The History of Pinball Part 2: The Rise of the Solid-States

In this video, we go through pinball's history from where we left off in the late 70's through the rapid advancement in the 80's. In this time, we see the shift from Electromechanical pinball machines (EM's) to the use of Solid-State (SS's) Special video credits go to the following. If you wanna see more detailed videos/gameplay for individual machines, I highly recommend checking these guys out For Amusement Only e.V. - Flipper- und Arcademuseum Seligenstadt, London Pinball, Doug's Home Arcade Collection, Cagey Cretins, Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations, PAPApinball, Long Island Retro Gaming, Jeffrey Rank, Chris Hibler Pinball, GRC Pinball Official, Tomyelectronic, John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech, Kelly Corcoran, Intuitiv Spielen und Verbinden, Eddie Cramer, SeeburgSam, CGR Publishing, tattyadams, Sylvain Simard, The Crow Continuum, Pinsation, Pinball Reviews, PinballHelp, muckman2001, AoFparson, Basileous Productions, Carls493, brutalmoose Also, this whole project couldn't be possible without great resources like The Pinball Compendium series by Michael Shalhoub, IPDB, and Pinside. Highlighted Tables 1.The Atarians (Atari) 2.Freedom (Bally) 3.Hot Tip (Williams) 4.Rodeo (Sega) 5.Space Mission (Williams) 6.Capt. Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (Bally) 7.Supersonic (Zaccaria) 8.Bigfoot (Bally) 9.Mata Hari (Bally) 10.Millionaire (Sega) 11.Woman-Lib (Sega) 12.Winter Sports (Zaccaria) 13.Disco Fever (Williams) 14.Eight Ball (Bally) 15.Phoenix (Williams) 16.Orbit 1 (Hankin) 17.FJ (Hankin) 18.Paragon (Bally) 19.Black Velvet (Game Plan) 20.Flash (Williams) 21.Stellar Wars (Williams) 22.Superman (Atari) 23.Hercules (Atari) 24.Sharpshooter (Game Plan) 25.Genie (Gottlieb) 26.Gorgar (Williams) 27.Firepower (Williams) 28.The Amazing Spider-Man (Gottlieb) 29.Pinball Lizard (Game Plan) 30.James Bond 007 (Gottlieb) 31.Black Knight (Williams) 32.Xenon (Bally) 33.The Empire Strikes Back (Hankin) 34.Eight Ball Deluxe (Bally) 35.Fireball II (Bally) 36.Fathom (Bally) 37.Locomotion (Zaccaria) 38.Black Hole (Gottlieb) 39.Centaur (Bally) 40.Elektra (Bally) 41.Hyperball (Williams) 42.Orbitor 1 (Stern) 43.Haunted House (Gottlieb) 44.Le King (Jeutal) 45.Devil’s Dare (Gottlieb) 46.Caveman (Gottlieb) 47.Varkon (Williams) 48.Soccer Kings (Zaccaria) 49.Baby Pac-Man (Bally) 50.Time Fantasy (Williams) 51.Rat Race (Williams) 52.Time Machine (Zaccaria) 53.Firepower II (Williams) 54.Amazon Hunt (Gottlieb) 55.Farfalla (Zaccaria) 56.Af-Tor (Wico) 57.Space Shuttle (Williams) 58.Robot (Zaccaria) 59.Brave Team (Inder) 60.Sorcerer (Williams) 61.Clown (Zaccaria) 62.Comet (Williams) 63.Cyclopes (Game Plan) 64.High Speed (Williams) 65.Raven (Premier) 66.Super Star (Recreativos Franco) 67.Grand Lizard (Williams) Thanks for coming back for part 2. Part 3 will probably take about as long as part 2 did, which could be quick I wasn't really keeping track.