Until recently, the 20-year old Stern Pinball was the only remaining large designer and manufacturer of new pinball tables. The sole survivor of pinball's devastating drop into the nadir of pop culture, Stern made simple, tables featuring popular licenses. It got by on nostalgia and craftsmanship. But in the past few years, the pinball market experienced something of a revival with the arrival of a new competitor, Jersey Jack. With its beautiful The Wizard of Oz board, the New Jersey-based upstart added flashy LED lights and streamlined the computing that happens beneath a table. At CES 2015, after over four years of research and development, Stern is responding to Jersey Jack with its own update on the modern pinball table, turning to —...
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