The Flip is Chicago’s only pinball museum, which traces nearly 150 years of the game’s history. Founded by William Pietri, a ...

Few analog amusements have continued to thrive in the digital age. Videocassettes are dead. So are landlines and cathode-ray televisions. (Well, nearly dead.) One delightful diversion of yesteryear ...

The game of pinball has entertained the minds of many across the globe for more than 100 years. Its future wasn't always so certain and has been rocky. A resurgence of new fans has given the classic ...

Rochester Institute of Technology students can sure play — and create — a mean pinball. As part of an interactive games and media course, 12 RIT students made cardboard and digital pinball machines ...

For our latest issue, Ryan Smith delved into the seedy history of pinball and the champion player Roger Sharpe, who helped lift the ban on the game while his sons are leading today’s renaissance. We ...

Game of skills or evil gambling? It is hard to believe that there was a long period in the history of arcade games when pinball machines, these amazing mixtures of art, design, engineering, technology ...

FERNANDINA BEACH | It would be overstating the truth to say that Tim Trickett’s interest in pinball machines was out of control. His hobby, however, was starting to take up a lot of space. In the ...

Learn about the history of pinball in this High Times print piece from July, 1979. Bagatelle, a popular game in the 19th century, is the granddaddy of pinball. Bagatelle is similar to pool, in that ...

Photo taken by Pacific Pinball Museum. This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda. I was expecting to play a few old favorite pinball machines, but got a ...

There is something fundamentally compelling about pinball. The basic idea of keeping a shiny, silver ball from draining down a trough, with only a couple of flippers at your defense, seems impossibly ...

From overlooked roadside attractions to offbeat museums and obscure natural wonders, Local Hidden Gems will showcase some of the unique and unexpected treasures that make America extraordinary. We ...