Play Pinball in Indianapolis, Indiana

Looking for locations around Indianapolis where you can play pinball? With my readers help, I am going to start listing pinball machines in and around Indianapolis. I don’t come across many in the wild on my day to day travels, but hopefully some of my visitors can submit locations in Indianapolis where you can play pinballs.

Finding pinball machines placed in remote locations by “ops” can be a daunting task. There is a website called Pinball Location Database that should be a great resource for finding pinballs in your area. However, it is poorly designed visually, and has limited information therefore rendering the site irrelevant. Hence, the need for this post for local Indianapolis collectors. There are one or two locations listed for Indianapolis, so already I have more options listed below:)

Onto the pinball list for Indianapolis

Here are the pinball machines I know of so far in and around Indianapolis in public locations.

Great Times Inc.

Pinall Machine(s):
Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World
Star Wars Episode 1
Starship Troopers
Last Verified: July 2008
Address:
5341 Elmwood Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46203

I drive by Great Times on Elmwood on the southside of Indianapolis just about every day, but finally made an effort to stop in. They have three pinballs on location, Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World, Star Wars Episode 1 and Starship Troopers. I didn’t get a chance to play any of them, I had other errands to run, but they appeared operational. Great Times also has some classic arcades, so you might want to check this out.

Tibbs Drive In Theater

Pinall Machine: Austin Powers (August 2007)
Pinall Machine: Simpsons Pinball Party
Last Verified: June 2008
Address:
480 S Tibbs Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46241

Unfortunately, Tibbs is only open during the summer, so playing any pinball machine there is a seasonal thing.

Southern Plaza Laundry & Tan

Pinall Machine: Terminator 2
Last Verified: April 2008
Address:
4019 Ransdell Street
Indianapolis, IN 46227

I didn’t actually play the Terminator 2 pinball, so I can’t verify if it is working or not. But check out the photo gallery, you can see the condition of the game, and it is lit up so that is a good sign.

Shelby Bowl

Pinall Machine: South Park
Last Verified: Summer 2008
Address:
3808 South Shelby Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46227

A small neighborhood bowling alley not too far from home they also have a modern racing game of some sort. If you check out the website you can also see a photo of the South Park pinball just inside the side door.

Laser Flash

Pinall Machine: Lord of the Rings (LOTR)
Last Verified: Early 2008
Address:
617 Third Avenue S.W.
Carmel, Indiana 46032

Thanks Steve for the tip. I need photos for this location, so if you can submit some that would be great.

Jillians

Pinall Machine(s): Revenge From Mars / South Park
Last Verified: February 2008
Address:
4019 Ransdell Street
Indianapolis, IN 46227

I wrote a post about Jillians and their comical arcade, and how it is poorly maintained. Venture here at your own risk of being disappointed. Revenge From Mars felt more like, we’re “Slightly Peeved on Mars.”

Post Road Recreation Center

Pinall Machine(s): Sharkey’s Shootout
Last Verified: April 2008
Address:
4700 N. Post Road
Indianapolis, IN 46226

Thanks Steve for the tip. I need photos for this location, so if you can submit some that would be great.

Rumored Pinballs Around Indianapolis

• At one time there was a Lord Of The Rings at Sharper Image in the Greenwood Mall. I haven’t verified this yet myself, but my guess that they have switched pinballs since LOTR release 5 years ago.
• At one time Gameworks downtown had a South Park as well. Need to confirm if this is still the case.

I need help finding Pinballs in Indiana

Know of any other public pinballs locations in Indianapolis? Contact me using the form on my site, or leave a comment here and we can try to build this as a reliable resource for local collectors. If you have pinballs located in other cities outside of Indianapolis that you think aren’t on the PDL website, submit them and I can either add them to this post or start a new one by area.

Comments

Jim
July 16, 2008

I just discovered your blog. I’m a pinball and arcade lover in Bloomington. I think we may have exchanged e-mails a while back about Joust 2 bezel artwork. I passed it on to Mr. Do! Hopefully we’ll be able to get to it soon.

Your Atari Football sideart is incredible.

Keep up the great blog. I’m now a regular reader.

Jeff Rothe
July 22, 2008

Thanks for the comment. In business they say you have to ‘toot your own horn’, which doesn’t come natural to me. I forget who I have or haven’t told about Rotheblog.com - arcade game blog, I forget sometimes that not everyone knows.

I am always looking for original content. I know you guys post updates on all Mame artwork on the Mame forums, but if you every had any piece of arcade artwork you would like to spotlight only on my arcade game blog, I would be grateful.

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