Pinball Map is a global crowdsourced platform founded in 2008 that allows players to locate public pinball machines and venues. The service operates as both a website (pinballmap.com) and mobile app, featuring an open-source database maintained by 100+ volunteer administrators who process ~8,500 monthly edits. Users can search by machine title and location while reporting machine conditions and venue updates, making it an essential community resource for finding playing opportunities worldwide, with particularly detailed coverage of NYC venues.
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360 pinball machines are in New York City at 74 public locations as of March 27, 2026
As of March 13th, 2026, there are 358 pinball machines in New York City at 74 public locations
There are 362 pinball machines in New York City at 80 public locations as of December 12, 2025
354 pinball machines exist at 78 public locations in NYC as of November 7, 2025
Data source for NYC pinball venue and machine inventory tracking
Open-source pinball location mapping project; Kineticist's infrastructure model is inspired by their transparency
Mobile app for locating pinball machines; praised by Erica for discovering machines at venues
Community-sourced database used to track pinball machine locations and updates across NYC
Community resource website (pinballmap.com) where users can find machines on location, add new machines, upload photos; covers locations worldwide including Tokyo
Community crowdsourced pinball location database; mentioned in Reply All and Metallica podcast; discussed infrastructure scaling challenges
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As of September 19th, 2025, there are 344 pinball machines in New York City at 81 public locations
Pinball Map contains over 10,000 pinball locations and 44,000+ machines globally
Springfield, Illinois has 34 pinball machine locations
There are 10,876 pinball locations on Pinball Map
There are six distinct cities named Springfield with pinball machines
Pinball Map was featured on Reply All podcast in their apps article
Removing redundant UI buttons resulted in a 93% speed increase per Scout APM
277 pinball machines operate at 85 public locations in New York City as of October 11, 2024
Payment method information placeholder text in location descriptions is leading to organic user adoption of this field
Pinball Map has 10,643 locations across 67 countries
Pinball Map has 85 regional administrators managing the crowdsourced database
The top 5 countries for pinball machine locations are USA, Canada, Australia, France, and Great Britain
For every 20 comments made on Pinball Map, approximately 1-3 are edits or deletions
The new comment edit/delete feature was implemented to reduce support requests from drunk users wanting to delete regretful comments
Pinball Map was founded approximately 18+ years ago
Pinball Map adds 50-60 new locations per week while removing 20-30 per week
Individual machine RSS feed feature enables location tracking of specific machines like JAWS and ABBA
Pinball Map is considering migrating away from Mapbox to self-hosted tile solution to avoid dynamic pricing
Pinball Map has reached 10,000 locations after 15 years of growth
56 app updates have been released to app stores in the past 4 years
Pinball Map has been operating continuously since 2008 and will reach 16 years in operation
Pinball Map was redesigned with React Native and rewritten by Beth around episode 6
Less than 5 GitHub contributions have been received from external developers in the past 4 years
Bartari falls through the cracks on Pinball Map due to Pennsylvania's three-area geographic organization
Pinball Map uses Heroku for website hosting, which requires domain aliases instead of A records, incompatible with Lunar Pages registrar
Canadian Pinball Map editors are particularly active and engaged in data submission
Pinball Map 5.0.0 took 14 months of development from scratch using React Native
The Pinball Map database contains 6,529 locations with 22,065 pinball machines
The new Pinball Map app eliminates the need to manually select regions, displaying one seamless map instead
48 Patreon supporters fund Pinball Map operations and infrastructure upgrades
A couple hundred new locations were added to Pinball Map since the 5.0.0 release, particularly from Canada and Europe
The Pinball Map app rewrite will significantly increase user engagement once released, particularly around region-list functionality.
Pinball Map's new app will represent a massive improvement due to time invested in refinement and adoption of best practices from established tech platforms.
Machine comments in Pinball Map mention 'right flipper' 281 times and 'left flipper' 241 times based on 2019 data.
Patreon funding now covers the costs of Pinball Map's server hosting and map tile infrastructure.
The upcoming Pinball Map app is approximately 80% complete and will be 100% region-list based.
Pinball Map achieved a net increase of 4,376 machines across all venues in 2019 (13,479 added minus 9,103 removed).
