Pinball Parlour

The place has a TON of pinball machines and arcade machines. It would be amazing but probably 75% of them have some defect ranging from a little issue or that they don’t turn or are totally unplayable. Pretty disappointing, if you view it as more of a museum where you can see a ton of classic games you won’t be disappointed. I’d only pay for an hour though, and when you go to play the games and realize half of them don’t work you may get frustrated.

Everyone I know, including myself loves this place. You cant beat the price either. I can’t wait to go back! Some machines weren’t working but its not that big of a deal. The people who own it were friendly too. More people should know about this place.

Cool little collection of pinball machines approx 50 or so on the second floor. First floor had the same number of arcade games. Oldies and some newer one.
The commercial garage that makes up the pinball parlor is well lit and clean. The best part was the value.
$ 6.00 per person for 60 minutes. All the machines are set to free play .
We got here 8 pm on Sat night and there were a total of 3 people in the place. Not all the machine’s were on so it’s a 4 star treat.

Wow… just got home from here and I am speechless. That was the most depressing thing I’ve seen in quite some time.
Let me be clear: if you like pinball, you should avoid this place at all costs. If you do convince yourself to see it with your own two eyes, at least do yourself the favor of only paying for one hour. After an hour you’ll be itching to leave even if you paid for all three. I’m a notorious skinflint plus the wife and I are complete pinball fiends but we bailed after just short of two hours.
Right inside the door was a framed «Best of Philly 2008» award but the cobwebs all over it said more about 2015. The most obvious explanation for what I experienced is that all maintenance and upkeep has long since stopped and they are basically just turning things on and off each day and collecting money from first-​timers who make the trek because I can’t imagine anyone goes back for more. I wouldn’t be surprised if they just cut the power to the building at closing time rather than even bother going around and flipping switches. Floors are dirty, bathroom is filthy, trash cans are overflowing…
I played or at least tried to play every single pinball machine upstairs and literally found one machine (a ’76 Sure Shot) that didn’t have something seriously game-​impacting wrong with it. Fully half or more of the machines were dead or broken so badly that you couldn’t even get a game started. I noticed a number of games listed on their website that were no longer there at all and all of the links to supposed leagues and tournaments are long dead.
So we made a quick tour of the arcade machines in the garages downstairs and found them to be a bit better but still obviously ignored. Games with partially functioning controls, dead monitors on otherwise powered-​up and working machines… it’s kind of like if an obsessive collector passed away but his collection is still plugged in, more or less.
Turn off the lights guys, or find a technician who wants to live there rent-​free for a couple years.

This is one of my favorite places in the Philadelphia area. You drive out into the country, pay a cool dude (who seems to live next door) $ 6 per hour, and you get to play a house full of video games and pinball machines. The manager guy is always friendly. The games sometimes don’t work, but there’s an entire residential house full of other games to play. One room is full of newer pinball machines, the other full of vintage machines from the 60’s and 70’s. The downstairs has racing games, a dance game, Ms. Pacman, Dig Dug, Crystal Castles, and a bunch of other great 80’s arcade games. Watch out for the farm cats as you pull in and out of the lot, though!

Yeah, this place is amazing. I absolutely love it. It’s basically in a converted garage behind a huge house. Parking is next to the garage. $ 6 a hour, $ 15 for the night. Go for the $ 15.
I see it more as a museum than an arcade.
UPSTAIRS is pinball machines and the like. Really great selection, some rare machines I’ve never played or even heard of (SAFECRACKER?! I need this game in my living room). Here’s the small problem, about 40% of the games don’t work at all, and 20% have some sort of small defect. It feels like a lot of them just need some field lights and some new silver balls (don’t we all, hurr).
DOWNSTAIRS is all sorts of videogames from vintage to current. Lots of sitdown driving and racing games, some great classics, a DDR machine, some old school shooting games, golfing and bowling games and other stuff. It’s worth the price of admission just for the first floor. A lot of the games that are there are usually $ 1.00 in the arcades, so It’s totally worth it.
All the racing games are linked so you can play a friend all night.
We did that, it was awesome.
I’d say about 8 of the videogames weren’t working, but that’s ok.
I will most definitely have my birthday party here.

Sad. Most pinball games malfunctioning or in disrepair.
The collection of some of the top pinball games of the 1980s and 1990s is what brought me to Pinball Parlour. Knowing that Medieval Madness, Twilight Zone, Attack From Mars, Theater of Magic, Circus Voltaire, Junkyard, Diner, No Fear, Whirlwind and Safe Cracker, among others were, available to play for 6 dollars an hour was enough to make the drive from Philly to Earlington (located in what seems like the middle of nowhere)
My excitement to play was soon overshadowed by my disgust at the condition of the collection. Most, if not all of the games had technical issues. Play field lights out, back glass lights not working, malfunctioning flippers, broken pop-​bumpers. Most play filed surfaces were worn and dirty. Some games were missing balls. The machines condition shows a lack or respect for the game by the owners.
Compared to some arcade/​pinball showrooms like Modern Pinball in NYC or Pinball Gallery in Downingtown, Pinball Palour’s game collection is top notch. However, the collection is basically unplayable due to the machines’ disrepair.
If the owners stepped up their game, cleaned the machines, replaced broken parts, and set the games up correctly this place would be 5 stars. Until then 2 stars max and I’m probably not likely to return again soon.

One word… AWESOME! If you grew up in the 80s boom of pinball and arcade games this place will take you back in time!

This place is awesome. Most of the machines are working perfectly. The owner is very nice, never any issues with him. He even went as so far as to install new info/​score display boards on machines which never had them, so he didn’t have to do it, but he did it, and they look better than the stock versions. I hope he keeps up the good work, because places like this are as rare as finding a silver quarter in circulation. Just stay open please, not much more I can ask!

