Humpty Dumpty (pinball)
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Humpty Dumpty is a pinball machine released by Gottlieb on October 25, 1947.[1] Named after Humpty Dumpty, the nursery rhyme character, it is the first pinball machine to include flippers — invented by Harry Mabs[2] — distinguishing it from earlier bagatelle game machines.[3][4]
In 2008, the Popular Mechanics website included the machine on a list of the top eight most innovative pinball machines of all time.[5]
Description
Humpty Dumpty had six of these flippers, referred to as "flipper bumpers" by the company.[6] 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.[5]
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.
Design team
- Concept: Harry Mabs
- Game Design: Harry Mabs
- Mechanics: Harry Mabs
- Artwork: Roy Parker
- Animation: Harry Mabs
Digital version
The table was virtually recreated in pinball simulation video game, Microsoft Pinball Arcade, although it was not included in the Game Boy Color version of that game.
References
External links
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