You sure you and I were in the same place? I found plenty of 60s and 70s EM machines with non-digital scoring, and lots of drop targets.
Drop targets are not hard to maintain. I’ve replaced a few of them on my own machine. In fact, maintenance in general on those old games isn’t really difficult–the interior may look like Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, but it’s all labelled, and every machine comes with a schematic to help further.
Guys, OP here. Thank you all for your comments - I’ll definitely be bookmarking this thread.
As it happens, Vegas fell through. So we’re going to Denver, instead. Rocky Mountain National Park, snowmobiling, dogsledding, that sort of thing.
Butbutbut, Vegas is very much still on the future vacay list. The mob, pinball, and atomic museums we will not miss. And thanks to all y’all, we have more information about hotels and casinos. (Y’all have convinced us, by the way, to stay on the Strip.)
Again, thank you to everybody who chimed in.