Pinball Intrigue presents: The Plunge

Back in 2017 I had written a post titled "The Pinball Bucket List". The purpose of that post was to define pinball machines I hadn't played before and create a "bucket list", crossing off games on the list as I was able to play them. Because I have been playing pinball since 1980, the list was very manageable...over the years there were very few solid state games from the big manufacturers that I hadn't played. In retrospect, however, I might have been too restrictive in my criteria, which was 1) no obscure or hard to find manufacturers and 2) no games released before 1988. As the list was whittled down to almost nothing, I was unsatisfied. Part of the thrill of crossing games off of the bucket list was supposed to be tied to the difficulty in hunting them down. However, after playing at the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show and Next Level Pinball, I had very few games remaining to pursue. So I decided to expand the criteria to include all games in Pinside&#