The gold standard of dads has to be Walt Johnsen, the man after whom Walt’s Bar, a pinball, beer, and hotdog joint in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, is named. His s ...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — What began as a love of pinball has turned into a traveling arcade for Fergus Falls machine artist Carl Zachmann. Zachmann, known for his engineering-inspired art, has ...

When Houston’s first pinball machine maker, Barrels of Fun, debuted its initial game in 2023, it was a surprise hit. Well, maybe it was a surprise to the pinball collecting community, who’d ...

There should be, like, a dozen different King Kong pinball games by now. Instead there are only two that you’re ever likely to play: Data East’s 1990 machine, and Stern’s new one.

And thieves continued to target pinball operators throughout the 1940s, such as when $10 — about $134 by today’s standards — was stolen from two machines owned by Harold Moon on May 22, 1949 ...

The Columbus Metropolitan Library has teamed up with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to launch the free "Part of the Machine: Rock and Pinball" exhibition, which begins March 4 at the main branch ...

That's an extreme challenge given some of those pinball machines date back to the 1940s and '50s, games designed to survive in the field for a year or two before being replaced.

Every year at CES, Stern Pinball has a new game to show off. They're one of the oldest and most well-known pinball manufacturers (not to mention one of the few left standing in 2025) so it's ...

Ever since he was a young boy, he’s played the silver ball, from Arlington to Charlottesville, this Wahoo sure plays a mean pinball. The clangorous cacophony of dings and rings from dozens of pinball ...

Although bar arcades may be on the rise, some 70% of pinball machines are now sold directly for players’ homes —as long as they can afford a price tag of between $7,000 and $12,000.

The Jaws pinball machine is one of the many movie themed machines available to play during a pinball tournament hosted by FitzCo on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at SpareMe Bowl & Arcade in Iowa City ...