Pinball Map

Crowdsourced map of public pinball machines worldwide

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A community-maintained directory of where to find real, playable pinball machines, organized by region. The keyless REST API lists regions, locations, and machines as JSON; maintainers just ask for attribution and no bulk hammering.

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Uptime history
14.0%90 days
0.0%30 days
575P50 · ms
1107P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 194 ms, slowest 766 ms, most recent 458 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://pinballmap.com/api/v1/regions.json

{
  "regions": [
    {
      "id": 80,
      "name": "rhode-island",
      "full_name": "Rhode Island",
      "lat": "41.6986442",
      "lon": "-71.630214",
      "state": "Rhode Island",
      "effective_radius": 35
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://pinballmap.com/api/v1/regions.json"
const res = await fetch("https://pinballmap.com/api/v1/regions.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://pinballmap.com/api/v1/regions.json")
print(res.json())

THIS API IS DEAD — NOTHING TO RUN

Endpoints · 6DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /regions.json no longer responds reliably
GET/regions.jsonPROBED

Crowdsourced map of public pinball machines worldwide

GET/regions.json?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

GET/api/v1/region/

Region — documented GET route.

GET/api/v1/location_machine_xrefs/

Location Machine Xrefs — documented GET route.

GET/api/v1/location_machine_xrefs/top_n_machines.json

Top N Machines Json — documented GET route.

GET/api/v1/location_machine_xrefs/most_recent_by_lat_lon.json

Most Recent By Lat Lon Json — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Pinball Map: common questions

Is Pinball Map free to use?

Yes — Pinball Map is a free geo & maps API. Free tier: Free — no key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Pinball Map need an API key?

No — Pinball Map needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (No hard limit; heavy/bulk use may be blocked).

Can I call Pinball Map from the browser?

Not directly — Pinball Map doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Pinball Map up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Pinball Map is dead with 14.0% uptime over 90 days and a 575 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.