It’s deceptively simple. Pull the plunger by its flying-saucer-shaped handle, and hear that satisfying clack. Watch the silver marble roll around the playfield, and wing it with your flippers. Come up ...

For $5, patrons can play unlimited pinball for 30 minutes. You can get an hour of unlimited pinball for $10, or an entire day ...

If you’ve ever been in a good arcade, you’ve been inundated by the sounds of electronic boops, beeps and pew-pews. One of the most recognizable sounds you’d hear were the sounds of pinball machines.

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 ...

Growing up, Brian Soares was never a pinball guy. The Attleboro native remembers playing a game or two over the years, but that was about it. These days, the basement of this 50-year-old’s Norton ...

Ricky Jordan's three-year-old son loves Disney. Even Jordan, 42, is a self-described “Disney head.” So, this year, he decided to snag a Toy Story-branded game for their house. It cost a tad more than ...

​Wilson said he liked the flashing lights and other elements of the pinball machine — a “world under glass,” he called it.

Earlier this month, Montrose bar Poison Girl celebrated its 19th anniversary with the usual bells and whistles: special cocktails, live music and food for purchase on the back patio, T-shirts for sale ...

Due west of O’Hare International Airport, there is a neighborhood — formally, part of Elk Grove Village — that isn’t much of a neighborhood. It’s warehouses, drab gray offices. It’s Gertrude Stein’s ...

We’ve all read about declining artistic standards within the pinball industry. I.P. licensing is partly to blame: “Star Trek,” the band Kiss, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”—these big names dominate ...