From Bagatelle to Video Games: The History of Pinball

On this episode of Our American Stories, Pinball is an iconic American game. But how did it reach its iconic status? How did pinball develop? Why flippers? Listen to Jeremy Saucier of the Strong Museum of Play as he shares the long, and sometimes surprising, history of pinball--from its origins in French parlor games, to its prohibition, and then to its emergence as the immersive and popular game that it is today.

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