1546:: Some targets on the playfield increase the scoring value of something else, which could be as simple as hitting a ramp, or a complicated sequence of targets. Upon their inception, the jackpot was the main goal of most pinball machines in the 1980s. Jackpots would often range from one to four million (back when this was a significant addition to the score), and their value would accrue between games until it was scored. Scoring it was usually a complicated task. Modern games often dilute the meaning of "jackpot". Modern games give off several jackpots in each multiball mode, which is usually quite easy to attain, and the value of today's jackpots is far less significant. Many jackpots awarded during special modes often do not increase at all, but are instead simply fixed-value bonuses.
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1455:: Toys are various items on, above, or beneath the playfield (items beneath the playfield visible through windows) or attached to the cabinet (usually to the backbox). Usually, each toy is unique to the machine it was made for, and reflects the game's theme. They may be visual only, and have no effect on gameplay; they may be alternate ways of performing common game functions (for example, instead of using a drop hole to hold the ball, a hand or claw might reach out, grab the ball, and capture it that way); or they may be an integral part of the game rules and play (for instance, having a smaller playfield over the main playfield that can be tilted right and left by the player, using the flipper buttons).
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2039:). Without this diode, when the solenoid is de-energized, the magnetic field that was built up in the coil collapses and generates a brief, high-voltage pulse backward into the wiring, capable of destroying the solid-state components used to control the solenoid. Proper wiring polarity must be retained during coil replacement or this diode will act as a dead short, immediately destroying electronic switches. Older electromechanical AC game solenoids do not require this diode, since they were controlled with mechanical switches. However, electromechanical games running on DC do require diodes to protect the rectifier.
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1324:: These are targets that drop below the playfield when hit. Eliminating an entire row in this manner may lead to any of various features. Once an entire bank of drop targets is hit, the bank may reset or pop back up. Alternatively, the drop targets can be placed in front of other targets, requiring the drop target to be knocked down before the targets behind can be hit, or the drop target may only pop up at specific times to deny the player the ability to shoot the ball into whatever is behind it. If used in the latter way, the target is usually blocking a lane or ramp.
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1390:: These are targets activated when a ball rolls over them. Often a series of rollover targets are placed side-by-side and with dividers between them forming "lanes"; the player must guide the ball to particular lanes (or to all lanes) to complete an objective. Such lanes are frequently placed at the bottom sides of the playfield: "inlanes" feed the ball back to the flippers, "outlanes" cause the ball to drain immediately. On many machines, outlanes can have extra balls or "specials" lit to play the same role as the older gobble holes.
1461:: Some machines feature electrically operated magnets below the playfield to affect the ball's speed and trajectory according to the current state of gameplay. This may be done to make the ball's movement unpredictable, temporarily halt the ball (as a ball saver, for example), or otherwise control the ball by non-mechanical means. Electromagnets may also be used in above-playfield elements (often as part of the playfield toys) to grab the ball and move it elsewhere (onto a mini-playfield, for example). The Williams machine
1562:: If a player has earned this, when they lose a ball they get another one to play immediately afterward and the machine does not count the lost ball towards the limit of balls for that game. For example, if the player were on ball two and they earn an extra ball, the next ball will still be counted as ball two instead of the third ball. When a machine says "SHOOT AGAIN" on the scoreboard, it signifies that an extra ball will shoot. In a multiplayer game, the player who just lost the ball is the same one to shoot again.
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to 96 individually addressable lights. Recently developed games have switched from incandescent bulbs to LEDs. And there is general illumination lighting that comprises two or more higher-power light strings connected and controlled in parallel for providing broad illumination to the playfield and backbox artwork. Additionally, 12 to 24 high-impulse lighting outputs, traditionally incandescent but now LED, provide flash effects within the game. Traditionally, these were often controlled by solenoid-level drivers.
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1534:: Each time a ball goes into a specific hole or target, it is locked, and a new ball appears at the plunger. The multiball feature starts when the player has locked the required number of balls (often three). On some games, the balls are physically locked in place by solenoid-actuated gates, but many newer machines use virtual ball locks instead, in which the game merely keeps count of the number of locked balls and then auto-launches them from the main ball trough when it is time for them to be released.
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the ball in the inlane for more precise aiming. As the flipper nears the end of its upward travel, a switch under the flipper disconnects the power-winding and leaves only the second sustain winding to hold the flipper up in place. If this switch fails 'open' the flipper will be too weak to be usable, since only the weak winding is available. If it fails 'closed' the coil will overheat and destroy itself, since both windings will hold the flipper at the top of its stroke.
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complex and require a series of targets to be hit in a particular order. Recent pinball games are distinguished by increasingly complex rule sets that require a measure of strategy and planning by the player for maximum scoring. Players seeking the highest scores would be well-advised to study the placard (usually found in the lower-left corner of the playfield) to learn each game's specific patterns required for these advanced features and scoring.
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powering solenoids, causing heavier wiring and slower performance. For locations that suffer from low AC wall outlet voltage, additional taps may be provided on the AC transformer in electromechanical games to permit raising the game's DC voltage levels, thus strengthening the solenoids. Microprocessor games have electronic power supplies that automatically compensate for inaccurate AC supply voltages.
1396:: Used in some games, a whirlwind spinner is a rapidly rotating (often rubberized) disk on the playfield that momentarily "grabs" the ball and throws it in a random direction. Some games couple a whirlwind spinner with a magnet placed in the center, although Data East seems to be the only manufacturer to do so. Bally's "Fireball" and Chicago Coin's "Casino" were popular games with a whirlwind spinner.
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849:. In 2017, Multimorphic began shipping its pinball machine platform after several years of development. It is a modular design where different games can be swapped into the cabinet. It also has a large interactive display as the playfield surface, which differs from all prior pinball machines traditionally made of plywood and embedded with translucent plastic inserts for lighting.
