There are old pinball machines and arcade cabinets littered here and there in dive bars and restaurants all across the country. But have you ever considered what it takes to maintain and repair them?

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 ...

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 ...

Q: Do you know of a great mantle clock repair? The key will not wind the clock, nor will the pendulum swing and start the clock. Thanks. — Pam Brown Watkins, email Q: You’re such a great resource for ...

MARTINEZ — Nearly every day, Bryan Mao plunges his hands into the nostalgic circuitry of Americana and makes the past flicker back to life. Mao, 56, is a fix-it man. And from his 4,000-square-foot ...

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 ...

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 ...

OLD FIELD, N.Y.—You think it's a pain getting a repairman to come fix a knob on your washing machine? Try finding someone who will replace the flipper assembly on your pinball machine. "I'm the third ...

[Quinn Dunki] has come to realize the pinball machines of her youth aren’t the lame games she remembered. They’re actually quite marvelous in terms of electronics, mechanics, engineering and the all ...

With over 40 vintage pinball machines and arcade games, it’s going to be the perfect spot for hosting the three-day Michigan Pinball State Championship. The event is set for Feb. 13-15 at the brewery ...