Pinball machines were the video games of their day. Back when they were king, there were no microcontrollers — everything was electromechanical. We know from experience that fixing these was ...

GIRARD, Ohio – Like all collections, it started with one: One pinball machine, circa 1947 ... Berk Enterprises, supplies paper and other products to the food-service industry.

the popular downtown Patchogue arcade that boasted the largest public collection of pinball machines in New York state, has closed. All of the front windows are covered with brown paper and the ...

There’s a quarter mile of wire and 3,500 components in each pinball machine, and it takes about 30 hours of work to finish assembling one. They are methodically inspected every step of the way.

Those of us beyond a certain age will very likely have some fond memories of many an hour spent and pocket money devoured feeding the local arcade pinball machine. At one time they seemed to be ...

Whereas pinball appeared to be on the way out some 20 years ago, its revival can be traced to around 2008, according to a 2023 article in the Economist. Sales of new machines have risen by 15-20% ...

The Blaine business has one of the largest collections of pinball machines in the state. “It’s like looking at children waking up on Christmas morning, I mean these are grown adults ...

Portlanders love pinball. Venues here offer countless variations on the game, from old-school machines with simple motifs like rafting to modern digital tables themed after pop-culture figures like ...