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We're a little pinball obsessed lately, after learning all about the First Family of pinball and the game's ties to Chicago. Are you feeling it, too?
Related The First Family of pinball: Meet the local wizards behind the game's huge resurgence: Roger Sharpe once saved the Chicago-born arcade game in the 70s. Now his two children are behind pinball's latest renaissance.
The First Family of pinball: Meet the local wizards behind the game's huge resurgence
Roger Sharpe once saved the Chicago-born arcade game in the 70s. Now his two children are behind pinball's latest renaissance.
America is going full-tilt for pinball again and the resurgence is being led by the sons of a legendary Chicago pinball wizard.
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Itching to see if you could become the next world champ of the game? We're flipping out over this amazing, crowd-sourced map of all the pinball machines in the city, complete with prices per game and descriptions of games. There are more than 500 machines on there.
CLICK HERE TO SEARCH THE PINBALL MAP
Related Chicago once waged a 40-year war on pinball
Chicago once waged a 40-year war on pinball
Alderman Ed Burke (yes, that Ed Burke) was among those who fought to keep the ban, fearing kids would blow their "lunch money" on pinball.
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