1625:: Many modern games include a feature that prevents a player from being disappointed if a ball sent into play quickly drains before substantial points have been added. This player will immediately be given another (free) ball to compensate. Electromechanical games made during the 1970s had a similar Ball Index switch system that returned a drained ball if no points were made.
2023:: These are found in every modern pinball machine since the flipper age. They are usually hidden under the playfield, or covered by playfield components. By applying power to the coil, the magnetic field created by electromagnetism causes a metal object (usually called a plunger) to move. The plunger is then connected mechanically to a feature or accessory on the playfield.
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installed, like bumpers, slingshots, and sockets for lamps and flashing lights. All of the wiring is fastened to the playfield and big components like speakers, mains transformers or shaker motors are bolted into the bottom of the cabinet. The player-accessible parts like the spring plunger, buttons and the coin door with its mechanics are attached directly to the cabinet.
1878:: A mechanism to get a free game during play is usually called a "special". Typically, some hard-to-reach feature of the game will light the outlanes (the areas to the extreme left and right of the flippers) for special. Since the outlanes always lose the ball, having "special" there makes it worth shooting for them (and is usually the only time, if this is the case).
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1336:: These targets award different points depending on how hard the target was hit. It is a metal arm that pivots under the playfield. When a ball hits it, it ratchets back sometimes, resetting immediately or resetting only after it is hit all the way back. A large sum of points is usually awarded when the target is hit back all the way with one strike of the ball.
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1872:: A free game is awarded if the player exceeds a specified score. Some machines allow the operator to set this score to increase with each consecutive game in which the replay score is achieved, in order to prevent a skilled player from gaining virtually unlimited play on one credit by simply achieving the same replay score in every game.
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to a flipper so one can make several ramp shots in a row. The number of ramp shots scored in a game is often tallied, and reaching certain numbers may lead to various game features. At other times, the ramps will go to smaller "mini-playfields" (small playfields, usually raised above the main game surface, with special goals or scoring).
1472:: Sometimes a ball can move around only within a confined area. A typical application of this has a short lane on the playfield with a narrow opening, inside which a captive ball is held. The player can strike this captive ball with the ball in play, pushing it along the lane to activate a rollover switch or target. In games such as
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to the cabinet. Newer games have pivot brackets that allow them to be folded down for easier transport. The EMs have a tin panel in the back of the head, with a lock to unlatch for service. Newer games are serviced from the front. Typically they have a lock on the side of the head, or centered above the backglass to unlatch.
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pinball simulations have become possible. Tilting has also been simulated, which can be activated using one or more keys (sometimes the space bar) for "moving" the machine. Flipper button computer peripherals were also released, allowing pinball fans to add an accurate feel to their game play instead
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Pinball Championships as the World Pinball Champion. Current Junior (16 and under) and Senior (50 and over) World Champions are Joshua Henderson and Paul McGlone, respectively. Samuel Ogden has become one of the most memorable
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All but very old games use low DC voltages to power the solenoids and electronics (or relays). Some microprocessor games use high voltages (potentially hazardous) for the score displays. Very early games used low-voltage AC power for solenoids, requiring fewer components, but AC is less efficient for
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featured a mini-playfield that used electromagnets controlled by the flipper buttons, allowing the player to flip the ball on the mini-playfield, essentially working as invisible flippers. Contrary to a popular myth, there are no professionally produced pinball machines that contain magnets under the
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Early pinball machines typically had full solenoid current passing through trigger switches for all types of solenoids, from kickers to pop bumpers to the flippers themselves. This caused arcing across switch contacts and rapid contact fouling and failure. As electronics were gradually implemented in
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The very first pinball games appeared in the early 1930s and did not have flippers. After launching the ball simply proceeded down the playfield, directed by static nails (or "pins") to one of several scoring areas. These pins gave the game its name. In 1947, the first mechanical flippers appeared on
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The backbox is installed with hinges on modern machines or screws on older games. It contains the scoring displays and electronic circuit boards and is historically covered with a removable, painted, partially transparent, backglass which defined the game's appeal as much as the playfield design and
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After successful testing, the playfield is set on hinges into the cabinet. The cabinet of computerized games contains very few parts. On older electromechanical games, the entire floor of the lower box was used to mount custom relays and special scoring switches, making them much heavier. To protect
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When any of these sensors is activated, the game registers a "tilt" and the lights go out, solenoids for the flippers no longer work, and other playfield systems become inoperative so that the ball can do nothing other than roll down the playfield directly to the drain. A tilt will usually result in
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would place a red button in the artwork of games he developed. The methods used to find the hidden items usually involved pressing the flipper buttons in a certain order or during specific events. Designers also included hidden messages or in-jokes; one example of this is the phrase "DOHO" sometimes
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Initially, holes and saucers worked by using tubes behind the playing field, with a pin at the top to hold the ball for later drops. Another version of the tube uses two spinning wheels to transfer the ball from hole to hole. Newer versions use an electronic track with a carriage or an electromagnet
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launcher is sometimes substituted for the plunger in modern machines. The shape of the ball launch button that replaces the plunger may be modified to fit the aesthetics of a particular game's theme, such as being made to look like the trigger of a gun in a game with a military or action-hero theme.
