Before video games, there were pinball machines. Not that they don’t exist today, but a modern pinball machine will likely have microprocessors and other fancy things that traditional pinball ...

Far more popular are pins dating to the ’70s and ’80s, and particularly the ’90s — widely considered modern pinball’s “golden age.” To compete with video games, the era saw pinball machines become ...

Follow your ears, and you’ll soon find yourself standing at the threshold of pinball paradise. The back of the shop opens up ...

Those of us beyond a certain age will very likely have some fond memories of many an hour spent and pocket money devoured feeding the local arcade pinball ... with modern arcade machines just ...

The ROM is the firmware (program) burned into a chip on an IRL pinball machine. It's the brains of 'modern' pinball machines. The ROM manages game modes and progression, scorekeeping, sounds, lights, ...

Free Gold Watch has become a cultural landmark in its own right. It’s a testament to the enduring appeal of analog entertainment in our digital world. In an age where most of our interactions happen ...

setting the stage for a new generation of machines using modern, solid-state electronics. It was about this time that something else began: The Pinball Resource. Young's obsession with pinball ...