Friday, June 29 2007 @ 01:03 AM EDT Contributed by: pbwiz
Middle Earth is another late 70's (1978 to be exact) widebody Pinball Machine made by Atari. Like many of the other Atari pinball machines from the 70's, reliability issues were a real problem. Middle Earth has kind of a medieval theme and reminds me a lot of another 70's Bally pinball called Lost World, one of my favorite machines from this time period.
Click the thumbnail of the Middle Earth Pinball Flyer above to see a larger version of the flyer.
Superman is a widebody Pinball Machine made by Atari in 1979. This is a wide body machine meaning that the playfield is larger than most pinball machines, allowing the designer more room to work. Because of the wider playfield and added room, designer Steve Ritchie was able to create a pinball machine with more targets and action than normal. Superman was also one of the earlier Solid State Electronic pinball machines made. Unfortunately, the Superman pinball machine suffered many of the reliability problems that most of the Atari pinball machines were afflicted with and is a particularly difficult machine to find today in good working order.
Click the thumbnail of the Superman Pinball Flyer above to see a larger version of the flyer.
Foxy Lady is a cocktail Pinball Machine made by Game Plan in 1978. This is a machine that I actually own although it doesn't work -- it is missing the MPU board, which is a common problem with these machines. Foxy Lady resulted from a surplus of another cocktail pinball machine that Game Plan made called Black Velvet. When the licenser of Black Velvet cancelled the deal, Game Plan used the remaining Black Velvet machines to make Foxy Lady pinball machines.
Click the thumbnail of the Foxy Lady Pinball Flyer above to see a larger version of the flyer.
In honor of the upcoming Pinball Factory remake of Cactus Canyon, here is the original Bally Cactus Canyon Pinball Flyer. Cactus Canyon was one of the last Pinball Machines to be made by Williams / Bally in 1998 and it featured some of the most elaborate toys ever seen on a pinball machine including a working train and a mine with a door that opened and closed!
Click the thumbnail of the Cactus Canyon Pinball Flyer above to see a larger version of the flyer.
Tuesday, August 29 2006 @ 01:07 AM EDT Contributed by: pbwiz
Paul Bunyan is a pinball machine made by Gottlieb in 1968. It is a 2 player Electro-Mechanical machine that was also made as a version for export to Italy called Big Jack
Click the thumbnail of the Paul Bunyan Pinball Flyer above to see a larger version of the flyer.
Click the thumbnail of the Hercules Pinball Flyer above to see a larger version of the flyer.
Hercules from Atari was one of the largest pinball machines ever made and one of the few that Atari made during their short run of manufacturing pinball machines.
