LEARN PINBALL HOUSE Pinball machines have traditionally been ‘closed-box’ devices. You play a game, get a great score, but then what…
LEARN ATARI PINBALL How Video Game’s Behemoth Failed at Tradition While Atari’s legacy in the arcade revolution (away from pinball and towards v…
LEARN THE RENEGADE OF PINBALL’S GOLDEN AGE The Ted Zale Story By Dr. Steven Doellefeld and Dennis Kriesel Introduction For most residents of Chicago, May 14, 1901 was …
LEARN ADPIN FLIPPER BATS AND BUTTONS Making pinball is, as we have described before, hard. But playing pinball can also be hard, and games which are overly chal…
LEARN THE CURIOUS CASE OF HARRY WILLIAMS & BALLY Harry Williams, famed pinball designer and founder of the Williams Manufacturing (a major player in the electromechanical pi…
LEARN THE HISTORY OF ‘STREET LEVEL’ PINBALLS In the course of preparing for a podcast segment, I began my journey down the rabbit hole on ‘street level’ pinb…
LEARN PINBALL WIZARDS BOOK Everyone has a tale to tell about how they became involved in the hobby or business of pinball. Some stories are quite brie…
LEARN PIN-‘UINO What is a pin-‘Uino? The term is a portmanteau of the words pinball and Arduino. As you are probably reading this article in…
LEARN INTRO TO ARDUINO WHAT IS AN ARDUINO? Great question! There are several versions (different board configurations) of the Arduino. An unofficia…
LEARN ADDAMS FAMILY CHALLENGE CHAIR The story starts a few years back during a lull at work, while partaking in a favourite pastime; scouring Ebay looking for a…
LEARN CHURCHILL CABINET COMPANY TOUR Prior to the start of Pinball Expo in October this year, Pinball News was fortunate enough to visit the Churchill Cabinet Co…
LEARN 3D TRANSLITE We were first contacted by Henrik from Pinball Dreams about his plans for 3D translites back in January, but it wasn’t…
LEARN MAKING PINBALL IS HARD In late February 2016, Pinball News was asked if we would be able to contribute an article for the Texas Pinball Festival…
LEARN LONE STAR PINBALL MUSEUM In March of 2015 we attended the Texas Pinball Festival in Frisco, but the day before the show opened we headed 250 miles so…
LEARN SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN In mid-November 2015, a new pinball DVD was released. Same Player Shoots Again is a documentary which examines pinball’…
LEARN PINBALL ACRONYMS Acronyms. Abbreviations. Call them what you will, they’re still a PITA*. They’re fine if you know what they mean…
