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 ...

“The city is to pinball and coin-op video games as Detroit is to automobiles,” said Gary Stern, CEO of Stern Pinball Inc., a company that’s made electronic games in some form or another ...

Once the manufacturing capital for the world’s pinball machines, Chicago is now the last, best hope for those loud and gaudy electronic games By J. C. Gabel March 17, 2010, 11:52 am ...

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.

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.