CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pinball has been a part of the Stern family since the 1930s, from the early table top models to today's sophisticated machines. "It's a complicated product. There's over 3,000 parts ...

Amidst all the excitement for the newest tech at last week's CES, you could also see a revival of some vintage tech — a new line of home pinball machines by Stern Pinball called simply "The Pin." Even ...

Nowhere else can you find as many people scrutinizing a replica of Gene Simmons' head as at Stern Pinball. The Elk Grove Village-based company is one of the last manufacturers of old-school pinball ...

Gary Stern has been making pinball machines at Stern Pinball for decades. While that seems like an antiquated business, it’s growing in a big way thanks to our obsession with everything retro.

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The retro revision began with the vintage video games on March 1, because Butterfield and one of his brothers already had a ...

Perhaps the most obvious feature on KISS’s playfield is a giant Gene Simmons head that has a spinner disc inside that locks balls and then spits them out for the "Blood-Spitting Demon Bass Solo" ...

What Makes a Great Pinball Game? Before we dive into the top 20 pinball machines, let’s break down what makes a game truly legendary and give you some direction on what to look for when hunting for a ...

Pinball has a history that stretches back to France in the 1600s. Over the centuries, the game has certainly evolved, but at the end of the day, the mechanics and gameplay remain largely the same. You ...

Today Stern Pinball Inc. announced that their next pinball machine will be Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters joins the recent series of big-license pinball games like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.