Pinball Hall of Fame - Las Vegas

Have you noticed that more of our games are working than ever?? It's true! Over the last year, our intrepid team of volunteer techs Frank (L) and Noah (R) have fixed over 100 games, and they, along with Tim, Beth, and our other volunteers, work hard every day to keep our collection of new and classic pinball games operational!

If you enjoy electro-mechanical and Pre-war Pinball repair, you can follow Frank's work at The Czarcade, and if you enjoy Solid State Pinball repair, you can follow Noah around the Hall of Fame while he works on games!! 😆

The Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that relies on volunteers, donations, and YOUR quarters! We are open 7 days a week, offer free parking, and no admission fees!

Pinball by Stern, in electro-mechanical form, was manufactured from July 20 to August 19 1977 with only 594 units produced. The Solid State version of Pinball by Stern, was made from September 6 to December 27 1977 with just 1,654 units made.

This was the first solid state machine produced by Stern Electronics Inc. (77-85) and their first all original design after taking over Chicago Coin at the beginning of 1977.

The art and theme is based on an early-mid 1970’s advertisement for Chicago Coin’s Pinball division.

Following the production of this machine, Stern closed the factory for half a month for retooling and training of the workforce in the manufacturing process of solid state (electronically controlled) pinball.

You can play the solid state version of "Pinball" by Stern, 7 days a week, at the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame!

In August of 1968, Williams released 'Hayburners II' which is credited with introducing 3-inch flippers to the game of pinball in place of 2-inch flippers that were used since their introduction in 1947's Humpty-Dumpty.

3-inch Flippers became the modern industry standard.

Hayburners is one of only four Williams games to have "closing flipper action" (a.k.a. zipper flippers). On this game, however, the flippers do not zip to close the flipper gap. Instead, they separate widely to increase the flipper gap to allow the turret shooter a wider range for aiming, then zip to reduce the gap (but not close it) once the ball is in play.

Hayburners II is available for play at the Pinball Hall of Fame!

Pinball royalty Gary Stern in the house for today's unboxing of the brand new Stern Pinball Pokémon!

Come on down and catch them ALL!

The Hall of Fame is open 7 days a week, parking is free, entry is free, most vintage games are still only a quarter, and the bottled water is only $1! The Pinball Hall of Fame is a 503(c)3 nonprofit hands-on museum that relies on volunteers, and donates over $1 Million to charity annually.

Congratulations to the Happy couple!

Ever wonder where the first Pinball games came from? Well, in 1777 a new type of billiards game was introduced at a party at the Château de Bagatelle in Paris for King Louis XVI. Skittles were replaced with fixed nails or "pins" creating holes in the table’s surface as targets. Players learned to ricochet balls off the pins, aiming for elusive scoring zones. The game became known as a "Bagatelle".

But it wasn't until 1931 when the first coin-operated, glass encased bagatelle became the first commercial Pinball machine, The Whiffle.

Want to know more? Come visit our all new "Wall of Fame" Pinball history exhibit featuring a 1930 Bagatelle, a 1931 Whiffle, the first Gottlieb and Bally Pinball games, and more!

The Hall of Fame is open 7 days a week, the parking is free, entry is free, most vintage games are still a quarter, and the bottled water is only $1! The Pinball Hall of Fame is a 503(c)3 nonprofit hands-on museum that relies on volunteers, and donates over $1 Million to charity annually.