I was talking to a friend of mine who works at Atari, and he casually mentioned that pinball was dead. Pretty much what I'd expect from someone working on games like WAR: final Assault and Gauntlet, so I told him about the new South Park pinball machine and that it was pretty cool and he said "No, I don't mean it's not cool. It's dead."

Apparently Williams Midway has stopped designing new pinball games, and they were the last company. I haven't found the info to back this up yet, so if anyone has any firm info, please let me know.

Speaking of dying out, almost all the drive-ins in the Bay Area have turned into cineplexes or flea markets.