I’m another Skee-ball lover. If you have a Dave and Buster’s near you, get thee there posthaste. Not only do they have amazing arcades (with lots of skeeball machines), minors aren’t allowed unattended by a parent.
And they have beer. So you can have beer and play skeeball at the same time.
Man, I used to be good at Skee-Ball. It’s the only game like that that I’m even remotely skilled at; I’m a Skee-Ball savant. (At least I used to be - it’s probably been ten years.)
Update–I’m back in Calgary, and my stuffed toys won at Skee-Ball are with me. The cats love them!
Reading through the thread though, I’m glad to see so many Skee-Ball fans, but I also have to say that I’m jealous. Nine balls a game? Generally, you only get six up here. Sometimes five. The penguin came from a five-ball game; but hey, I was desperate to play.