We Visit Past Times Arcade in Girard, OH ! So many pinball machines!

Wild Dog Arcade·video·12m 20s·analyzed·Aug 10, 2025

Analysis

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TL;DR

Wild Dog Arcade tours Past Times Arcade in Ohio with extensive pinball collection.

Summary

Wild Dog Arcade visits Past Times Arcade in Girard, OH, a venue featuring numerous pinball machines across different eras. The hosts tour the location, encountering classic and modern machines including Volcano, The Games (1980), Wolfman, Game of Thrones, AC/DC Pro Vault Edition, and Nemesis, with commentary on gameplay mechanics and machine condition.

Key Claims

Past Times Arcade has numerous clean older pinball machines
high confidence · Visual tour of venue showing multiple machines in apparent good condition
The Games is a 1980 pinball machine at Past Times Arcade
medium confidence · Host identifies a machine as 'The Games' from 1980, though expresses uncertainty about the game
Past Times Arcade has AC/DC (Pro Vault Edition) and Game of Thrones machines on display
high confidence · Hosts directly reference playing these specific Stern machines during the tour

Notable Quotes

“So many machines. So many machines”
Wild Dog Arcade host@ 2:44 — Emphasizes the scale and variety of Past Times Arcade's collection
“I don't remember this one at all.”
Wild Dog Arcade host@ 4:10 — Shows the rarity or obscurity of some machines in the collection
“It's like weird. Okay. I guess it's a way of nudging it.”
Wild Dog Arcade host (Ed)@ 11:14 — Commentary on distinctive mechanical controls on AC/DC machine
“I love the cover art.”
Wild Dog Arcade host@ 1:27 — Positive reaction to AC/DC machine aesthetic design

Entities

Past Times ArcadeorganizationWild Dog ArcadeorganizationVolcanogame The Gamesgame Wolfmangame Game of ThronesgameAC/DC (Pro Vault Edition)gameNemesisgame

Signals

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community_signal: Content creators visiting and documenting arcade venues as part of community outreach and documentation efforts
high · Wild Dog Arcade traveling to Ohio location to feature Past Times Arcade in video content
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event_signal: Wild Dog Arcade conducting content creation visit to Past Times Arcade venue in Ohio
high · Video documentation of arcade venue tour with multiple machines played and discussed

Topics

Arcade venue tourprimaryMachine condition and collection diversityprimaryGameplay mechanics and controlssecondaryMachine aesthetics and art designsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Hosts express appreciation for the venue's collection size, machine condition, and design aesthetics. Enthusiasm conveyed through repeated positive comments about the variety and cleanliness of machines.

Transcript

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Thank you. Here's scoreboards. And then, oh, there you go. All the older machines. Holy Moly. These are clean though. ... Alright, let's see what I can do here. That looks really cool. So many machines. So many machines Jerry is playing Volcano Have you played this one before? Oh, okay. or whatever it is called pastimes So many games. I don't even know what this is. It's salt? 1980, yeah. I don't remember this one at all. A little bit of reaction. It doesn't work. So until next time bye for now A Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you All right Ed is playing the Wolfman Oh man, it's got these weird strange handles that like slide the plate around. It's like weird. Okay. I guess it's a way of nudging it. Maybe. It really does art. I love the cover art. We can show that on TV, can't we? But yeah, the double is like wrist rest too. Yeah, I know. The other ones down this aisle are like, real scary too. Like that one right there is really real scary. Yeah, the Nemesis. And it's like, you got a little one that comes up there too. Oh, it actually moved it for me when it hits the ball. Let's see. I don't know if this even does anything. I don't either. Everything is in Spanish, I can tell. Yeah.