by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Until the 1970s, no pinball machine had any sort of computerization. Instead, the electromechanical games ran on a precarious balance of moving parts, with their guts resembling giant Rube Goldberg machines. But beginning in 1977, manufacturers began running their...
by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Seth Porges Aug 5, 2008 First With a Mechanical “Tilt” Brokers Tip /// 1933 /// D. Gottlieb & Co. Early pinball machines, which became immensely popular in a Depression-scourged America looking for cheap entertainment, were built without flippers....
by Andrew MacBain | Jan 4, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
The surprising history behind a beloved American pastime. By Seth Porges Sept 2009 Pinball Was Illegal Pinball was banned from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s in most of America’s big cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, where the game was born...
by Andrew MacBain | Dec 18, 2019 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Nike has created an LCD Pinball Machine to advertise their wares as part of their ‘Write the Future’ campaign for the World Cup. It look very impressive in the video but I’m not sure it will capture the same gameplay as an old style mechanical pinball machine. Watch...
by Andrew MacBain | Dec 18, 2019 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Turn an Old Pinball Machine Into a Badass Coffee Table Love pinball? Looking for a new coffee table? Well, why not combine your love of pinball with your need for new living room furniture? If you’ve got a non-functioning pinball machine available to you,...