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 ...

A new museum in Queensbury, New York, aims to draw pinball wizards and machine tinkerers alike. The echoes of arcade game history fill the otherwise quiet Aviation Mall – they’re coming from Arcade ...

A line of pinball machines at the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, Calif. (Natalia Seenarine for Courthouse News) ALAMEDA Calif. (CN) — Nestled in the sleepy island community of Alameda is a unique ...

At the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, the first blinking, brightly lit machine to catch my eye is “El Dorado,” a 1970s-era game, replete with bucking horses and cowboys, that once made an ...

The game of pinball has entertained the minds of many across the globe for more than 100 years. Its future wasn't always so certain and has been rocky. A resurgence of new fans has given the classic ...

“The only certainty about pinball is that every game will be different,” declares Chad (Science Comics: Solar System) in this illuminating and thorough graphic history. Chad chronicles the craze from ...

PROVIDENCE — Given recent downpours, it’s not hard to imagine being in Rhode Island on a rainy summer day, and if you can’t hit the beach, you could duck into one of the many museums in Rhode Island ...

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 ...

Pinball has been going through an amazing renaissance, even in a time when people can play video games in virtual environments on run-of-the-mill PCs in the comfort of their homes. The arcade staple ...

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 ...