{"id":3393,"date":"2026-09-30T22:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2026-09-30T22:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:48:54","slug":"new-pinball-games-at-starfighters-arcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/new-pinball-games-at-starfighters-arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"New pinball games at Starfighters Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My friend Kevin took these pictures at the <a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/life\/life149.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/life\/life149.htm\">Starfighters arcade in Arizona<\/a> I visited last year. 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Visuals only from the OT! Prequels can get lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6abd8621615c5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6abd8621615c5\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"3396\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pinball-TF1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pinball-TF1.jpg 449w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pinball-TF1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6abd862161a86&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6abd862161a86\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"3397\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pinball-TF2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pinball-TF2.jpg 449w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pinball-TF2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>G1 Transformers! Yeah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I no longer know of any places in Japan where I can play pinball. There was a Mikado location near their main game arcade that specialized in pinball, but it closed down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Kevin took these pictures at the Starfighters arcade in Arizona I visited last year. They have some new pinball additions by Stern! Star Wars: Fall of the Empire. Visuals only from the OT! Prequels can get lost. G1 Transformers! Yeah! Unfortunately, I no longer know of any places in Japan where I can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/new-pinball-games-at-starfighters-arcade\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New pinball games at Starfighters Arcade&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[304,10,312,398],"class_list":["post-3393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-games","tag-arcade","tag-gaming","tag-pinball","tag-starfighters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3401,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions\/3401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}