The Addam’s Family Pinball Machine is the best-selling pinball machine since the 1930s, having sold 20,270 units. This masterpiece was manufactured by Midway (under the Bally name) to be a solid-state electronic game. This pinball machine was based on the 1991 movie of the same name, and features custom speech (mostly drawn from the movie) by the movie’s stars, Raul Julia and Angelica Huston.
The objective of this game is described by its card as being to “Explore the strange world of the Addams Family.” Following this, there is no single player goal, although there are two central objectives: Mansion and Vault Multiball. The Addams Family Mansion is located in the center of the playfield and has 12 “windows.” Here, each window is designed to correspond to a different room that the player can enter and obtain an award for. In the top-right section of the playfield is a blue bookcase that Gomez shows Uncle Fester in the movie. Hits to it award letters in the word “Greed.” Immediately the word is completed, as in the movie, the bookcase turns thereby revealing a shot on the vault behind the bookcase. It is worth pointing to the fact that a shot to the vault locks the ball for future multiball use, or starts the multiball when two balls have been previously locked. Note that the bookcase also opens access to the vault at some other times during the mini-games, with varying scores and effects. This unit comes with a one-year limited warranty. This warranty includes new and refurbished products, covers telephone diagnosis and repair, and replacement of defective parts for up to one year after you receive your machine.
Game Features
- Flippers (4; 3 regular-sized, 1 “Thing Flips” game-controlled mini-flipper),
- Pop bumpers (5),
- Ramps (2),
- Kick-out hole (1), and
- Dual left inlanes.