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 ...

In today’s age of artificial intelligence, smartphones, video games and virtual reality, pinball has undergone a ...

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 ...

ORMOND BEACH – Outside Café One, the sunlight skips around the parking lot and reflects from windshields. Inside, the sights and sounds of pinball machines glow from windows and bounce off walls. Café ...

I fondly remember a wasted youth cozying up to glass-topped boxes of flashing lights, strange sounds and steel balls flying around an angled assault course. But, apart from helpful nudges from mates, ...

Phoebe Smith plays at least one pinball game a day. With 57 of them at her house she doesn't have trouble finding one. The blinking lights and bells of more than a hundred pinball machines fill a ...