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The electromechanical (EM) heads contain the score reels, relays and stepper units that control the scores and other sequencing operations dealing with players, balls, scores, credits and so forth. Most EM backglasses are removed from the rear of the head, where a lever will release it so it can be
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One identifiable attribute of the pinball machine is the cabinet design that contains the mechanical, electrical and electronic parts, assemblies and wires. The modern cabinet consists of two major items. The 'backbox', 'head', or 'lightbox' is the vertical box atop the cabinet opposite the player's
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While the video game craze of the late 1970s and early 1980s dealt a severe blow to pinball revenue, it sparked the industry's creative talents. All companies involved tried to take advantage of the new solid-state technology to improve player appeal of pinball and win back former players from video
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Many pinball leagues have formed, with varying levels of competitiveness, formality and structure. These leagues exist everywhere from the Free State
Pinball Association (FSPA) in the Washington, D.C. area to the Tokyo Pinball Organization (TPO) in Japan. In the late 1990s, game manufacturers added
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A typical pinball machine I/O mix includes 16 to 24 outputs for driving solenoids, motors, electromagnets and other mechanical devices in the game. These devices can draw up to 500 W momentarily and operate at voltages up to 50 Vdc. There is also individually controlled lighting that consists of 64
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Flipper solenoids contain two coil windings in one package; a short, heavy gage 'power' winding to give the flipper its initial thrust up, and a long, light gage 'hold' winding that uses lower power (and creates far less heat) and essentially just holds the flipper up allowing the player to capture
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The main construction on one hand involves the mounting of mechanical components onto the wooden playfield, such as hammering in anchored metal railing that keeps the balls from exiting the playfield and attachment of plastic parts with nuts and screws. On the other hand, electrical components are
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Ramps are inclined planes with a gentle enough slope that the ball may travel along it. The player attempts to direct the ball with enough force to make it to the top of the ramp and down the other side. If the player succeeds, a "ramp shot" has been made. Ramps frequently end so that the ball goes
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are rubber pads that propel the ball away upon impact, like bumpers, but are usually a horizontal side of a wall. Every recent pinball machine includes slingshots to the upper left and upper right of the lowest set of flippers; older games used more experimental arrangements. They operate similarly
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that strikes the ball. With both devices the result is the same: The ball is propelled upwards onto the playfield. Once a ball is in play, it tends to move downward towards the player, although the ball can move in any direction, sometimes unpredictably, due to contact with objects on the playfield
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Newer games may have digital displays, some with alpha-numeric digit displays, or a dot-matrix display (DMD-often used to describe the era of the 90s) and speakers. All games have some sort of cabling connecting the head to the rest of the game. The heads of all games have 2-4 bolts securing them
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Pinball machines, like many other mechanical games, were sometimes used as gambling devices. Some pinball machines, such as Bally's "bingos", featured a grid on the backglass scoring area with spaces corresponding to targets or holes on the playfield. Free games could be won if the player could get
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Some hobbyists and small companies modify existing pinball machines or create their own custom pinball machines. Some want, for example, a game with a specific subject or theme that cannot be bought in this form or was never built at all. Some custom games are built by using the programmable P-ROC
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Pop bumpers are operated by a switch connected to a ring surrounding the bottom circumference of the bumper that is suspended several millimeters above the playfield surface. When the ball rolls over this ring and forces one side of it down, a switch is closed that activates the bumper's solenoid.
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was purchased by the Stern family, who brought the company into the digital era as Stern
Enterprises, which closed its doors in the mid-1980s. Bally exited the pinball business in 1988 and sold their assets to Williams, who subsequently used the Bally trademark from then on for about half of their
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There are other idiosyncratic features on many pinball playfields. Pinball games have become increasingly complex and multiple play modes, multi-level playfields, and even progression through a rudimentary "plot" have become common features in recent games. Pinball scoring objectives can be quite
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The backglass is the game's 'advertisement', intended to catch the eye of passersby and entice gameplay. Many backglasses are beautifully illustrated and approach fine illustration or fine art quality. The silkscreened graphics are partially translucent and have small lights mounted in strategic
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Williams exited the pinball business to focus on making gaming equipment for casinos, which was more profitable. They licensed the rights to reproduce Bally/Williams parts to
Illinois Pinball and reproduce full-sized machines to The Pinball Factory. Stern Pinball remained the only manufacturer of
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Two different systems for ranking pinball players exist. The World
Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) was created by the IFPA. The WPPR formula takes into account the quantity and quality of the players in the field, and awards points based on that calculation for the nearly 200 IFPA endorsed events
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Recently, some pinball manufacturers have replaced some of the discrete control wiring with standard communication buses. In one case, the pinball control system might include a custom embedded network node bus, a custom embedded Linux-based software stack, and a 48-V embedded power distribution
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Solenoids also control pop-bumpers, kickbacks, drop target resets, and many other features on the machine. These solenoid coils contain a single coil winding. The plunger size and wire gage & length are matched to the strength required for each coil to do its work, so some types are repeated
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The wiring for the game's electronic system is a major effort. A color-coded flexible wiring harness is typically soldered to many lamps, switches and solenoids, and connected with plugs to the main electronic circuit boards in modern machines. Technicians are guided by a set of instructions and
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Later, this type of feature was discontinued to legitimize the machines, and to avoid legal problems in areas where awarding free games was considered illegal, some games, called Add-A-Ball, did away with the free game feature, instead giving players extra balls to play, between 5 and 25 in most
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started incorporating full soundtracks, elaborate light shows and backbox animations - a radical change from the previous decade's electromechanical games. Although pinball continued to compete with video games in arcades, pinball held a premium niche, since the video games of the time could not
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Flicker, a prototype made by Bally in 1974. Bally soon followed that up with a solid-state version of Bow and Arrow in the same year with a microprocessor board that would be used in eight other machines until 1978, which
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as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the table's bed became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the more challenging scorable holes. A standardized version of the game eventually became
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in the UK) games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails called 'pins' and had hollows or pockets which scored
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Pinball scoring can be peculiar and varies greatly from machine to machine. During the 1930s and the 1940s, lights mounted behind the painted backglasses were used for scoring purposes, making the scoring somewhat arbitrary. Frequently the lights represented scores in the hundreds of thousands.
