The sights and sounds of a 1960s and 1970s commercial arcade come alive inside the Pinball Palace, a themed Airbnb short-term ...

Rod Hunt (from left), co-owner, and Steve Bray, co-owner, stand between pinball machines at Amuse Me Games in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) ...

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 … ...

There are pinball leagues and tournaments big enough to fill a whole convention center. For NPR host Juana Summers, a league gave her a way to connect — and it led to some lifelong friendships.

A competitive player, builder and part-time technician of pinball machines, Kalyn Smith edges toward 150,000,000 points on Stern's 2021 "Mandalorian" during a June 15, 2023 tournament.

Companies like Arcade1Up offer digital pinball machines at a smaller scale with price tags below $1,000 (believe it or not that’s much cheaper than companies like Stern Pinball who still sell ...

She recounted the 2015 release of a pinball machine called “Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons,” which contained lurid artwork that was a staple of pinball culture in the 20th century.

Fort Myers' Pinball Asylum boasts about 150 pinball machines, from modern games all the way back to the '60s. But some big changes are coming.

As an adult, he’s been buying and collecting pinball machines for more than a decade — 70 at last count — and he has a new home to share many of them with the public, including for tournaments.