{"id":12312,"date":"2022-11-23T19:25:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T02:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12312"},"modified":"2022-12-02T19:27:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T02:27:17","slug":"addams-family-pinball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/11\/23\/addams-family-pinball\/","title":{"rendered":"Addams Family Pinball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from WIRED<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wild History of the Beloved Addams Family<\/em> Pinball Machine<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

It was the most popular game ever when Bally released it in 1991, and collectors clamor for the machines even now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by MARAH EAKIN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eric Jones, 7, from Denver joins dad Gary at the “Addams Family” machine during The Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo in Denver on April 30th, 2011. PHOTOGRAPH: KATHRYN SCOTT OSLER\/THE DENVER POST\/GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FOR MORE THAN\u00a080 years, the Addams Family has enjoyed a delightfully macabre existence. First introduced via a single-panel cartoon in\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 1938, Chas Addams\u2019 creepy clan has spawned multiple entertainment properties, including a surprisingly short-lived 1960s TV series, two beloved live-action movies from the \u201990s, two recent animated kids films, an upcoming\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0series based on the\u00a0life of young Wednesday Addams<\/a>, myriad books and collectibles, and even a Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia Addams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To game lovers, though, the best of all that ephemera is\u00a0The Addams Family<\/em>\u00a0pinball machine. Released in March 1992 by Bally Games and inspired by the 1991 live-action movie of the same name,\u00a0The Addams Family<\/em>\u00a0is, to this day,\u00a0the most popular and widely sold pinball machine of all time<\/a>, moving more than 20,000 units. That\u2019s a marvel not just because other \u201chit\u201d games at the time were selling between 8,000 and 14,000 units, but because back then most pinball games were being sold to coin-op distributors or arcades rather than private collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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