But the first machines to resemble pinball as we know it — pegs, coin-operated play — appeared in the 1930s, with the Chicago-based company Gottlieb. Its success led to dozens of imitators ...

Pinball is having a renaissance, and that's good news for Stern Pinball in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

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Ford didn't have anything major to show off at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, so it seems it instead opted to have some fun - it brought a row of pinball machines to the show. Yes, pinball machines.

This Week in Pinball: A journalistic and photographic tour of Stern Pinball, last bastion of Chicago's pinball legacy; RIP Steve Kordek, Chicago pinball legend; and more ...

Pinball is having a renaissance, and that's good news for Stern Pinball in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Pinball is having a renaissance, and that's good news for Stern Pinball in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Pinball is having a renaissance, ... piece by piece, at Stern Pinball's brand new factory, in suburban Chicago. ... includes 3,500 parts and a quarter-mile of wires — and it's all hand-crafted.