Major League - My Favorite Game
@teamfreak16 (43419)
Denver, Colorado
April 9, 2017 2:08pm CST
Do you remember your favorite childhood game? I do. It's called Major League, and I live about three blocks from one, so I just walked up and played six games. I scored 17 runs during one, and came close to hitting my first ever home run.
Major League is a vintage 1963 pinball-style pitch and bat game that some of you of a certain age might remember.
While playing, you pitch a pinball to yourself, which you then hit with a pinball-flipper bat. Lining the outfield fence are "out," "single," "double," and "triple" options, as well as a ramp from which to launch home runs. The scoreboard also has 3-D baserunners. All very high tech for 1963.
The game was made by Williams, which manufactured several pitch and bat baseball games, some of which sell for decent amounts on the Internet.
I lost my mind the first time I played this as a kid. Now, here I am in my 50's, and nothing has changed. I really need to hit that elusive home run before I die.
(Photo by me)
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
9 Apr 17
I'm happy - it looks like you've found a place to play it
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Apr 17
Oh, we used to come play it back in the 80's. It was here long before that.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Apr 17
@FayeHazel - We saw New Model Army in Denver. The place had, like, 50 pinball machines in the back.
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
10 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 I wish I could find a place that has pinball machines locally
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Apr 17
I think it's pretty fun, but played them a lot more when I was a kid.
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@Ronrybs (17865)
• London, England
10 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 I've been thinking about it and can't say I've seen any pinball for long while
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
9 Apr 17
I am horrible at these sort of pinball games. :) I hope you get the exclusive home run one day!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Apr 17
This one has since I was a kid.
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@reskyyandi (3616)
• Indonesia
12 Apr 17
When I was child, we usually playing a real game, not from a console
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@Jon2071 (256)
• United States
9 Apr 17
Sounds like it was awesome. I missed the pinball era for the most part. My sister once had a pool table in her basement and sometimes I would play when I went and visited her, but never got all of the enjoyment out of it that you did. When I was a kid I would walk down to the corner store (we called it the cow store because there was a picture of a cow on the sign) and played Galaga.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Apr 17
They have Galaga down the street, too. I play it every so often.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Apr 17
The first thing that came to mind: Just a little outside!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Apr 17
On some of these, you can even throw yourself curve balls.
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