Acme Pinball Garage

Acme Pinball Garage Private pinball location in south Arlington. Hosting public tournaments on the second Tuesday of every month.

The first Summer Nights event was a success. We played later as the summer air cooled down and enjoyed some most excelle...
06/13/2026

The first Summer Nights event was a success. We played later as the summer air cooled down and enjoyed some most excellent Sno cones from Daesy's. Friday schedule brought in some new (but familiar) faces out and we will certainly look into a more diverse schedule in the future.
Finals came down to one bonus ball missed by Kirchmeier allowing relatively unknown player Garrett take home the first place red Acme sunglasses with Gabriel McMullin rounding out the top 3.
Special thanks to Thomas Shipman for helping do a little tech work and trying to fix Fish tales after Garrett broke it twice.
We thank everyone who came out and make these events a blast for the Acme crew and we look forward next time!

Amid domination by Colby Borum and Clark Barry McCoy, a new victor has emerged, John Richardson proves you should not lo...
05/13/2026

Amid domination by Colby Borum and Clark Barry McCoy, a new victor has emerged, John Richardson proves you should not look past the man ranked just outside the top 1000 in the world with the IFPA.

This victory follows the biggest upset in acme pinball history; crowd favorite Clark Mccoy failed to make A finals, being knocked out in a tie breaker on crowd favorite Twin Win. This let Kamber Kirchmeier and the infamous Popcorn Wizard make it into the top 15 for A finals.

Another of Kamber’s food related companions, Tomato “Shawn” Guy, displayed his pinball prowess while he was in town from Florida for his yearly pinball event, finishing top 8 in a stacked field of skill.

New machine Beat the Clock proved to be an exciting one to watch. Through the finals, the score to beat changed 4 times, with each lower core being within 10 points of the score to beat.

John’s victory was not easy, in an unexpected event. He was sitting on the amazing race bubble with a score of 888 on Sea hunt, when top seat Daniel Martin gave him grace and only put up 610 on the TPF award winning machine.

Current points leader Colby put up a huge score on the second to last game, valhalla, with almost 40 million, proving he was not going to be on the edge of elemination with this game like last finals. This game is also what handed Brian Hayden his 3rd place finish. Colby then set the score on the final game, Bike Race, with 9.8 million.

John stepped up to the Spanish game and unknowingly hit the correct switch to net him a 10-million-point bonus on ball one, securing his first victory in the Acme Grand Prix.

B finals also had its interesting twists, with Thomas Shipman somehow getting entered into the queue without even playing in qualifying. He ran through the amazing race gauntlet to come out on top, taking home B division first place. But as the dust settled and we found he had not paid his $25 cheater fee, we kicked him out of the standings and game Bobby Hitt his rightful victory over the B division.

Thanks for all those who came out and enjoyed some pinball with us!

Here is the top 25 in standings going into tomorrows round 5 event! Come see Skyla (who is still alive), take home some ...
05/11/2026

Here is the top 25 in standings going into tomorrows round 5 event! Come see Skyla (who is still alive), take home some eggs, and celebrate racing victories with Chocolate milk!

Here is overall top 30 Grand Prix Standings after round 4 - with the 2 drops factored in!
04/17/2026

Here is overall top 30 Grand Prix Standings after round 4 - with the 2 drops factored in!

Colby Borum brings home another victory at the Acme Pinball Grand Prix!Colby made it through qualifying with no strikes ...
04/15/2026

Colby Borum brings home another victory at the Acme Pinball Grand Prix!

Colby made it through qualifying with no strikes until the very last round. He evaded many strikes by very small percentage of points and likely a high percentage of luck. But the last round Charlie Herring was able to give him his first and only strike on Corvette.

The A finals started out with all the qualifying Kirchmeiers getting out right away, the first four eliminated were Cross, Skyla, Curtis, then Raddison. Not the best showing for the local team.

First timer Bobby Hitt had an impressive pinball debut, finishing 6th overall in a field of veteran players on fan favorite machine Twin Win. The upset of the night was Michael Y. L. Hew catching elimination on Super Soccer with a score of less than 10k.

Later in the final, Clark Barry McCoy came up short for 3rd place overall with a sub 2 mil score on the resident wood rail machine, Criss Cross,. He left the door open for a rematch between Charlie and Colby for 1st place on Legends of Valhalla. Charlie set a commendable score and Colby was looking like he was going to come up just short of the target. He played his 3rd ball in complete silence as the tension was felt by all spectators in the pin-shack. His ball was short, but after the bonus dust settled, he had bested Charlie by less than 200k - continuing his night of close calls. This gives Colby and Clark Both 2 wins, and with the drop system, they are technically tied for first in the overall standing for the race to the championship jacket.

Last night had a great turnout and we had 6 brand new players who had never competed in an IFPA event before! One of which, Duane Damon won our bottom bracket finals that Greg Gibson kindly officiated for us.

We also ran a B finals with the finals concluding with Jake Stacks just eeking out Sean Wedel for the win.

With 30 players, 100s of Chickfila nuggets, cookie cake, Dr Pepper Slushees, 5 new games in the lineup and so many new players, this was one of the best Acme Tournaments yet! Thanks for everyone coming out!

04/14/2026

Knockout Strikes Tournament TONIGHT for the Acme Pinball Grand Prix series!

Last night's spilt flipper featured a Perlick takeover, with the family winning both A and B division finals. Cross and ...
04/01/2026

Last night's spilt flipper featured a Perlick takeover, with the family winning both A and B division finals.
Cross and Skyla managed to eek out a victory in the C finals.

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