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By the first years of the 1990s, pinball had made a strong comeback and saw new sales highs. Some new manufacturers entered the field, such as Capcom
Pinball and Alvin G. and Company, founded by Alvin Gottlieb, son of David Gottlieb. Gary Stern, the son of Williams co-founder Sam Stern, founded
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Historically, pinball machines have employed a central fixed I/O board connected to the primary CPU controlled by a custom microcontroller platform running an in-house operating system. For a variety of reasons that include thermal flow, reliability, vibration reduction and serviceability, I/O
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had happened (causing almost all scores to end in 0), the set digit was usually the tens place. The chances of a match appear to be 1 in 10, but the operator can alter this probability – the default is usually 7% in all modern
Williams and Bally games for example. Other non-numeric methods are
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The primary skill of pinball involves application of the proper timing and technique to the operation of the flippers, nudging the playfield when appropriate without tilting, and choosing targets for scores or features. A placard is often placed in a lower corner of the playfield with pricing
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lists: If a player attains one of the highest scores ever (or the highest score on a given day), they are invited to add their initials to a displayed list of high-scorers on that particular machine. "Bragging rights" associated with being on the high-score list are a powerful incentive for
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Other steps include installation of removable boards with speaker and dot-matrix displays and/or hinged wooden boards with lights and displays. The cabinet and backbox are covered with artwork that was historically sprayed on with stencils and later is applied as full-size decal stickers.
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lit from behind. Multiplayer scores were added soon after, and then bells and other noise-makers, all of which began to make pinball less a game and more of an experience. The flippers have loaned pinball its common name in many languages, where the game is known mainly as "flipper".
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position. It usually consists of a wooden box with colorful graphics on the side and a large 'backglass' in the front. The backglass usually has very stylized graphics related to or depicting the theme of the game, and also the game's name, and sometimes the manufacture year.
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820:. The game has an LCD screen for scores, info, and animations located in the playfield surface at player's eye view. The game was designed with modularity in mind so that the playfield and artwork could be swapped out for future game titles. Heighway Pinball's second title,
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series found marketplace success and lasting fan interest, starting a new trend for realistic pinball simulation. This market existed largely independently from the physical pinball manufacturers, and relied upon original designs instead of licenses until the 2000s.
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Williams now dominated the industry, with complicated mechanical devices and more elaborate display and sound systems attracting new players to the game. Licensing popular movies and icons of the day became a staple for pinball, with Bally/Williams'
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Montague Redgrave's plunger device to propel the ball into the upper playfield. In 1931 David Gottlieb's
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was responsible for the ban, believing that it robbed school children of their hard-earned nickels and dimes. La Guardia spearheaded major raids throughout the city, collecting thousands of machines. The mayor participated with police in destroying machines with
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a grounded plumb bob centered in an electrified metal ring – when the machine is jostled or shaken too far or too hard, the bob contacts the ring, completing a circuit. The bob is usually cone-shaped allowing the operator to slide it vertically, controlling the
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Contact with or manipulation of scoring elements (such as targets or ramps) scores points for the player. Electrical switches embedded in the scoring elements detect contact and relay this information to the scoring mechanism. Older pinball machines used an
515:. These earned significantly greater profits than the pinball machines of the day while simultaneously requiring less maintenance. Bally, Williams, and Gottlieb continued to make pinball machines while also manufacturing video games in much higher numbers.
962:. Although it was rarely enforced, Chicago's ban on pinball lasted three decades and ended in 1976. Philadelphia and Salt Lake City also had similar bans. Regardless of these events, some towns in America still have such bans on their books; the town of
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forfeiting the end-of-ball bonus points that would have been earned by the player during that ball; the game is automatically over if it is the last ball and the player has no extra ball. Older games would immediately end the ball in play on a tilt.
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In 2018, the IFPA and Stern Pinball created the Stern Pro Circuit. The top 32 qualifiers in this series are invited to the Stern Pro Circuit Final for an invitation-only, no-entry-fee-required event where all contestants who qualify win prize money.
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to mathematically analyze the results of more than 100,000 competitive matches. Since 2008 the IFPA has held a World Championship tournament, inviting the top-ranked WPPR players to compete; the 2019 title holder was Johannes Ostermeier of Germany.
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leaned back and carefully sliding it up and out. The newer solid state game heads contain most circuit boards and digital displays that perform the same functions as their EM predecessors, but much faster and with exponentially higher capacity.
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Modern games give tilt warnings before sacrificing the ball in play. The number of tilt warnings can be adjusted by the operator of the machine. Until recently most games also had a "slam tilt" switch which guarded against kicking or slamming the
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before the ball is lost. Most pinball machines use one ball per turn, except during special multi-ball phases, and the game ends when the ball(s) from the last turn are lost. The biggest pinball machine manufacturers historically include
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in 1974 because (1) if pinball machines were games of chance, the ordinance was preempted by state law governing games of chance in general, and (2) if they were games of skill, the ordinance was unconstitutional as a denial of the
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courtroom that pinball games had become games of skill and were not games of chance, which are more closely associated with gambling. He began to play one of two games set up in the courtroom, and – in a move he compares to
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was a designer, working for Williams until their exit from the industry in 1999. About a year later, Lawlor returned to the industry, starting his own company, working in conjunction with Stern Pinball to produce new games.
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to pop bumpers, with a switch on each side of a solenoid-operated lever arm in a typical arrangement. The switches are closed by ball contact with the rubber on the kicker's face, which activates the solenoid.
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cases. These extra balls were indicated via lighted graphics in the backglass or by a ball count wheel, but in some areas that was disallowed, and some games were shipped with a sticker to cover the counters.
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The smaller, lower-powered solenoids were first to be transistorized, followed later by the higher-current solenoids as the price, performance, and reliability of power transistors improved over the years.
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During the 1980s, pinball manufacturers navigated technology changes while going through changes of ownership and mergers: Gottlieb was sold to Premier Technologies, and Bally merged with Williams. The
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switch has been hit. Virtually all games have the ability to assign a multiplier to the bonus. Most games cap the bonus multiplier at 5x or 10x, although more modern games apparently have no limit.
