Come for the custom framing, stay for a few rounds of pinball. Here's how "The Flipper Room" is bringing classic pinball fun to the East Bay.

It’s deceptively simple. Pull the plunger by its flying-saucer-shaped handle, and hear that satisfying clack. Watch the silver marble roll around the playfield, and wing it with your flippers. Come up ...

Modern games have evolved to be competitive with other forms of video gaming, says Dave Ruck, a fellow collector and pinball enthusiast. Along with immersive playfields, modern games incorporate ...

Due west of O’Hare International Airport, there is a neighborhood — formally, part of Elk Grove Village — that isn’t much of a neighborhood. It’s warehouses, drab gray offices. It’s Gertrude Stein’s ...

SUPERIOR — With his knees bent and one foot slightly in front of the other, Parnell Lutz, of Duluth, hunched over a pinball machine in Average’s Joe’s pub in Superior. The game he’s focused on is ...

Pinball machines were the video games of their day. Back when they were king, there were no microcontrollers — everything was electromechanical. We know from experience that fixing these was difficult ...

The game of pinball has entertained the minds of many across the globe for more than 100 years. Its future wasn't always so certain and has been rocky. A resurgence of new fans has given the classic ...

With 46 pinball machines and a dozen retro arcade games, Special When Lit aims bring a whole lot of ‘80s arcade nostalgia to King City, a suburb about 30 minutes south of downtown Portland. And, yes, ...

Long before Pinball Pete's was a cultural landmark next to the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, the arcade had humble beginnings in a rival college town.

Chicago — Due west of O’Hare International Airport, there is a neighborhood — formally, part of Elk Grove Village — that isn’t much of a neighborhood. It’s warehouses, drab gray offices. It’s Gertrude ...