Lots of pinball and arcade games. It doesn’t cost much, and if you happen to be in the area it is great since there is nothing else. However, most of the machines are not in the best shape. Some problems I encountered on my 1 hour there: Lights are missing/​broken in the game and/​or scoreboard, broken and/​or weak flippers, scoreboard not working, flashing ceiling light, games angled too high or too low so that your ball whizzes down the middle, or takes forever to launch, and of course a few machines that are completely broken … As I said, this place is cool because there in nothing else in the area. Don’t come here expecting machines in perfect working condition, or a restroom.

Great selection of pinball machines. I’m not as crazy about the downstairs arcade selection though, although still decent. Would be a lot crazier if he added some House Of The Dead and Time Crisis games.

I’m not much of a video gamer, particularly in an arcade because I feel like it would be just as much fun to dump $ 25 worth of quarters directly into the ocean, but this place is worth the 45 minute drive outside of the city, especially if you go to the local bar Suspenders right up the street. And, if tire of the arcade more quickly than say, a 15 year old boy (or my 33 year old boyfriend) there’s a bowling alley just up the street too. So you could make a whole day of fun for under $ 25 I bet.
Pay $ 6 per hour to play unlimited (the games are configured so no change is required.) Or pay $ 15 to play all night. They have limited evening hours, 7pm — 10pm most nights but we happened to call before making the trek up there and they opened early «for some reason».

This place is awesome. They have tons of games crowded into a two floor garage from all different time periods. I personally love pinball, so I had a lot to do here. And it’s so cheap! Seriously.
Downsides: The hours, at any given time a number of machines aren’t working, and it can get pretty stuffy inside.
None of these deter me. I’m looking forward to my next visit.

Honestly, how is this not considered the Philadelphia area’s greatest attraction? Located off a country road, this unassuming hut contains a hundred or so pinball and early video games. The owner is as nice as could be. (He even accepted an out-​of-​town check!) The machines are organized by era and, to some extent, by type. I thoroughly enjoyed going back and forth between 1960s analog bell and bumper games to 1990s digital-​sound, chutes and targets. Only MINOR complaint is a few of the games I wanted to play were out of commission. But, there were still more than 50 working games to choose from, so I hardly felt denied.
If you go with a friend, my advice is to buy the unlimited option ($ 15, rather than $ 6 for an hour); that way, you can play competitively. With the 60-​minute clock ticking, it’s hard to sit idly by while your companion finishes his ball. A final compliment: Because of time constraints, we went with the one-​hour option; however, the owner generously allowed us to play significantly longer than that (we were the only ones in the place), without any hinting that our time had run out.
This place is a treasure … worth the drive … don’t miss it.

I have died and gone to pinball heaven. So many old favorites that I’d thought I’d never play again including one room of 50’s and 60’s machines. Great selection of video games, memories of a youth spent in arcades redux. All the classics, Joust, Paperboy, Tempest, Defender, to name a few. Pay hourly or by the day, open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. It does seem to be in the middle of nowhere, but that makes it a more rewarding destination. A must stop for any pinball fanatic!

Very cool! Tons of Pinball games to choose from and play as much as you want (small hourly fee)! I love the old school games the most, great fun to be able to play them again. Lots of fun for young and old.

Sweet sassy-​molassy!!!
I first found this place at its old location, but the new place is even better. Its like… a barn, sorta… in the middle of NOWHERE… but its full of pinball machines (upstairs), with some old-​school arcade games on the bottom floor just to keep things balanced. When I say full of pinball machines, I mean FULL OF PINBALL MACHINES. I am the kinda guy that would go far, far, far out of my way just to play ONE machine, even if that machine were 50 cents a game and only sorta worked. This place is FULL OF PINBALL MACHINES, from all eras, and they all work, and they are all on free-​play (you simply pay a «cover charge» and thats it). After a few years of knowing about it I still can’t fully process how awesome this place really is.
Earlington may or may not be on any map you can find, but I assure you, it does in fact exist. I have seen it… touched it… good god. I can also assure you that outside of the Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas, I don’t know of any place like this anywhere in the entire country. Think about it. All that land, with all the stupid crap that fills it up, and there is only one Pinball Parlour. Did I mention they host birthday parties? With pizza and soda?!? I need to lie down for a few minutes.

JACKPOT! Pinball Alert!!!
I just came back from the White Rose Gameroom Show (see:
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) in York PA and sitting in my hotel room (see:
) looking for my next PINBALL fix. In my surfing the net I hit the mother lode. Thank you GOOGLE!
Somehow this place has not been Unilocal! ed yet, so here goes…
My Faves are here:
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (see:
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Earthshaker (see:
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Fish Tales (see:
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Funhouse (see:
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Hurricane (see:
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Indiana Jones (see:
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Junkyard (see:
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Medieval Madness (see:
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Monster Bash (see:
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Pin*Bot (see:
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Safe Cracker (see:
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SCARED STIFF (see:
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (see:
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The Machine: BRIDE OF PINBOT (see:
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Theatre of Magic (see:
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Twilight Zone (see:
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Whirlwind (see:
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The Earlington Pinball Parlour is open Monday thru Saturday 7 pm to 10 pm. Bummed that I can’t go on SUNDAYs!!!
The BEST part? !? ! ?
$ 6 play for an hour
$ 15 play for the day
100+ Games
UNLIMITED FREE PLAY w/​paid admission!
What a deal!!!
Can’t wait to get back to the Philly area, when my wife is in town for work. This is about 30 – 45 minutes from Downtown or so.
Places like this are super rare. This is better than the Lucky Ju Ju in Alameda, CA (see:
) and on par with the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame (see:
) Well maintained machines and reasonable prices. If i lived in or near Philly I’d be here all the time!