Humpty Dumpty (pinball)
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| "Humpty Dumpty" | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | D. Gottlieb & Co. [1] |
| Release date | October 25, 1947 [2] |
| Design | Harry Mabs |
| Artwork | Roy Parker |
| Production Run | 6,500 units[2] |
Humpty Dumpty is a historically important pinball machine released by Gottlieb on October 25, 1947.[2] Named after Humpty Dumpty, the nursery rhyme character, it is considered to be the first pinball machine to include flippers — invented by Harry Mabs [3] — distinguishing it from earlier bagatelle game machines.[1][4] Humpty Dumpty had six of these flippers, referred to as "flipper bumpers" by the company.[5] However, unlike modern pinball tables, they faced outward instead of inward and were not placed at the bottom of the table near the main outhole.[6] Like all early pinball tables, Humpty Dumpty was constructed with wood and had backlit scoring in preset units of scoring rather than mechanical reel or electronic LED scoring.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Microsoft Pinball Arcade". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/games/pinball/tables.htm. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ a b c "Gottlieb "Humpty Dumpty". The Internet Pinball Database. http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=1254.
- ^ Brack, Ray (December 30, 1967). "Vendors-into-music rated as biggest story of 1967". Billboard 79 (52): 49, 54. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Boland, Ed (2 June 2002). "F.Y.I - Question". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0061EFB3C5E0C718CDDAF0894DA404482. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Cumming, Terry. "50th Anniversary of the Flipper - The Modern Game is Born". Pinnovations. http://1930s.com/pinball/feature5.html. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ Porges, Seth. "Top 8 Most Innovative Pinball Machines of All Time". Popular Mechanics. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/toys/4276614. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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