My personal pinball background gets into some family history stretching back to the late 1930s. My grandfather's business was coin-operated machines—jukeboxes, arcade games, vending machines ...

That machine — Baby Face, made in 1947 — is now part of a collection of more than 1,200 retro pinball and video games Berk has curated over the decades, and now he’s ready for the public to ...

My dad used to call pinball machines "nickel catchers" because that's what it cost to play them when he was a kid. When I began playing in junior high, it cost 10 cents a game, or you could play ...

Coin-operated pinball machines were first introduced in the 1930s, also known as “pin games,” in which a player would launch a ball with a plunger through a series of metal pins in order to ...

The minimalist, angular images on the machine are often referred to as “Pointy People,” and were developed by pinball artist Jerry Kelley. In addition to jukeboxes and pinball, Carriveau has ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A trade association representing purveyors of pinball machines, arcade games, jukeboxes, pool tables and other coin-operated amusements is suing Gov. Mike DeWine’s ...

Whether furiously tapping away on a Mortal Kombat machine or going full-tilt on Star Wars pinball, chances are high that if you can put a quarter in it and play it, it’s Illinois-built. Since at ...