Jan. 23—The clicks, dings, chimes and buzzers from old pinball machines are music to Paul Hodges' ears — not only because they were the soundtrack to his childhood in Skowhegan, but also because for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite mobile devices in our pockets that deliver arcade-quality graphics any time you need a gaming fix, pinball machines, a seemingly antiquated form of entertainment, are still thriving, thanks in ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two brothers have taken a love for pinball and turned it into a business. Ryan and Clay Wilfahrt own Retro Bros. Pinball. The two work to restore and repair pinball machines ...

Paul Hodges, owner of Paul’s Pinball Palace in Newport, cleans and adjusts switches on a 1970s electomechanical pinball machine. Hodges has restored hundreds of pinball machines for clients from all ...