Historic pinball designers Steve Kordek (left) and Norm Clark (right) designed games at Williams Pinball starting in the 1960s. Steve worked at Genco in 1937, then at Bally in 1958, and at Williams starting in 1960. Steve is credited for putting the flippers at the bottom of the playfield where they belong and remain today.  He designed more than 100 pingames before retiring in 1998.  Norm Clark is one of the all-time great pinball designers. Norm designed 65 pinball machines and worked at Williams from 1954 to 1975, and then at Bally as the head of the pinball department from 1975 to 1985.  Photo  ©2007 pinballeric

The History of Pinball

•  Russ Jensen’s Pinball History Page
   Archive
  A website featuring articles on the fascinating history of the wonderful amusement device    known as the "pinball machine." Topics include: Evolution of the Bumper, The Evolution of the Flipper, Pingames and Gambling, and Pinball Dating. (Year the pinball machine was manufactured)  Mr. Jensen passed away in 2007.
  
  
• Pinball history and information
  Taru Hartikka's website from Finland contains her notes translated into English on pinball history and the games evolution.

Pre-War Pinball 

• A website devoted to the collecting and restoring of pre-1948 pinball machines known as flipperless pinball.

History of Bally Pinball 

• A website featuring games arranged in chronological order by the date produced.

Minstrel Man

• Produced in 1951, Minstrel Man is an example of one of the earliest uses of the drop target. Minstrel Man became one of the most politically insensitive pinball machines ever built. 

Pinnovations

• Terry Cumming’s pinball website, featuring historians, nostalgia, people and manufacturers, pinball and WW2, old photos of games and arcades; All aboard the 1930s Genco train!

 Pinball Hall of Fame – The History of Pinball

• Tim Arnold of the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas gives an oral history of the pinball machine’s innovation and manufacturing. The interview was shot at Tim’s Pinball Hall of Fame in 2007.

TOPcast - This Old Pinball's Online Radio

• Clay Harrell interviews the people who are the movers and shakers of the pinball industry: artists, authors, collectors, designers, historians, manufacturers and software programmers. The website offers free downloads of past shows. 

Pinball Mania - The History of Pinball

• The History of Pinball
  A website featuring the history of pinball in America from 1930 to 2005.
  
  
• The Pinball Story by Paul Dean 
  A gamer’s website with a special section devoted to the history of the “silver ball”.

The Penny Arcade

• This website by Wayne Namerow features historic examples of pinball and arcade machines.
  
  
• The Gadget Show  
  Pinball is considered the coolest gadget game of all time, by London TV5’s The Gadget       Show. The website pays tribute to the history of the pinball machine.

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