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 ...

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Over time, pinball machines were changed to overcome the complaints against them. To the objections about the devices being games of chance, manufacturer Gottlieb introduced the flipper, which ...

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 ...

While pinball remains a hot commodity, owning and maintaining machines isn’t for the squeamish. “I’m going to make a T-shirt that says ‘The pinball life ain’t easy,’” Smith said.

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 ...