If you’ve ever been in a good arcade, you’ve been inundated by the sounds of electronic boops, beeps and pew-pews. One of the most recognizable sounds you’d hear were the sounds of pinball machines.

Step into an Ohio arcade spot where classic games, pinball, and throwback energy turn an ordinary night into pure fun.

At the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, the first blinking, brightly lit machine to catch my eye is “El Dorado,” a 1970s-era game, replete with bucking horses and cowboys, that once made an ...