the game that was inside. The game "Roller Coaster Tycoon" was right inside the door, and boy weren't we floored to see someone actually playing it. That's right. Save the two arcade I have visited, we witnessed live, in-person, for the first time since I started this blog, someone playing pinball. We couldn't believe it. We were so shocked that we had to order ourselves a beer.
The bar is a union-friendly joint with stickers all over the taps. I found Local 539 proudly representing. I probably should've asked if they gave discounts to card-carrying members. We sat and drank our beers and discussed who the ad-wizards were who came up with the idea of basing a pinball game off of a moderately successful PC game. When it was our turn to play we found that clearly little effort was put into the game as it has sound effects ripped off from the South Park pinball machine, and for some reason it randomly has a troll doll popping up inside it. The lighting in the bar makes playing a little difficult. It has four flippers, of which the top right one serves no other purpose other than to infuriate you. However, its only $.50/1 and $2/5 plays and the replay seems reasonable. BT was able to hit it, but I just sucked.
Replay: 3 mil (bumps to 8 mil)
BT's high score: 4.5 million
My high score: 867k
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