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 ...

In the late 1980s and early '90s, if you lost a quarter to a mercilessly tough pinball machine, you likely lost it to a game designed by one of the four big players: Stern, Williams, Bally, or ...