Pinball Map Patreon raised $83/month with 26 supporters within ~one month of launch
Pinball Map will self-host OpenStreetMap tiles on AWS infrastructure with volunteer DevOps support
Pinball Map's application typically runs 200-300MB over its 512MB RAM limit
Pinball Map has maintained a machine database for 10 years with approximately 1,400 entries
Pinball Map's Patreon received 10 supporters in the first 24 hours
Pinball Map was created specifically to serve the Portland pinball community
The left flipper issue on Batman 66 at Manuel's was previously reported on Pinball Map
Pinball Map application is integrated into WrestleMania arcade cabinet
Pinball Map lists 7,500+ pinball machine locations globally
Community-maintained online database and mapping service for locating public pinball machines; operating since 2008 with 56+ app updates in past 4 years
Community-driven pinball location and machine database; version 2.0 in development; tracks 5,790 locations and 18,409 machines
Online map service for locating pinball machines in venues; subject of technical migration due to API pricing changes
User-powered crowdsourced database for locating publicly playable pinball machines; founded ~18+ years ago; currently maintained by Scott, Ryan, and Beth
Crowdsourced pinball location database reaching 10,000 locations across 62 countries; primary infrastructure discussion around Mapbox hosting and new RSS features
Community-driven pinball location tracking platform discussed throughout, now at 7,012 locations globally
Crowdsourced app and website for locating public pinball machines globally; primary topic of discussion
A website and mobile app that catalogs pinball machine locations worldwide; version 5.0.0 released in June with major redesign
Community-maintained online database and mapping tool for locating pinball machines at venues
Free website and mobile app tracking pinball machine locations globally; operates on regionless model; uses Heroku hosting; built on Ruby on Rails
Crowdsourced global database of pinball machine locations with 10,643 venues across 67 countries; recently launched Discord and migrated to Ko-fi
Community resource for tracking pinball machine locations; provides API for location updates
Crowdsourced pinball locator website and mobile app platform; 10 years old; 5,500+ locations, 17,000+ machines
Community resource for locating pinball machines; hosts reference checking it to find games and adding newly discovered machines
Source of NYC machine location and availability data cited by NYC PinPod
Crowdsourced pinball machine location mapping service providing NYC location and machine data
Online database helping players locate playable pinball machines
Community database tracking pinball machine locations and maintenance in NYC, provides weekly machine updates
Crowdsourced pinball machine location database providing NYC machine and venue data
Community-crowdsourced platform tracking pinball machine locations and machine condition reports in NYC
Community-sourced database tracking pinball machine locations and venues, data source for NYC machine count
Free website (pinballmap.com) and mobile app showing locations of pinball machines globally, founded 2008, contains 10,000+ locations and 44,000+ machines
Location-finding tool used by players to scout machines and track venue inventory
Mobile app Zack uses extensively while touring to scout pinball machines at venues and nearby locations
Community-driven mapping tool for locating pinball machines; used by operators and players to discover locations
Global crowdsourced pinball machine location database; Scorbit has integration relationship for venue discovery
Community resource mentioned by George as tool for locating pinball machines; used to find venues with pinball availability
Crowdsourced platform for locating public pinball machines; used to identify 11+ Spanish Eyes locations across US
Crowdsourced database of public pinball machine locations, provides NYC venue and machine tracking data
Database and mapping platform tracking pinball machine locations; NYC data cited as of Feb 21, 2025
User-generated database providing NYC pinball machine location and condition data
Crowdsourced pinball machine location and venue database providing NYC venue and machine data cited in episode; enables community reporting of machine updates.
Crowdsourced pinball venue and machine location platform, maintained by volunteer administrators, Neil actively updates with accurate venue lineups
Website and app for locating public pinball machines; referenced as resource for finding local play locations
Mobile application integrated into WrestleMania machine showing nearby pinball machine locations
Pinball discovery app; community member notes better branding but fewer game listings than Pin Finder
Open-sourced pinball location database with API that Kineticist builds upon for location guides and city guides
Community-driven crowdsourced pinball machine locator; operates website and mobile apps (iOS/Android via React Native); 97 regional administrators, 100+ volunteer moderators; ~8,500 monthly edits
Community resource for locating playable pinball machines; mentioned as driver of foot traffic to showroom
Community-maintained database and mapping tool for public pinball locations; available as app and browser version; M.G. Brown recommends as up-to-date resource for finding arcade locations
Community-maintained database of pinball machine locations; integrated into Scorebit V2 app for venue discovery
App and website for locating pinball machines in local arcade bars and venues
Community-driven pinball venue mapping service; enforces submission timing guidelines; had interaction with Corbin regarding Finney's listing
Community-maintained online database referenced for reporting game malfunctions
Community-maintained app/website referenced for tracking pinball machine lineups including Rock House's rotating inventory
Community database referenced for Pins & Pints game lineup
Community resource for tracking pinball machine locations and availability at XUL
Community-maintained online database referenced for current Cafe One game selection
Community-maintained online database where Manuel's Tavern Batman 66 flipper issue was previously noted
Website and mobile app for locating pinball machines at public locations; user-updated database with 7,500+ locations globally; primary resource for finding location play
Community resource listing pinball locations; provided information for this report