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was the first game to feature just two flippers at the bottom of the playfield. Unlike in modern machines, the flippers faced outwards. These flippers were made more powerful by the addition of a
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in 1994. By 1997, there were two companies left: Sega Pinball and Williams. In 1999, Sega sold their pinball division to Gary Stern, President of Sega Pinball at the time, who called his company
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thousands. In an effort to keep with the traditional high scores attained with the painted backglass games, the first pinball machines to use mechanical wheels for scoring, such as
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in the back box. It is used for scoring and mini-games and to display full color videos. Other display innovations on pinball machines include pinball video game hybrids like
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released in January 1950. However, the flippers were rather far apart to allow for a turret ball shooter at the bottom center of the playfield. Another 1950 Gottlieb game,
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made the manufacturers refocus on their pinball sales. A trend started of pinball becoming increasingly elaborate to use more computing resources, following video games.
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The end of the 1990s saw another downturn in the industry, with Gottlieb, Capcom, and Alvin G. closing by the end of 1996. Data East's pinball division was acquired by
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means that the player can run one play mode while another mode is in progress. This strategy usually yields higher scores. A noted example of this is Williams'
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Players can hold a ball in place with the flipper, giving them more control over where they want to place the ball when they shoot it forward. This is known as
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locations to highlight parts of the artwork and light up scores, the ball currently in play, which player's turn it is on a multi-player game, and so on.
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became the first hit of the coin-operated era. Selling for $ 17.50, the game dispensed five to seven balls for a penny. At its peak, Gottlieb produced 400
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technique to reflect the monitor in the head of the as well as modifications by the use of ColorDMD that is used to replace the standard mono color DMDs.
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area in 1972 and 1973 under the auspices of the World Pinball Association which also published a newsletter carrying results of regional tournaments.
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to reflect the success of this game. These early machines were relatively small, mechanically simple and designed to sit on a counter or bar top.
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games. A similar Incline Tilt prevents a player from lifting the front of the cabinet to tip the ball back up the playfield by ending his turn.
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messages to some games encouraging players to join a local league, providing website addresses for prospective league players to investigate.
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since 2001. This game was followed several additional pinball machines, incorporating both existing media properties and original themes.
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from 1992 hitting a modern sales record of 20,270 machines. In 1994, Williams commemorated this benchmark with a limited edition of 1,000
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found it hard to obtain more Baffle Ball units to sell. In his frustration he founded Lion Manufacturing to produce a game of his design,
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During the 1950s and 1960s when the scoring mechanism was limited to mechanical wheels, high scores were frequently only in the hundreds
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Slingshots have rubber bands around them. Switches behind the rubber detect the ball's impact and a solenoid-driven lever kicks it away.
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scoring pinball machines of all time. The inflated scores are the source of one of the Spanish-language names of pinball machines,
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pinball machines, featuring gold-colored trim and updated software with new game features. Other notable popular licenses included
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had something similar to the flipper back in 1935, but it was Humpty Dumpty that became so popular it forced everyone to copy it.)
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was, so they started a Pinball Club Team to compete against clubs at other schools. They asked two other schools to participate.
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films. Due to internal company issues, Heighway Pinball ceased manufacturing operations and closed its doors in April 2018.
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to propel the ball out of a bonus hole in the middle of the playfield. Another solenoid rang a bell to reward the player.
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champions in the PAPA tournaments, winning four straight competitions from 2004 to 2008 in the 50 and over category.
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S.A.M System games, but can be added as an option. A slam tilt will typically end the current game for all players.
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or by the player's actions. To return the ball to the upper part of the playfield, the player uses one or more
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and Raymond Maloney's Ballyhoo were manufactured in large quantities;
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2579:, Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–35, opposed pinball machines
3276:"No Place like Jersey: Inside the factory of the wizard of pinball"
480:(1976), though the first mainstream solid-state game was Williams'
412:, was the first with inward-facing flippers placed close together.
4751:"Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb 'Kings & Queens'"
3985:
Bucher, Matthias (March 2004). "DOHO: Solving A Pinball Mystery".
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3392:"Pulp Fiction is the Next Chicago Gaming Company Pinball Machine"
2201:(PAPA) and the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA).
721:-themed pinball machine under the Bally label. With the death of
4342:"Pinball and car news, tech and resources - Performance Pinball"
4171:"Pinball and car news, tech and resources - Performance Pinball"
639:
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A clear-walled electromechanical pinball machine created by the
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Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
4544:"PAPA.ORG – The Professional & Amateur Pinball Association"
1527:
Common features in modern pinball games include the following:
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s designer, Harry Williams, eventually formed his own company,
135:, declare that the history begins in the 1930s when Gottlieb's
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World's largest online searchable database of pinball machines
4042:
The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game and Its History
4000:
Sullivan, Dwight (March 2004). "Hidden Brick Game in ST:TNG".
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1970s: Solid-state electronics and digital displays introduced
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released for all major home video game and computer systems,
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to illustrate the inner workings of a typical pinball machine
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149:'s patents for the spring plunger and playfield bells (1871);
4316:"The custom pinball machines of Chicago's Pinball Expo 2013"
3173:"Internet Pinball Machine Database: MarsaPlay 'New Canasta'"
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The latter replaced the dial controls with button controls.
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wanted to make pinball playing a varsity school sport, like
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A few notable examples of custom pinball machines include a
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4490:"Article about the Jersey City State College pinball club"
3090:"Pinball News article on The Pinball Factory's rereleases"
2700:. Sterling Publishing Company. October 1991. p. 221.
715:, Australia, announced that they would be producing a new
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Pre-modern: Development of outdoor and tabletop ball games
4729:"BBC News - Virtual games bring pinball to new audiences"
4110:"Internet Pinball Machine Database: Bally 'Baby Pac-Man'"
2722:"The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV - Episode 209"
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or the addition of features, e.g. figures or other toys.
