Everyone is familiar with the term 'pinball', but before pinball these games were just known as 'pin games', because that's all that was involved -- no bumpers, no ramps and not even any flippers, just a launcher, a metal ball, a load of pins and holes to score in, as pictured below:
You know when you're talking to a true pinball enthusiast, because they often prefer to use this ancient tern for pinball games. In fact one of the leading pinball magazines is actually called 'Pin Game Journal'. Check out their website here at
http://www.pingamejournal.com/.
MTW
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