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For one US cent players get ten balls. These balls are fired up onto the playfield and fall into pockets and holes. Some ball targets are worth more than others, and players try to fire the ball at just the right speed. Unlike later pinball machines,
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was the first commercially successful game of its type, being affordable enough for store and tavern owners to quickly recoup the machine's cost. Over 50,000 machines were made, jump-starting the
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was responsible for the launch of the company Gottlieb that went on to make pinball machines such as
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Nokia Celebrates 75 Years Of Pinball With New Screenshots For Mile High Pinball
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machine created on November 19, 1931, by David Gottlieb, founder of the
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The table was virtually recreated in pinball simulation video game,
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D. Gottlieb & Co.
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pinball
Gottlieb
flippers
bagatelle
"marble games"
arcade pinball field
Ace High
Black Hole
Microsoft Pinball Arcade
Play-Boy
Nokia Celebrates 75 Years Of Pinball With New Screenshots For Mile High Pinball
Nokia


"Williams Pinball Machines Woodrail Flipper and Arcade Games 1940s/1950s"
Baffle Ball
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Microsoft Pinball Arcade
Baffle Ball
Humpty Dumpty
Knock Out
Slick Chick
Spirit of 76
Haunted House
Cue Ball Wizard

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