Want a real pinball machine but don’t want to spend $3,000+? If you’ve got around $500, you can absolutely get started — and in this video I show you 10 pinball machines you can buy for around (and sometimes under) $500 right now. This channel is Dungeons & Drop Targets — honest, entry-level pinball for new adventurers. No gatekeeping, no hype… just real machines, real prices, and a realistic path to owning a pinball today. 🔎 Where to find affordable pinball machines I mention places like: Pinside Marketplace -- https://pinside.com/ Facebook Marketplace -- https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ Mr. Pinball Classifieds -- https://user.xmission.com/~daina/classified/index.html 👇 Question for you If you had $500 to spend… which machine would you want to own? Drop it in the comments (and tell me if you’ve ever owned one of these). 👍 If this helped If you found this useful, a like and subscribe helps a ton — and I’m making more lists at higher budgets next (Top 10 around $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000). Gameplay footage credit: Pro-Football - @pinrescue6014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn4DqeRFzw Lucky Ace - @londonpinball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfEO75MKBM Expressway - @ThePinballSpot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33yRyLYmLw Flying Carpet - @BiggestLittleArcadeReno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c6NA4pNhYA Royal Guard - @pfeinauer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ3IG3d58O8 Star Action - @Bearcade -- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yADW2pL4bHY ========================================================================= Chapters: 0:00 – Intro 0:28 – 1948 Williams Speed Way 1:46 – 1932 Gottlieb Whizz-Bang 3:16 - 1975 Williams Big Ben 4:44 - 1973 Gottlieb Pro-Football 6:54 - 1974 Williams Lucky Ace 8:30 - 1971 Bally Expressway 10:01 - 1969 Gottlieb Target Pool 12:12 - 1972 Gottlieb Flying Carpet 13:33 - 1968 Gottlieb Royal Guard 15:17 - 1974 Williams Star Action 16:45 - Outro