More Than 1,000 Arcade Games Are Up for Auction as Museum of Pinball Closes Its Doors

This weekend, and again later this month, the items will be sold off as the Museum of Pinball in Banning, California, prepares to close its doors for good. The 40,000-square-foot museum will host live and online bids Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the floor of the facility, located at 700 S. Hathaway St.

The nonprofit announced in July that because of the nearly yearlong coronavirus public health lockdowns, its financial situation had turned dire, and options had run out. There was an attempt to relocate the roughly 1,100 vintage pinball machines and digital arcade games to a venue in Palm Springs, but the effort fell through, according to reports.

The museum touts the largest collection of classic pinball and arcade games in the world. Some of the pinball titles include "Addams Family Gold Special,'' "Big Bang Bar,'' and "Magic Girl.''

Among the digital arcade games are Atari's "Star Wars Cockpit'' and "Paperboy,'' Exidy's "Death Race'' and the "Bally Midway Discs of Tron.''

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