It's kind of unbelievable to think about it now, but it's true: America went through a period between 1940s and the 1970s when pinball was banned in many of the biggest cities, including New York, Los ...

This is the Transparent Pinball Machine, a custom piece created out of a 1976 “Surf Champ” unit by Michael Schiess, owner of the Lucky JuJu Pinball Arcade in Alameda, CA (which looks like the coolest ...

Pinball was banned in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City for decades and . . . wait, what? Then again, the ban was overturned in Chicago in early 1977—before I was born. As an 80s kid who spent a ...

EVEN THOUGH Michael Schiess owns more than 200 vintage pinball machines, he will tell you he is no collector. Collectors, he says, collect things that collect dust. “I am a curator. That’s the way I ...

Learn about the history of pinball in this High Times print piece from July, 1979. Bagatelle, a popular game in the 19th century, is the granddaddy of pinball. Bagatelle is similar to pool, in that ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KIPS BAY, Manhattan — You can call it the ...