Video games originated in the immediate post-World War II era, with some early prototypes created as an experiment from surplus military equipment. Later, video games made their way to arcades, where ...

I’ve always enjoyed digital pinball on a variety of systems. Particularly the recreation of physical machines in digital form as these tables had months and months of development and design time ...

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Hey, I get it. I used to make fun of video pinball, too. It seemed pointless, a misguided attempt to recreate that which could not be recreated. For pinball to be pinball you need an elaborately ...

Tastemakers have offered home versions of arcade cabinets for almost two years now in its Arcade1Up machines. Along with diversification of this home arcade line, it is adding home pinball. I caught ...

Star Wars will be the next pinball machine released by Stern Pinball Inc. The latest in a series of recent games based on mega-hit TV shows and movies (e.g. The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones), ...

Even if you're not well steeped in the world of video pinball, the game's $9.99 price makes it well worth checking out. Video pinball is one of those quirky, strange categories that only appeals to a ...

The generally accepted history of video games is that they sprang into existence in the 1970s, the brainchild of ambitious entrepreneurs taking advantage of quasi-military technology developed in the ...