Zaccaria (company)

Mr. Game
Industry	Interactive entertainment
Founded	1988
Defunct	1990
Headquarters	Bologna, Italy
Products	Pinball and arcade machines

Zaccaria Pinball
Zaccaria Pinball
Developer(s)	Magic Pixel Kft.
Publisher(s)	Magic Pixel Kft.
Platform(s)	Android, iOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Release	iOS WW: March 26, 2013; Android WW: February 21, 2015; Windows WW: June 16, 2015; OS X WW: August 31, 2017; Linux WW: August 31, 2017; Nintendo Switch WW: July 23, 2018; Xbox One WW: April 3, 2019; PlayStation 4 NA: August 3, 2020;
Genre(s)	Pinball
Mode(s)	Single player

Zaccaria
Industry	Interactive entertainment
Founded	1974
Defunct	1990
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Bologna, Italy
Products	Pinball and arcade machines
Owner	Marino, Franco and Natale Zaccaria

Zaccaria, (later briefly reorganized under Mr. Game before ending production) was an Italian company of pinball and arcade machines that existed in Bologna from 1974 until 1990.^[1] The factory was sold to tecnoplay.^[2]

History

The company was founded as a manufactory for pinball arcade games in Bologna by the three brothers Marino, Franco and Natale Zaccaria. The logo consists of their initials. Zaccaria was led by Marino Zaccaria, a former manager of a bar near Bologna.^[2]

At their best time, Zaccaria was the third largest company of pinball machines in the world after Bally and Williams. The company also entered into the video arcade game sector in the late 1970s. Therefore, they licensed games and developed some games with their own designs.^[2]

There are at least 47 different Zaccaria pinball machines known to exist although some are just variations of the same game.^[3]^[4]

Zaccaria pinball machines

Tropical (1974)
Cine Star (1974)
Top Hand (1974)
Granada (1974)^[5]
Red Show (1975)
Ten Up (1975)
Lucky Fruit (1975)
Ten Stars (1976)
Moon Flight (1976)
Wood's Queen (1976)
Aerobatics (1977)
Circus (1977)
Combat (1977)
Nautilus (1977)
Universe (1977)
Supersonic (1977)
Queen's Castle (1978)
Winter Sports (1978)
House of Diamonds (1978)
Strike (1978)
Future World (1978)
Ski Jump (1978)
Shooting the Rapids (1979)
Hot Wheels (1979)
Space City (1979)
Fire Mountain (1980)
Star God (1980)
Space Shuttle (1980)
Earth Wind Fire (1981)
Locomotion (1981)
Soccer Kings (1982, released in the US by Bhuzac)^[6]
Pinball Champ '82 (1982)
Pinball Champ (1983, released in the US by Bhuzac)^[7]
Time Machine (1983)
Farfalla (1983, released in the US by Bhuzac)^[8]
Devil Riders (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac)^[9]
Magic Castle (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac)^[10]
Robot (1985)
Clown (1985)
Pool Champion (1985)
Mystic Star (1986)
Blackbelt (1986)
Mexico ’86 (1986)
Zankor (1986)
Spooky (1987)
Star's Phoenix (1987)
New Star's Phoenix (1987)

Zaccaria arcade machines

TV-Joker (1974), PONG clone^[11]
Circus (1977), licensed Exidy Circus
The Invaders (1978), Space Invaders clone
Astro Wars (1979), port of Data East Astro Fighter
Dodgem (1979), port of Sega Head On
Galaxia (1979), port of Namco Galaxian
Quasar (1980), Zaccaria Original, distributed in US by US Billiards^[12]
Moon Crest (1980), Quasar machine with a space fortress side art
Firebird (1980), licensed Amstar Phoenix
Space Pirate (1980), copy of Cinematronics' Rip-Off
Puckman (1980), copy of Namco Pac-Man
Scramble (1980), licensed Konami Scramble
Buck Rogers (1981), licensed Sega Buck Rogers
Vanguard (1981), licensed SNK Vanguard
Super Cobra (1981), licensed Konami Super Cobra
Frogger (1981), licensed Konami Frogger
Crazy Kong (1981), licensed Falcon Crazy Kong
Pac and Paint (1981), port of Kural Crush Roller
Zaxxon (1981), port of Sega Zaxxon
Hustler (1981), licensed Video Hustler
Comidar (1981), licensed Konami Amidar
Fitter (1981), licensed Round Up
Laser Battle (1981), Zaccaria Original, distributed in US by Midway by the title Lazarian
Scorpion (1982), ?
Sea Battle (1982), ?
Dribbling (1982), port of Dribbling by Model Racing
Jump Bug (1982), port Rock-Ola Jump Bug
Fantasy (1982), port Rock-Ola Fantasy
Cat and Mouse (1982), Zaccaria Original
Eyes (1982), licensed Techstar Eyes
Mr. Do! (1982), licensed Universal Mr. Do!
Eggor (1983), Telko Eggor
Money Money (1983, released in the US by Bhuzac), Zaccaria Original^[13]
Hyper Sports (1983), licensed Konami Hyper Sports
Hyper Olympics (1983), licensed Konami Hyper Olympics
Shooting Gallery (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac), developed by Seatongrove^[14]
Jack Rabbit (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac), Zaccaria Original^[15]^[16]

Digital recreations

Magic Pixel Kft. released Zaccaria Pinball for Android and iOS as well as Windows on Steam that consists of digital recreations of classic Zaccaria pinball machines. Versions for OS X as well as Linux were released on August 31, 2017.^[17] In July 2018, it was released for Nintendo Switch,^[18] April 2019 for Xbox One,^[19] and August 2020 for PlayStation 4.^[20]

Digital pinball machines

There are 42 digital tables released.