533:; ramps for the ball to travel around, such as Williams'
4773:"Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb 'Buckaroo'"
4633:"Competitive Pinball 101: Complete Guide to Tournaments"
4412:
Pinball News - The Matrix at the Dutch Pinball Open 2012
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is a vertical graphic panel mounted on the front of the
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The first solid-state pinball is believed by some to be
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chips and displays are made on electronic segmented or
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lifted its ordinance banning pinball in December 2016.
145:, a pinball historian, asserts that the origin lies in
3703:. Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. Archived from
3022:. Pat Lawlor Design. December 29, 2009. Archived from
1723:(DMD). The first DMD on a pinball machine was used by
4292:"Pacific Northwest Pinball - Custom Pinball Projects"
4146:"Internet Pinball Machine Database: Mr. Game 'Dakar'"
4067:"What are Dot Matrix Display (DMD) Pinball Machines?"
3856:"Game over for law outlawing pinball in Indiana town"
3251:(in Dutch). Site.ministryofpinball.nl. Archived from
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win a free game. At the peak of this trend, Williams
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3962:. Hem.bredband.net. October 25, 1999. Archived from
2994:"Top 8 Most Innovative Pinball Machines of All Time"
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3489:"Heighway Pinball's Alien Pinball Machine Unveiled"
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2499:Perhaps the most famous media about pinball is the
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1933: Electrification and active bumpers introduced
185:eventually derived from ground billiards variants.
4195:"The Next Generation 1996 Lexicon A to Z: Match".
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1493:. The backglass contains the name of the machine,
4865:Pictures and history of historic pinball machines
4609:"Match Play Ratings | Match Play Events Handbook"
3731:"11 Things You Didn't Know About Pinball History"
2381:Popular pinball simulations of the 1990s include
2171:Two Pinball World Championships were held in the
2481:that consists of digital recreations of classic
1816:have been played into ten billions and Williams
1615:(Lost in the Zone). Named after The Who's song "
1376:Rollovers detect when the ball passes over them.
856:released an online pinball game. That same year
557:; and blinking chase lights, as used on Bally's
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3722:
2559:– Pinball arcades located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1672:bject until its true meaning was revealed in a
1164:Flippers allow the player to redirect the ball.
711:In November 2005, The Pinball Factory (TPF) in
304:An early pinball game without flippers, c. 1932
3068:"Pinball News article with Steve Irwin update"
2833:"Flipper Fantasy: Collecting Pinball Machines"
1828:, have been played into one hundred billion.
812:In 2015, the new British pinball manufacturer
591:Games in the latter half of the 1980s such as
223:In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of
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4832:(Master of Science in Digital Media thesis).
4044:. Schiffer Publishing, Limited. p. 225.
4019:. Schiffer Publishing, Limited. p. 132.
3148:"Pinball News article on Big Bang Bar update"
2463:article described virtual pinball games e.g.
1843:
1176:) controlled levers, roughly 3 to 7 cm (
898:When Pinball was Illegal, Retro Report Voices
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4716:. No. 10 (January 1986). pp. 26–7.
4389:"Fan Creation: Ghostbusters Pinball Machine"
4363:"Scared Stiff Pinball Dancing Boogiemen Kit"
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2199:Professional and Amateur Pinball Association
1861:experienced players to master a new machine.
1758:is the first US pinball machine that used a
1736:MarsaPlay in Spain manufactured a remake of
824:, was released in 2017 and was based on the
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4522:"International Flipper Pinball Association"
4266:"Advanced networks make pinball games pop!"
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816:released the racing themed pinball machine
673:original pinball machines until 2013, when
669:, sold only a little over 3,500 machines.
604:Pinball with funding from Data East Japan.
567:1980s and 1990s: Pinball in the digital age
350:in 1933, which had an electrically powered
204:Late 18th century: Spring launcher invented
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3366:"Medieval Madness Remake: In-Depth Review"
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2078:machine with all metal parts plated with
1026:Learn how and when to remove this message
4443:"Bill Paxton Pinball: The Official Site"
2264:Other early pinball video games include
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1091:The ball is put into play by use of the
754:, which was the first game to include a
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261:1869: Spring launchers become mainstream
169:, eventually evolved into various local
4017:The Pinball Compendium: 1982 to Present
3541:"Heighway Pinball Reportedly Shuttered"
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2976:"The Internet Pinball Machine Database"
2948:Tolbert, Candace; Tolbert, Jim (1978).
2869:Tolbert, Candace; Tolbert, Jim (1978).
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3126:"Pinball News article on Big Bang Bar"
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5058:Timeline of arcade video game history
3070:. Pinballnews.com. September 19, 2006
2327:Most early simulations were top-down
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4823:DeLeon, Christopher Lee (May 2012).
3567:"Heighway Pinball Faces Liquidation"
2902:Pinball: The Lure of the Silver Ball
1008:adding citations to reliable sources
621:Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
545:; multi-level games like Gottlieb's
4706:Roberts, Mike; Doyle, Eric (1985).
3960:"Pinball Cows and Easter Eggs page"
3274:Plante, Chris (February 28, 2013).
3112:"Planetary Pinball: Press Releases"
2567:– feature documentary about pinball
2032:throughout the game, some are not.
1593:, with its Multi-Multiball feature.
46:, 1991 pinball machine designed by
4656:Williams, Andrew (16 March 2017).
3755:Porges, Seth (September 2, 2005).
3729:Porges, Seth (September 1, 2009).
2899:Flower, Gary; Kurtz, Bill (1988).
2855:. New English Library. p. 27.
454:brought pinball into the realm of
426:(On a side note, the lesser-known
419:. Game designers Wayne Neyens and
415:The post-war era was dominated by
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4727:Rubens, Paul (February 3, 2014).
4088:"The History Of Pinball Machines"
3225:Bradford, Harry (June 26, 2013).
2927:"The History of Pinball Machines"
2525:. The movie features a Gottlieb
1684:went so far as to embed a hidden
1678:article on the subject. The game
1609:(The King's Ransom) and Midway's
575:A row of pinball machines at the
539:; "multiball", used on Williams'
192:, or on the floor of a pub, like
5053:Golden age of arcade video games
3649:Silverman, Dwight (2023-10-13).
