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We all have our own personal pinball stories to tell – the first time we remember playing, the last time we played, our favorite pinball machine, the best game we ever played, the highest score we've ever achieved, etc.Read More

3D Pinball for Windows–Space Cadet was a virtual pinball table that first appeared with Windows 95. As it was bundled with Windows, millions of people got the chance to play it – until Windows Vista came out in 2007, that is. After that, it simply disappeared.Read More

There are lots of different terms you will quickly learn when you start playing pinball more often. Some of them will already be familiar to you from when you played pinball as a youth. This includes bumpers.Read More

Pinball machines and the clothing brand Supreme do not often appear in the same sentence. That changed this week though, albeit temporarily.Read More

The terminology used in pinball can be difficult to understand if you are a beginner. This terminology covers everything from the various parts of a pinball machine to the types of shot you can use.Read More

How do you spot a beginner pinball player in one of the many arcades opening up around the country? In most cases, the beginner is the person who focuses on flipping the ball for as long as they can.Read More

If you remember what video games did to pinball back in the early 1980s, you would be forgiven for thinking smartphones would contribute to pinball’s further demise. After all, young people today (and the young at heart) have access to so much more entertainment than those in the 1970s or early 1980s.Read More

The most basic moves in pinball are to simply hit the flippers as the ball gets close. Total beginners will even hit both flippers at the same time, even though the ball can only head towards one. As you get better, though, aim comes into play as you try to make each shot more purposeful.Read More

Pinball has had many up and downs through the years, but the current trend is undeniably upward.Read More