Come for the custom framing, stay for a few rounds of pinball. Here's how "The Flipper Room" is bringing classic pinball fun to the East Bay.

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 ...

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 ...

About five years ago, Jay Adelson was restoring an old pinball machine with his teenage son when he had a revelation. “During that process, you learn everything about pinball machines, and how they ...

Modern games have evolved to be competitive with other forms of video gaming, says Dave Ruck, a fellow collector and pinball enthusiast. Along with immersive playfields, modern games incorporate ...

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 ...

Built in collaboration with Jersey Jack Pinball, these pinball machines feature a decorative overhaul inspired by Cameron's space opera series, including a striking blue design and some of Pandora's ...

Oakland is about to decriminalize the pinball machine - a staple of American arcades and bars that was outlawed 80 years ago when it was considered a gambling device. Like thousands of cities across ...

SUPERIOR — With his knees bent and one foot slightly in front of the other, Parnell Lutz, of Duluth, hunched over a pinball machine in Average’s Joe’s pub in Superior. The game he’s focused on is ...

Long before Pinball Pete's was a cultural landmark next to the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, the arcade had humble beginnings in a rival college town.