In recent years, niche and quirky items like vintage pinball machines have soared in popularity (and value). But what makes these retro machines so special? Aside from the arcade nostalgia, some ...

Director Joe Grisaffi with some of his favorite pinball tables. Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Grisaffi If you know the name of Joe Grisaffi then it’s probably for his popular series of ...

Five pinball machines, including the first licensed Star Wars unit, have been saved from the scrap heap and will eventually ...

We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at dchval@juno.com. An available electrical outlet spawned a collection of pinball games that offers Mike Hogue an ongoing ...

ASBURY PARK, New Jersey, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Silverball Retro Arcade, a low-slung building along the boardwalk in New Jersey beach town Asbury Park, is not your typical museum. It's home to more ...

It began with one bingo pinball machine Butch Glauda got when he was a teenager. “My uncle (Michael Joseph) bought me my first one when I was 17,” he said. Butch Glauda, of Pottsville, Pa., talks ...

LAS VEGAS—When we weren’t pounding the pavement at last week’s overloaded CES trade show, we at Ars Technica took whatever opportunity we could to nerd out in uniquely Vegas style. That didn’t mean ...

Mike Perry sits perched on the arm of a white couch inside an old church, explaining how he ended up here — in this dimly lit room surrounded by 60 pinball games that pulsate and buzz. “I was kind of ...

GIRARD — Rob Berk’s relationship with pinball goes all the way back to when the Warren businessman was a boy of 5 years old. He remembers a pinball machine in his Warren house growing up. It was ...

A wooden pinball machine is a handmade, handcrafted game that combines the classic gameplay of pinball with the unique ...