The Addams Family (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | Midway |
| System | Midway WPC (Fliptronics I; also compatible w/ Fliptronics II) |
| Designer | Designers: Pat Lawlor, Larry DeMar Programmer: Mike Boon Artwork: John Youssi Mechanics: John Krutsch Music / Sound: Chris Granner |
| Release Date | March 1992 |
| Production Run | 20,270 |
The Addams Family is the best selling pinball machine of all time, having sold 20,270 units. Manufactured by Midway (under the Bally brand name), it is a solid state electronic game.
It was based on the 1991 movie of the same name, and features custom speech by the movie's stars, including Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston. All of the game's flavor speech is drawn from the movie, with one notable exception. If the game is "Slam Tilted" which is caused by excessive force applied to the front of the machine/coin door area, this exception can be heard. The Slam Tilt event is Raul Julia's voice saying "You're a funny guy" in a menacing tone. This line is not delivered by Raul Julia in the film. However, Raul Julia delivers this line to Richard Dreyfuss' character in the movie "Moon Over Parador."
In October 1994, a "Special Collectors Edition" was created, with one thousand units total.
[edit] Features
The machine has a number of notable features, including:
- A Thing hand that comes out of a box and uses a magnet to pick up and store the ball when it lands in the appropriate spot.
- The "Power" which is a magnet in the middle of the playing field that, when activated, can cause the ball to go in unpredictable directions.
- When a person loses a ball and a riff from the theme music plays, the flippers will flip in time to the "snap snap" sound in the theme, provided the player is not flipping them at the moment.
[edit] External links
- Internet Pinball Database: The Addams Family
- Internet Pinball Database: The Addams Family Special Collectors Edition
- The Addams Family Owners List
- "The Addams Family Pinball: A Legend in its Own Time" PlayMeter Magazine, March 2002, hosted by Pat Lawlor design
| The Addams Family |
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| Characters |
| Gomez Addams | Morticia Addams | Pugsley Addams | Wednesday Addams | Uncle Fester | Grandmama | Lurch | Thing | Cousin Itt |
| TV |
| The Addams Family | The New Addams Family |
| Films |
| The Addams Family (1991) | Addams Family Values (1993) | Addams Family Reunion (1998) |
| Games |
| Fester's Quest (1989) | The Addams Family (pinball) (1991) | Addams Family (1992) | The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (1993) | Addams Family Values (1994) | Addams Family (1994) |
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