Jan. 23—The clicks, dings, chimes and buzzers from old pinball machines are music to Paul Hodges' ears — not only because they were the soundtrack to his childhood in Skowhegan, but also because for ...

In the lower level of Ron Barbagallo’s Smithtown home, a quick flip of a light switch powers on more than 25 pinball machines in a high-ceilinged showroom. Godzilla, Austin Powers, Star Trek, Elvis ...

If you grew up in the '60s, '70s or '80s, you likely have fond memories spending Saturday afternoons at a dark arcade surrounded by the dings, clunks, whizzes and zings of a classic pinball machine.

Pinball games, with their flashing lights and unforgettable names, are the one thread that runs together my otherwise fragmentary ...

Winona Area Public School high schoolers Jarek Lapides (back) and Corey Duncan (front) work on restoring a pinball machine through the Pinhawks club. CATHY WURZER: Do you recognize that sound? If you ...

Great read, thanks Ars. Hope Steve is turning his mind to digitizing all the manuals and schematics and planning to take on an apprentice / inheritor! The pinball market in Canada is minuscule ...

It's one of the coolest places in Southwest Florida. But you can't just walk in the door to see The Pinball Asylum's collection of new and antique pinball machines ― one of the biggest in the country.

Every serious pinball player remembers their first machine. Ask any of them, and they'll tell you about it. Maybe it was glittering in the back corner of the neighborhood arcade, or pinging and ...