For $13, you can play pinball until your arms fall off at Seattle's working pinball museum.The two-story storefront in Seattle's International District is filled with games from every era from the 1960s to today.
The museum, which houses about 50 or so machines, started in 2010 as one couple's obsession and grew to be something they wanted to share with others, or as Cindy Martin puts it: a good solution when they ran out of space in their garage.
"Any serious collector will tell you collecting these machines is an incurable disease," said Charlie Martin, her husband and business partner.
They keep the equipment fixed up — with some help from other collectors — offer brief historical information and "fun" ratings on small cards above the games and sell snacks, beer and soda to visitors from around the world.
The Seattle museum is one of a handful around the country celebrating a pastime that seems to be in the midst of revival.
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