50 Gorgeous Examples of Pinball Machine Art Across Seven Decades

PBall Gallery , a pinball game museum in Budapest , Hungary , contains more than 130 once - banned ( and dreaded ! ) electromechanical gaming machines . It ’s an unbelievable collection , and a reminder that while most of us were glued to the secret plan , these games are also little whole works of prowess .

Pball is Europe ’s largest interactive pinball game exhibition , and anyone who ’s into arcade gambling polish should chitchat at least once . The museum has machine from almost every decennium , represent the full chronicle of pinball . There are machines animate by sports , music , moving-picture show , science fable , fantasy , blank space , funnies , history , technology . Many of them are also beautiful , with handwriting - painted or designed “ back glass ” or “ fountainhead glass ” grace the headboard of the machine — you cognise , the part you might miss if you ’re focussed on your game .

The undermentioned set of trope shows you fifty pretty piece of back glass — the main design element of any pinball machine . Enjoy the time change of location !

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This is the first piece of our mini serial showcasing awesome pinball auto .

Batman (Data East, United States, 1991)

Blackout (Williams, United States, 1980)

Firepower (Williams, United States, 1980)

Pink panther (Gottlieb, United States, 1981)

Spectrum (Bally, United States, 1981)

Rolling Stones (Bally, United States, 1979)

Punk! (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)

The Amazing Spider-Man (Gottlieb, United States, 1980)

Fathom (Bally, United States, 1980)

Elektra (Bally, United States, 1981)

Hi-Score Pool (Chicago Coin, United States, 1971)

Hi-Diver (Gottlieb, United States, 1959)

Roto Pool (Gottlieb, United States, 1958)

Jalopy (Williams, United States, 1951)

Basketball (Gottlieb, United States, 1949)

Airport (Genco, United States, 1939)

Dancing Lady (Gottlieb, United States, 1966)

Centigrade 37 (Gottlieb, United States, 1977)

Criterium 75 (Recel S.A., Spain, 1975)

Flying Chariots (Gottlieb, United States, 1963)

Winner (Williams, United States, 1972)

Spacerider (Atari, Japan, 1978)

Medusa (Bally, United States, 1981)

Rapid Fire (Bally, United States, 1981)

Motor Show (Mr Game, Italy, 1989)

Farfalla (Zaccaria, Italy, 1983)

Haunted House (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)

Apollo 13 (Sega, United States, 1995)

Space Station (Williams, United States, 1987)

Black Knight 2000 (Williams, United States, 1989)

Time Machine (Data East, United States, 1988)

Star Wars (Data East, United States, 1992)

Orbitor 1 (Stern, United States, 1982)

Xenon (Bally, United States, 1980)

Spirit (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)

Sexy Girl (Arkon/Ranco, Germany, 1980)

Space Invaders (Bally, United States, 1980)

Attila the Hun (Gameplan, United States, 1984)

Capt. Fantastic (Bally, United States, 1976)

Fireball (Bally, United States, 1971)

KISS (Bally, United States, 1979)

Black Hole (Gottlieb, United States, 1981)

Super Mario Bros (Premier/Gottlieb, United States, 1991)

Rocky (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)

Mars, God of War (Gottlieb, United States, 1981)

Eclipse (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)

Disco Fever (Williams, United States, 1978)

Cosmos (Bally, United States, 1969)

Super Flipper (Chicago Coin, United States, 1975)

The Machine – Bride of Pin Bot (Williams, United States, 1991)

( photo : Attila Nagy / Gizmodo )

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Batman (Data East, United States, 1991)#

Blackout (Williams, United States, 1980)#

Firepower (Williams, United States, 1980)#

Pink panther (Gottlieb, United States, 1981)#

Spectrum (Bally, United States, 1981)#

Rolling Stones (Bally, United States, 1979)#

Punk! (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)#

The Amazing Spider-Man (Gottlieb, United States, 1980)#

Fathom (Bally, United States, 1980)#

Elektra (Bally, United States, 1981)#

Hi-Score Pool (Chicago Coin, United States, 1971)#

Hi-Diver (Gottlieb, United States, 1959)#

Roto Pool (Gottlieb, United States, 1958)#

Jalopy (Williams, United States, 1951)#

Basketball (Gottlieb, United States, 1949)#

Airport (Genco, United States, 1939)#

Dancing Lady (Gottlieb, United States, 1966)#

Centigrade 37 (Gottlieb, United States, 1977)#

Criterium 75 (Recel S.A., Spain, 1975)#

Flying Chariots (Gottlieb, United States, 1963)#

Winner (Williams, United States, 1972)#

Spacerider (Atari, Japan, 1978)#

Medusa (Bally, United States, 1981)#

Rapid Fire (Bally, United States, 1981)#

Motor Show (Mr Game, Italy, 1989)#

Farfalla (Zaccaria, Italy, 1983)#

Haunted House (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)#

Apollo 13 (Sega, United States, 1995)#

Space Station (Williams, United States, 1987)#

Black Knight 2000 (Williams, United States, 1989)#

Time Machine (Data East, United States, 1988)#

Star Wars (Data East, United States, 1992)#

Orbitor 1 (Stern, United States, 1982)#

Xenon (Bally, United States, 1980)#

Spirit (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)#

Sexy Girl (Arkon/Ranco, Germany, 1980)#

Space Invaders (Bally, United States, 1980)#

Attila the Hun (Gameplan, United States, 1984)#

Capt. Fantastic (Bally, United States, 1976)#

Fireball (Bally, United States, 1971)#

KISS (Bally, United States, 1979)#

Black Hole (Gottlieb, United States, 1981)#

Super Mario Bros (Premier/Gottlieb, United States, 1991)#

Rocky (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)#

Mars, God of War (Gottlieb, United States, 1981)#

Eclipse (Gottlieb, United States, 1982)#

Disco Fever (Williams, United States, 1978)#

Cosmos (Bally, United States, 1969)#

Super Flipper (Chicago Coin, United States, 1975)#

The Machine – Bride of Pin Bot (Williams, United States, 1991)#

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