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Sadly, there is only one current pinball manufacturer making new
machines, Stern
Pinball, Inc. But it is
obvious
that they are still putting out great product, so I encourage you to
seek these machines out wherever they may be found. Recent
Stern
machines include Terminator 3, Lord of the Rings, Ripley's Believe it
or Not!, Elvis and The Sopranos.
Older 90's era Williams, Bally and Sega/Data East machines may often be
seen at
various locations, together with even older machines from Williams,
Bally, Gottlieb, the original Stern (which closed in the early 80's)
and Chicago
Coin (bought out by Stern in the late 70's). This last group
will
be usually in larger pinball locations
often run by collectors or hardcore enthusiasts given the machines'
average age
(early 80's and older).
Note that most pinball history is contained in several popular recent
'coffee table' books (authors include Michael Shaloub, Marco
Rossignoli, Roger Sharpe and Richard Bueschel, among others) as opposed
to
online. Russ Jensen's site below is probably the best online
history site otherwise....
Some informational sites on past pinball manufacturers:
Bally
Electronic
Pinball Machines (german/english)
Bally
Pinball 1962-1999
The
last page(s) left on the original
Williams site
Game
Plan
Italian
mfr's (Nuova Bell, Mr.
Game, Tecnoplay, Zaccaria) - Note: in Italian text only!
David
Gersic's
Zaccaria Pinball site (if you have any Zacc pins, a must see!)
Some pinball history:
Russ
Jensen's pinball history
pages
A
VERY brief pinball history
Another
brief pinball history
Please
email
with your information to be included in this listing
(bi670[nospam]@scn.org)
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