Community-maintained website for locating pinball machines
Community resource for locating pinball machines at venues
Online resource for pinball machine location data; used to discover The Game Gallery
Data source for Ocelot Brewing's machine lineup
Community resource; provided the complete game list for Pinball Jones shown in article
Source used to verify machine count and lineup at Nickel Mania West Jordan
Community-driven pinball location database; provides machine listings for Delaware Collective (though author notes it's not always current)
Community resource providing current pinball lineup data for Nerdhaven
Source for The Garcade's pinball lineup documentation
Database/resource for finding pinball venues; The Local FFF not yet listed
Source for the comprehensive game list provided for Sunshine Laundromat inventory
Community resource tracking pinball machine locations and current venue inventories
Source of Pinball Perfection's game inventory list provided in the article
Website resource for locating pinball machines by geography; author identifies geographic categorization gap for Scranton/NEPA
Community resource site used for documenting venue machine rosters
Database/resource providing current machine lineups for arcades and pinball venues; source cited for Richmond Pinball Collective game list
Crowdsourced mapping service that lists The Retro under Memphis section
Community resource/website used to locate pinball machines
Online resource used by author to verify complete machine listing at Ayce Gogi
Community-maintained database of pinball locations; listed outdated machine lineup for Industrial Arts
Community resource that lists pinball machine locations; featured Red Lion Inn
Community resource that provided the machine inventory list for Crabtowne USA
Community database source for Lyman's pinball lineup documentation
Online resource for pinball machine locations and inventories; author credited using their data for Free Gold Watch inventory
Community database providing pinball machine location/inventory data used by author
Online database used by Chris to research arcade locations in Portland
Community-maintained online database for pinball machine locations; Chris used it to locate Quarter World; started specifically for Portland pinball scene; well-maintained and up-to-date according to Chris
Online resource for locating pinball machines at public venues
Crowdsourced platform for locating pinball machines in specific areas; recommended multiple times by RetroRalph
Location database; RetroRalph recommends for finding machines to play publicly
Community-maintained online database and mapping tool for discovering public pinball machine locations
Resource Don used to discover Pinball Lounge location; provides venue discovery
App and service for locating pinball machines; praised as doing 'phenomenal job' of keeping game lists updated; used by Pinball Republic
iOS app developed in Portland by Ryan and Scott; helps players locate pinball machines at venues; expanded from local Portland tool to national resource; currently maintained by Beth and Scott.
Community-driven database of public pinball machines providing location and machine data for NYC and beyond
Resource for locating pinball machines globally; referenced by Jack as way to find machines on various continents
Community-maintained online database of public pinball machine locations; used by Corey to find machines in NYC.
Online resource with 100+ game filter used to identify mega locations; crowd-sourced database.
Co-created/operated by Scott and Ryan; community resource for locating playable pinball machines; guests invited to defend games on Wedgehead's platform
Free, crowdsourced online database and mobile app (iOS/Android) launched 2008 that enables players to locate public pinball machines globally by location, condition, and machine type
Online resource used by enthusiasts to locate pinball machines by location and game; influences venue selection for road trips
Community-maintained pinball location database; referenced for Springfield location/machine count data (8 locations, ~60 machines).
Community-run app for locating pinball machines; Erika recommends for finding Pokemon Pinball locations
Online tool mentioned for locating Space Jam machines owned by collectors in specific areas
Community resource created by Ryan and Scott (former Portlanders); crowdsourced database of pinball machine locations; described as 'single most important piece of technology on my phone' by Alex
Open-source pinball location database; inspired Kineticist's transparency approach with detailed cost breakdown documentation
Location database/resource featuring weekly location highlight series with Ryan and Scott
Location and machine database that Scorbit integrates with for venue discovery in app
Online database allowing users to locate pinball machines and venues by location and game title; mentioned as resource for finding community playing opportunities.
Community-crowdsourced pinball machine location database used for tracking NYC machines
Crowdsourced database tracking pinball machine locations; provides NYC machine count and update data
Community-sourced venue and machine location database used for NYC updates
Data source tracking 347 machines at 80 NYC locations, user-reported venue updates
Crowdsourced pinball location mapping service used to track NYC machine and venue updates
Data source for NYC pinball machine locations and counts
Data source for NYC machine locations and availability
Online resource for tracking pinball machine locations and user reports on machine conditions across NYC venues
Community-driven database tracking NYC pinball machine locations and conditions
Data source for NYC pinball machine locations and user reports
Community-sourced database providing NYC pinball venue and machine update information
Crowdsourced pinball location database; source for NYC machine counts and venue updates; users report machine conditions and rotations
Mobile app for locating pinball machines by location and game title; recommended by hosts as essential tool for finding arcade venues
App and website (pinballmap.com) for locating pinball machines; user-fed location data; searchable by game; recommended for new players finding machines
Resource for locating pinball games. Colin mentions it provides API and location data integrated with Kineticist database.
Global crowdsourced platform for finding public pinball machines, founded 2008, with 100+ volunteer administrators and ~8,500 monthly edits.