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In recent years, niche and quirky items like vintage pinball machines have soared in popularity (and value). But what makes these retro machines so special? Aside from the arcade nostalgia ...

There should be, like, a dozen different King Kong pinball games by now. Instead there are only two that you’re ever likely to play: Data East’s 1990 machine, and Stern’s new one.

Take a trip back in time as reporter Kevin Lynch shares his passion for pinball and how he has managed to keep playing 50 years later.

My dad used to call pinball machines "nickel catchers" because that's what it cost to play them when he was a kid, says Kevin Lynch. Growing up in Lakewood in the 1960s and '70s, there were ample ...