Pinball

As compared to today's video gaming systems, pinball machines may seem quaint and simple. Such is certainly not the case with NYC artist Andy Cavatorta's Dual Coincidence, however, as it's probably the most complex electromechanical game ever made.

The Netflix hit show Stranger Things is dripping with 1980s nostalgia, and thanks to a new tie-in with pinball machine maker Stern Pinball, you can add an extra dollop of retro charm with the Stranger Things pinball machine.

​We've seen some incredible instruments from Fender Custom Shop's Yuriy Shishkov in the last couple of years. And now the Master Builder has teamed up with Jim Dolmage to create a guitar and amp which pay a not-so-subtle homage to The Who's iconic 1975 rock opera, Tommy.​

I fondly remember a wasted youth cozying up to glass-topped boxes of flashing lights and steel balls flying around an angled assault course. But being a pinball wizard was very much a solo adventure. Cristiana Felgueiras has changed that with a delightfully low tech two-player pinball build.

An engineering student has managed to build a functioning pinball machine using only K'Nex.

Duo Pinball brings tactile gaming to the iPad by adding a physical controller to the experience.

Pinball Magic is an "(app)cessory" that lets an iPhone or iPod touch operate as a miniature digital pinball machine.