Aerobatics
Blackbelt
Cine Star
Circus
Clown
Combat
Devil Riders
Earth Wind Fire
Farfalla
Fire Mountain
Future World
Granada
Hot Wheels
House of Diamonds
Locomotion
Lucky Fruit
Magic Castle
Mexico ’86
Moon Flight
Mystic Star
Nautilus
Pinball Champ 82
Pinball Champ 83
Pool Champion
Red Show
Robot
Shooting the Rapids
Soccer Kings
Space Shuttle
Spooky
Star God
Star's Phoenix
Strike
Supersonic
Time Machine
Top Hand
Tropical
Universe
Winter Sports
Wood's Queen
Zankor

Company Mr. Game

Zaccaria was briefly reorganized under the label Mr. Game before ending production.^[1] The company Mr. Game produced pinball machines from 1988 until 1990. Under the Mr. Game label, the company introduced a radical redesign of the traditional pinball cabinet. The commonly known rectangular cabinet containing the 'playfield' was updated into a more modern look with a different shaped box, and trigger buttons for flipper control. The legs were also more angular in support compared to the mostly vertical legs used by other manufacturers. Additionally, the 'backbox' eliminated the traditional numeric or alpha-numeric score and status displays in favor of a small color TV screen, sometimes containing video game elements.^[21]^[22]^[23]

Mr. Game pinball machines

Dakar (1988)
Fast Track
Mac Attack (1989)
Motor Show (1989, released in the US by United Artists Theatre Amusements)^[24]
Sofficini Dakar
World Cup '90 (1990)

Successor tecnoplay

tecnoplay
File:Logo tecnoplay.jpg
Industry	Interactive entertainment
Founded	1987
Headquarters	San Marino
Products	Pinball and arcade machines
Website	tecnoplay.com/eng/home.php

After bankruptcy, the factory in Bologna of Zaccaria was sold to tecnoplay in San Marino, that produced pinball machines from 1987 - 1989 and is still in business as an importer, reseller and maintainer of pinball machines, spare parts, arcade and vending machines and other amusement games. Tecnoplay is managed by Mauro Zaccaria, the son of Marino Zaccaria, one of the founders of the company Zaccaria.^[2]^[25]^[26]

Tecnoplay pinball machines

Devil King (1987)
Scramble (1987)
X-Force (1987)
Space Team (1989)
Hi-Ball (1989)

References

^ ^a ^b "Zaccaria Pinball". Zaccaria-pinball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pauls Video Arcade Pages". Zzzaccaria.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Pinside Game Archive » Zaccaria (manufacturer) - Pinside Game Archive". Pinside.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "The Internet Pinball Machine Database". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Zaccaria 'Granada'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Soccer Kings US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Pinball Champ US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Farfalla US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Devil Riders US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Magic Castle US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: TV-Joker, Zaccaria". Flyers.arcade-museum.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: Quasar, US Billiards". Flyers.arcade-museum.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Money Money US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Shooting Gallery US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Jack Rabbit US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "Zaccaria Pinball :: Update #53 - Mac OS X and Linux". Steamcommunity.com. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Zaccaria Pinball Switch". metacritic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ "Zaccaria Pinball Achievements". xboxachievements.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
^ "PlayStation Store: New games launching next week". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
^ "The Internet Pinball Machine Database". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Zaccaria Pinball". Zaccaria-pinball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "PINBALL MACHINE MRGAME". Zaccaria-pinball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Motor Show US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.
^ "The Internet Pinball Machine Database". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
^ "Sale of machines and cabinets for arcades, bars and clubs". Tecnoplay.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

External links

Zaccaria at The Internet Pinball database
Zaccaria Forum and Database
List of Zaccaria pinball machines
Zaccaria arcade machines
Zaccaria company information
Zaccaria at The International Arcade Museum
Zaccaria Pinball at MobyGames
Official Zaccaria Pinball support site
Zaccaria parts & diagnostic tools
'Arcade Raid! Euro Zaccaria Rescue' retrospective on discovering disused Zaccaria machines (2017-07-28, Tony. 8 arcade coin-ops, 2 pinball machines & 2 cocktail tables.)
Mr. Game at The Internet Pinball database
Mr. Game at The International Arcade Museum
Tecnoplay at The Internet Pinball database
Tecnoplay at The International Arcade Museum

[zarpin-1] "Zaccaria Pinball". Zaccaria-pinball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[zzzaria-2] "Pauls Video Arcade Pages". Zzzaccaria.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[3] "Pinside Game Archive » Zaccaria (manufacturer) - Pinside Game Archive". Pinside.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[4] "The Internet Pinball Machine Database". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[5] "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Zaccaria 'Granada'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[6] "Soccer Kings US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[7] "Pinball Champ US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[8] "Farfalla US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[9] "Devil Riders US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[10] "Magic Castle US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[11] "The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: TV-Joker, Zaccaria". Flyers.arcade-museum.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[12] "The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: Quasar, US Billiards". Flyers.arcade-museum.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[13] "Money Money US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[14] "Shooting Gallery US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[15] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[16] "Jack Rabbit US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[osxlinux-17] "Zaccaria Pinball :: Update #53 - Mac OS X and Linux". Steamcommunity.com. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[switch-18] "Zaccaria Pinball Switch". metacritic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[xboxone-19] "Zaccaria Pinball Achievements". xboxachievements.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

[20] "PlayStation Store: New games launching next week". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[21] "The Internet Pinball Machine Database". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[22] "Zaccaria Pinball". Zaccaria-pinball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[23] "PINBALL MACHINE MRGAME". Zaccaria-pinball.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[24] "Motor Show US brochure". Retrieved 2020-02-28.

[25] "The Internet Pinball Machine Database". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[26] "Sale of machines and cabinets for arcades, bars and clubs". Tecnoplay.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

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