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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pinball is riding a wave of popularity, a phoenix-like resurgence that's seen Stern Pinball, the largest and oldest pinball manufacturer in the world, having to relocate to a bigger HQ to keep up with ...

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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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" ...

“The Game of Thrones pinball machine celebrates the much-loved HBO series and gives fans an intense, high-energy pinball experience,” said Gary Stern, Chairman and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. The Game ...

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 ...

One of the last pinball machine manufacturers in the world, Stern Pinball, is looking to video games to influence some of its pinball machine designs, according to a report by Wired. Stern Pinball is ...