Game of skills or evil gambling? It is hard to believe that there was a long period in the history of arcade games when pinball machines, these amazing mixtures of art, design, engineering, technology ...

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 ...

A line of pinball machines at the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, Calif. (Natalia Seenarine for Courthouse News) ALAMEDA Calif. (CN) — Nestled in the sleepy island community of Alameda is a unique ...

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 ...

Get to this unusual museum while you still can, said Edward Rothstein in The New York Times. Opened just eight months ago, this quirky Georgetown gem wasn’t supposed to be temporary, but its creator ...