Pacific Pinball Museum

My buddy Harvey and I dedicated a Tuesday afternoon a took a trip to Alameda to the Pacific Pinball Museum. It's a Museum by name but actually a large pinball arcade. Yes, all of the machines are chronologically placed in 4 rooms with the oldest vintage in the front. I could not believe that I found a 1950's vintage bingo machine that was actually banned and outlawed in the USA because of its gambling use. $22 gives you access to all machines all day. Well both of us played for hours until our necked and back hurt the next day. Super fun. There is a city parking lot behind the museum but it's 2 hr meters so you need to keep feeding the meters.

$22 for unlimited play for the whole day along with leaving and coming back before the store closes. The staff were friendly and helpful for explaining the rules. The store has 5 rooms full of different types, genres and styles or machines each with a description card to learn more about the machine. They have machines ranging from wooden retro ones dating back the late 1800s to modern ones with a bunch of lights and sound. A great place to go to for pinball fanatics or simply a solid date night activity!

Went with my friend for a couple of hours on a Thursday afternoon. So fun to have a chance to play any game we wanted and try and bunch of different ones from different eras. The place is neat and clean and all the machines were fun! Nice to not deal with tokens, you can just walk up and play once you pay the admission. Highly recommend!!

You get a wristband for the day and can come and go which we really appreciated. We came here on a date night and had a blast! The machines are organized by era and it was so interesting playing some of the early pinball machines and some of the super random ones over the years. Highly recommend. :)

A very unique and enjoyable entertainment idea.The collection of pinball machines ranges from the ancient to the modern and allows try your skills with wooden cabinet machines from the 1950s, which are very mechanical as well as modern digital devices from the present day .The everything is included admission price which is currently at $22 as of March 2024 is really an amazing bargain. You consider that you can play the entire day and evening and if you were to add up all those quarters you would probably exceed well over $50 in play.

What a fun place to hang out. Hubby's idea to take our teenagers. I didn't think we would stay long but after 5 hours, I had to be dragged out by the kids. It's a museum, with lots of historical artifacts and funky art on the walls, but you also can basically play all different kinds of pinball machines all day for one price. Totally worth it. (With Yelp Check-In, it's 2 for $22 on Tuesdays). There are historical pinball machines on display -- the earliest from 1932. But you can play with super old ones all the way up to current ones. You can spend the whole day starting from the oldest one to the latest one. I love that you can play endlessly. My favorites were AC/DC, Seawitch, Star Wars, and Iron-Man. But there were tons to enjoy. I also love the jukeboxes. I think there were 3 -- and you can just select songs to play for free! The music varies from different eras: 50's country, classic rock n' roll, 70's ballads, 80's, and 90's. So fun! I was basically dancing while playing pinball. I love that they wipe down the buttons and flipper switches every hour. You can smell the germ-killing disinfectant! They also have hand sanitizer around the rooms. There are step stools for the littles so they can play too! Staff is friendly and professional. They're all-around cool people. Definitely an awesome place to come with friends or family and enjoy some time off from screens.

Myself and a new acquaintance decided to go here in lieu of other plans due to the weather conditions. Neither of us had been here in a good while. It was nice to go back down memory lane related some pinball machines from childhood. It was moderately packed. I'm sure many parents found this ideal for themselves and kids to get out the house and have a moment to themselves. I've brought my son here a few times when he was younger and he loved it. The price is affordable. The cool part is the allow in and out from open to close so you can take a break, grab a bite and/or peruse the many shops along the Blvd. Every room has designated decades of pinball machines abs music for that era. Tap into your inner child or take your child.

I lived in Alameda for a short time over 5 years ago and had first learned about the museum then but never made it in until some months ago. They offer more than 100 pinball machines dating all the way from the 1940's to the present day. You'll definitely learn at least a little bit about the history and you'll see some historical and rare machines. There are several areas/rooms filled with machines and each has a card with information about the year, title, and some history/information about it. Throughout the various rooms and hallways are very cool hand painted murals, vintage jukeboxes and some exhibits. No quarters or other forms of payment for each machine is required as an admission rate includes an all day unlimited pay and depending on the age prices will vary. Besides any street parking around there's also a little parking lot around the corner on Santa Clara street.

Amazing place! They were so nice and I love how you pay to get in and then don't have to worry about paying for each game. Lots of history displayed and explained which was very interesting.

Vietnam veteran returns to Alameda 55 years after being inducted there... to play pinball. That is what he should have been doing 55 years ago...not going to war.