"Pinball," which scores points by striking balls on an inclined platform, was once a mainstay of the game as entertainment. Although it is a pinball with a feeling of being completely deprived of the ...

[Quinn Dunki] has come to realize the pinball machines of her youth aren’t the lame games she remembered. They’re actually quite marvelous in terms of electronics, mechanics, engineering and the all ...

Restoring vintage technology can be a tricky business, especially without the appropriate schematics and documentation. To this end [Mark] has spent the past twelve months building a comprehensive ...

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 ...

Q: Do you know of a great mantle clock repair? The key will not wind the clock, nor will the pendulum swing and start the clock. Thanks. — Pam Brown Watkins, email Q: You’re such a great resource for ...

Pete Deardorff, owner of pinball machine repair shop Silverball Specialties, lifts the playing board to begin work on a Monopoly pinball machine Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at his shop in Harrison, Tenn.

Marshall Charlebois blames it on the Hollywood Heat — the vintage 1980s drama Miami Vice-inspired pinball machine. It sort of fell into his lap and got him hooked on fixing up old arcade games. "We ...

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