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 ...

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If you pull back the plunger of a pinball machine ever so slowly, your wrist can feel the delicious tension building in each coil of the metal spring, one after the next, as the kinesis of ...

Growing up, Brian Soares was never a pinball guy. The Attleboro native remembers playing a game or two over the years, but that was about it. These days, the basement of this 50-year-old’s Norton ...

At a high point in pinball’s popularity, a rock opera and a movie were made about it. Mesa pinball machine restorer and collector Bruce Artman recalls those days with vivid imagery. Now it seems ...

This story was originally published on May 3, 2019. Pinball is surging in popularity across the country. Here in Northeast Ohio, casual players are rediscovering once forgotten games. And there’s a ...

Brightly colored paint, flashing lights, loud sounds and fast-paced action characterize play on pinball machines. The mechanics behind these classic gaming machines also offer a learning opportunity ...

Old pinball machine in need of repair? There’s a guy for that. Dan Kearney, owner of Pinball Fixer here in Sioux Falls, has been working on coin-operated machines for the past 14 years, including ...

Brian Halac, left, at work restoring pinball machines at Hollywood Candy. Brian Halac works on a Gottlieb Melody pinball machine at Hollywood Candy in the Old Market, restoring lights, bumpers and ...

ONE PERSON TO CALL. ANTHONY: THE PINBALL DOCTOR. THE ONLY PLACE TO BE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WAS FUN AND GAMES. >> ESTIMATES HE OPENED THAT DOOR, A WALL OF SOUND WOULD HIT YOU. THE SOUND OF THE MUSIC. IT ...