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All pictures that I’ve taken myself at trips to arcades across the country sprinkled with the latest pinball and arcade industry news. www.knapparcade.org
More Information on Spooky Pinball's Upcoming Beetlejuice Pin; The Making of Kong; Portal Pinball 1.0; A New Pin From AP?

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#pinball #arcade #atari #pong #beetlejuice
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The game can only be played by two players head-to-head. The players use two buttons to control their hockey players to hit a ball that is smaller than a conventional pinball left or right.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
1968 Chicago Coin Hockey Champ 🏒 electromechanical coin-operated arcade machine.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

Continued…

#arcade #hockey #pinball #chicagocoin #60s #1960s #electromechanical
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Flyer
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Supposedly, this machine was designed to compete with Gottlieb’s low-cost “Street Level” pinball machines, like Silver Slugger. It didn’t have any ramps or fancy animations. It was the last Bally pin to use an alpha numeric display. The original theme for the machine was “Poker Night”.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
1991 Bally Harley Davidson solid state pinball machine.

2,187 units produced. Designed by Barry Oursler with art by Mark Sprenger.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#harleydavidson #harleydavidsonmotorcycles #pinball #pinballmachine #arcade #90s #1990s
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
While it was not specifically made for Pizza Hut 🍕, as had been rumored, the cabinet was frequently available at its locations.

This particular cabinet is loaded with Super Mario Bros. and Dr. Mario. As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
1984 Nintendo Red Tent aka the Nintendo Vs. DualSystem cocktail arcade cabinet.

You don’t see this one very often. It allows two players to play different games on each side or to play the same game against each other.

#nintendo #arcade #80s #1980s #retroarcade #supermario #supermariobros
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Skateball was the first Bally solid state game with 7-digit scoring.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Massachusetts.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
1980 Bally Skateball 🛹 solid state pinball machine.

4,150 units produced. Designed by Claude Fernandez with backglass art by Greg Freres, playfield art by Kevin O'Connor, and plastics art by Margaret Hudson.

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#skateboarding #pinball #arcade #Bally #SkatePark #skateordie #80s #1980s
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Part 2
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
1976 Zaccaria Moon Flight 🌖 🚀 single-player electromechanical pinball machine, a product of Italy 🇮🇹 .

Art by Lorenzo Rimondini.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum.

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#pinball #arcade #zaccaria #retroarcade #classicarcade #70s #1970s
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Demo of Spooky Pinball's "Spooky Speak Voice Interactive Pinball"; Launch of Pinforge Homebrew Group; Winchester Gameplay

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#pinball #Arcade
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Dutch really nailed it with this game. It has three levels - a solid upper playfield with several shots and a cool bowling 🎳 lower playfield. The theme integration is fantastic.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Dutch Pinball The Big Lebowski. It’s difficult to put a specific year on this game because production ran from 2016 theough 2025.

1,517 units produced. Designed by Barry Driessen & Koen Heltzel with art by Freek van Haagen & Jean-Paul de Win.

#thebiglebowski #thedude #jeffbridges #pinball #arcade
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
T2 was the first Williams pin to be designed with a DMD, though Bally Gilligan’s Island which was started after beat it to market with one.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This may be the biggest pinball topper I’ve ever seen on location…1991 Williams Terminator 2: Judgement Day pinball machine.

A whopping 15,202 units produced. Designed by Steve Ritchie with art by Doug Watson.

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#terminator #terminator2 #arnoldschwarzenegger #t2 #pinball #arcade
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A 2-player version of this game called “Soccer” also came out in 1975 (2,900 units).

The game has an animated backglass that features red soccer balls being kicked into a goal, which represent the player’s bonus.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
1975 Gottlieb Super Soccer ⚽️ 4-player electromechanical pinball machine.

7,130 units produced. Designed by the unstoppable team of Ed Krynski on layout and Gordon Morison on art.

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#pinball #Arcade #soccer #gottlieb #70s #1970s #gottliebpinball
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Winchester Mystery House Now On Location; Barrels of Fun Factory Tour; Beetlejuice Pinball Sneak Listen; Tube Dancers

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#pinball #arcade #winchestermysteryhouse #winchester
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Part 2
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
1986 Zaccaria Zankor solid state pinball machine, a product pf Italy.

I don’t have any additional information on this game. If anyone out theee does, please chime in.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #arcade #zaccaria #retroarcade #80s #1980s
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A more common 4-player version of this game called Vulcan (3,806 units) was also released the same year.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
1977 Gottlieb Fire Queen 2-player electromechanical pinball machine.

1,114 units produced, only 492 of which were sold in the United States. Created by the prolific duo Ed Krynski on design and Gordon Morison on the amazing art.

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#pinball #arcade #firequeen #70s #1970s #gottlieb
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM