Roger Sharpe, author of “Pinball!” a book that many consider the definitive word on the amusement, says the peak probably occurred in the late 1970s, when Chicago’s Big Four of Williams ...

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.

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 ...

Then in the ’90s, Midway, a game maker on Chicago’s Northwest Side, had its big moment with quarter-munching hits like NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat — the bloody brawling game that prompted ...

Today, the Blue Oval automaker revealed that the pinball machine will make its official debut at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show later this month, when Stern will unveil three new Mustang-themed games.

Ford and pinball-machine-maker Stern collaborate on a Mustang-themed pinball game that'll debut at the Chicago auto show. Read more at Car and Driver.