3515:"Heighway Begins Shipping Alien"
2781:. Scholzroland.de. April 2, 1932
1893:sometimes used to award a match.
1364:to pull the ball between holes.
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4834:Georgia Institute of Technology
4524:. Ifpapinball.com. June 9, 2019
4423:from the original on 2021-12-11
2583:Pinball museum (disambiguation)
2407:. More recent examples include
1447:Toys, magnets and captive balls
995:needs additional citations for
296:1931: Coin operation introduced
3786:Cossack v. City of Los Angeles
2160:The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard
1752:screen in the backbox in 2010.
1681:Star Trek: The Next Generation
771:pinball machine, based on the
627:Star Trek: The Next Generation
322:In 1932, Gottlieb distributor
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5048:History of arcade video games
4241:"Pinball Flippers Rebuilding"
4090:. Home Leisure Direct Website
3624:Peter Wolinski (2022-10-26).
2819:"Pinball wizard's last twist"
2573:, game designer and innovator
2552:List of pinball manufacturers
1729:and features also video mode
1401:Switches, gates, and stoppers
758:(LCD) screen in the backbox.
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4589:"PAPA/IFPA Tournament Rules"
3446:"Full Throttle Launch Party"
2495:Category:Works about pinball
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960:equal protection of the laws
57:A self-made pinball game in
27:Arcade entertainment machine
3675:"When Pinball was Illegal…"
955:Supreme Court of California
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4040:Rossignoli, Marco (2011).
4015:Shalhoub, Michael (2012).
3830:"Pinball Was Once Illegal"
2606:Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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276:In 1869, British inventor
43:Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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4848:Internet Pinball Database
4468:. Schiffer. p. 299.
4464:Michael Shalhoub (2012).
4205:. March 1996. p. 36.
2602:"Definition of PIN-TABLE"
2180:Jersey City State College
1810:No Fear: Dangerous Sports
1149:electronically controlled
976:Glossary of pinball terms
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704:2000s and beyond: Revival
377:1947: Flippers introduced
4994:Electro-mechanical games
2547:List of pinball machines
2317:Pinball Construction Set
1911:, or less commonly with
586:Video game crash of 1983
458:. The electromechanical
272:for U.S. Patent #115,357
32:Pinball (disambiguation)
3894:Cite magazine requires
2849:McKeown, Harry (1976).
2396:3D Pinball: Space Cadet
131:some researchers, like
4964:Fortune teller machine
4687:Kohler, Chris (2016).
4466:The Pinball Compendium
4217:"Pinscape Build Guide"
4175:performancepinball.com
2951:Tilt: The Pinball Book
2872:Tilt: The Pinball Book
2751:Sharpe, Roger (1977).
2307:David's Midnight Magic
2225:Video game simulations
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5025:List of manufacturers
4270:Design World Magazine
4245:homepinballrepair.com
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2351:Metroid Prime Pinball
2178:In 1974, students at
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1979:Manufacturing process
1848:("million machine").
1770:Granny and the Gators
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1591:Bram Stoker's Dracula
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3966:on November 24, 2021
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3198:www.vendingtimes.com
3026:on November 11, 2012
2557:Pinball Hall of Fame
2369:Kirby's Pinball Land
2243:Midway Manufacturing
2207:Glicko Rating System
1831:The 1997 Bally game
1788:in 1999 that uses a
1394:Whirlwind Spinner(s)
1004:improve this article
871:Relation to gambling
796:, based on the film
579:in Las Vegas, Nevada
577:Pinball Hall of Fame
450:The introduction of
102:Williams Electronics
30:For other uses, see
5115:Single-player games
4969:Love tester machine
4569:"Stern Pro Circuit"
4419:. October 9, 2012.
4391:. 25 September 2012
4369:on February 9, 2015
3372:. February 10, 2016
3255:on December 3, 2013
3020:"Pat Lawlor Design"
2726:Travel Thru History
2577:John W. Baumgartner
2320:, released for the
2188:St. Peter's College
2088:dot-matrix displays
2037:electromotive force
1721:dot-matrix displays
946:'s home run in the
933:The ban ended when
923:Fiorello La Guardia
763:Jersey Jack Pinball
675:Jersey Jack Pinball
666:Star Wars Episode I
113:Jersey Jack Pinball
94:Bally Manufacturing
67:(originally called
5130:Culture of Chicago
5040:Arcade video games
4863:Pinballhistory.com
4794:Alsheimer, Colin.
3938:"Pinball Glossary"
3862:. 12 December 2016
3521:. 14 February 2017
3390:Alsheimer, Colin.
2905:. pp. 36–39.
2625:Alsheimer, Colin.
2489:In popular culture
2485:pinball machines.
2472:The Pinball Arcade
2357:Mario Pinball Land
2083:
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4666:. pp. 62–3.
4637:Pinball Tennessee
4475:978-0-7643-4107-6
4322:. 21 October 2013
4065:Beresford, Andy.
3735:Popular Mechanics
3707:on March 23, 2012
3681:. 26 October 2015
3655:Houston Chronicle
3150:. Pinballnews.com
3128:. Pinballnews.com
3092:. Pinballnews.com
2998:Popular Mechanics
2852:Pinball Portfolio
2707:978-0-884-86043-3
2099:theme machine, a
1822:and Bally/Midway
1709:electromechanical
1606:Black Knight 2000
1550:End-of-ball bonus
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5089:Photo booth
4909:Arcade game
4779:October 27,
4757:October 27,
4731:. Bbc.co.uk
4691:. pp.
4506:October 27,
4250:November 8,
3989:(103): 6–7.
3970:October 27,
3944:October 27,
3918:pinside.com
3711:October 27,
3630:Tom's Guide
3551:24 February
3525:24 February
3154:October 27,
3132:October 27,
3096:October 27,
3074:October 27,
3052:October 27,
3030:October 27,
2933:October 27,
2785:October 27,
2685:DeLeon 2012
2670:October 27,
2644:DeLeon 2021
2466:Zen Pinball
2390:Pro Pinball
2259:Atari, Inc.
2148:Richie Rich
2107:Bill Paxton
2071:A restored
1746:New Canasta
1641:easter eggs
1633:coin pusher
1597:Wizard Mode
1334:Vari-Target
1242:dead bumper
1208:Gottlieb's
1145:compression
802:, in 2023.
752:New Canasta
723:Steve Irwin
697:Pro Pinball
642:and became
472:Mirco Games
410:Spot Bowler
381:Gottlieb's
332:Baffle Ball
317:Baffle Ball
312:Baffle Ball
137:Baffle Ball
80:known as a
74:arcade game
5104:Categories
5079:Medal game
5074:Claw crane
4800:Kineticist
4775:. Ipdb.org
4753:. Ipdb.org
4642:2023-04-02
4618:2023-04-02
4594:2023-04-02
4574:2023-04-02
4528:August 24,
4226:2024-03-04
4221:mjrnet.org
3940:. Ipdb.org
3923:2021-07-21
3803:"End Game"
3757:"End Game"
3660:2024-08-19
3635:2023-08-27
3456:2024-08-19
3396:Kineticist
3376:2024-08-19
3351:2017-09-25
3208:2017-12-05
2801:US 2073132
2779:"Ballyhoo"
2732:2024-01-30
2666:. Ipdb.org
2631:Kineticist
2611:2024-08-19
2589:References
2571:Ed Krynski
2509:(1969) by
2501:rock opera
2410:Pinball FX
2405:Windows XP
2312:Bill Budge
2296:Atari 2600
2257:(1974) by
2251:TV Pinball
2241:(1973) by
2239:TV Flipper
2235:TV Pingame
2131:machines.
1897:High Score
1886:ones place
1858:High score
1748:, with an
1726:Checkpoint
1660:ocumented
1645:Pat Lawlor
1623:Ball Saver
1601:boss fight
1560:Extra ball
1423:magic post
1273:slingshots
974:See also:
970:Components
862:Easter Egg
632:Pat Lawlor
593:High Speed
548:Black Hole
421:Ed Krynski
282:Cincinnati
250:Stosspudel
4979:Skee-ball
4974:Mutoscope
4959:Bagatelle
4664:CRC Press
4449:April 20,
4180:August 9,
4155:August 9,
3499:7 January
2533:machine.
2333:processor
2135:Data East
2109:Pinball,
2015:Solenoids
1974:trapping.
1802:Army Navy
1740:original
1731:minigames
1629:Slam Tilt
1538:Multiball
1532:Ball lock
1513:translite
1487:backglass
1481:Backglass
1388:Rollovers
1078:playfield
1072:Playfield
944:Babe Ruth
939:Manhattan
773:1939 film
765:released
761:In 2013,
746:original
713:Melbourne
602:Data East
542:Firepower
503:, 1980's
500:Asteroids
497:, 1979's
234:bagatelle
232:known as
225:Louis XIV
190:billiards
183:pall-mall
5084:Pachinko
5002:Gun game
4553:March 2,
4548:papa.org
4427:April 6,
4421:Archived
4395:April 6,
4373:April 6,
4347:April 6,
4326:April 6,
4297:April 6,
4150:ipdb.org
3840:April 6,
3813:April 6,
3004:April 6,
2754:Pinball!
2541:See also
2531:Buckaroo
2483:Zaccaria
2461:BBC News
2342:keyboard
2322:Apple II
2310:(1982).
2286:(1979),
2277:Bomb Bee
2274:(1978),
2255:Pin Pong
2184:football
2129:Iron man
2124:Predator
2118:Star Fox
2059:system.
1968:Trapping
1944:circuit.
1905:solenoid
1814:Jack-Bot
1778:Mr. Game
1687:Breakout
1566:Kickback
1519:Features
1495:graphics
1382:Spinners
1174:solenoid
1170:flippers
1156:Flippers
1106:flippers
1101:solenoid
900:, 2:12,
695:and the
417:Gottlieb
356:Contact'
352:solenoid
328:Ballyhoo
255:pachinko
98:Gottlieb
89:flippers
69:pintable
5110:Pinball
5012:Pinball
4854:Pinball
4817:Sources
4417:YouTube
4094:May 21,
4072:May 21,
3792:(1974).
3280:Polygon
2511:The Who
2283:Cutie Q
2271:Gee Bee
2076:pinball
1928:Nudging
1909:knocker
1876:Special
1744:titled
1742:Canasta
1738:Inder's
1544:Jackpot
1491:backbox
1419:Stopper
1357:Saucers
1288:Targets
1269:Kickers
1238:Bumpers
1233:Bumpers
1199:⁄
1185:⁄
1133:plunger
1127:Plunger
1117:tilting
1113:nudging
1093:plunger
1086:degrees
1039:Cabinet
854:Flutter
750:titled
748:Canasta
744:Inder's
506:Pac-Man
482:Hot Tip
406:Just 21
369:During
348:Contact
229:bowling
194:bowling
175:Croquet
119:History
78:cabinet
65:Pinball
4858:Curlie
4805:10 May
4670:
4472:
4276:May 6,
4048:
4023:
3834:Kotaku
2958:
2909:
2879:
2806:
2761:
2704:
2535:Wizard
2503:album
2419:, and
2372:, and
2288:Tehkan
2127:, and
2102:Matrix
2080:chrome
1870:Replay
1840:lowest
1713:relays
1668:idden
1407:Switch
1351:scoops
1137:spring
1097:spring
1082:planar
912:random
858:Google
833:Aliens
530:Gorgar
512:Galaga
460:relays
5067:Other
4830:(PDF)
4500:(PDF)
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