Past Times Pinball History Ep 2: Addams Family

Past Times Arcade·video·2m 58s·analyzed·Oct 3, 2023

Analysis

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TL;DR

Past Times Arcade showcases 1992 Addams Family, most-produced pinball machine ever.

Summary

Past Times Arcade features a 1992 Bally Addams Family pinball machine, highlighting its historical significance as the most-produced pinball machine with flippers (20,270 units). The video demonstrates key gameplay mechanics including multiball modes, skill shots with magnetic features, and the bookcase target system, while contextualizing the game's design by Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar within their broader body of work.

Key Claims

1992 Bally Addams Family is the most produced pinball machine with flippers (20,270 units)
high confidence · Past Times Arcade host, stated as historical fact during machine introduction
Addams Family beat the previous production record held by Bally Eight Ball Deluxe (1977) which had 20,230 units, winning by 40 machines
high confidence · Past Times Arcade host, specific production numbers cited
In 1994, Bally released 1,000 Addams Family Gold variants with gold plating on sides and some feature differences
high confidence · Past Times Arcade host, specific year and production variant described
Addams Family was designed by Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar
high confidence · Past Times Arcade host, credited designers named explicitly
Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar also designed Earthshaker and Whirlwind among other popular games of the era
high confidence · Past Times Arcade host, describing designers' broader portfolio

Notable Quotes

“This is historically significant because this is the most produced pinball machine with flippers. So this was literally for 1992. They made 20,270 of these just to beat their previous production record which was Bally Eight Ball Deluxe in 1977 which was 20,230. So they beat it by 40.”
Past Times Arcade host@ 0:00 — Establishes the core historical claim about Addams Family's production record and competitive context
“So this is a 1992 Addams Family, designed by Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar. It is the most produced pinball machine with flippers ever.”
Past Times Arcade host@ 2:34 — Reinforces and summarizes the primary historical claim about the machine
“There is a magnet underneath that that will actually throw the ball around. Kind of a crazy little feature here.”
Past Times Arcade host@ 2:24 — Highlights innovative mechanical feature of the machine during playfield demonstration

Entities

Addams FamilygameAddams Family GoldgamePat Lawlorperson Larry DeMarperson Eight Ball Deluxegame Earthshakergame Whirlwindgame

Signals

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design_philosophy: Addams Family demonstrates innovative mechanical design with magnetic ball-throwing features and integrated multiball mechanics with thematic connection to 'show time' lighting effects
high · Host demonstrates magnet feature that 'will actually throw the ball around' and shows multiball sequencing with lightning effects

Topics

Production history and manufacturing recordsprimaryGameplay mechanics and innovative features (magnets, skill shots)primaryGame design and designer attributionprimaryLimited variants and special editions (Addams Family Gold)secondaryPinball history and preservationsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.85)— Host expresses enthusiasm for the machine's historical significance and mechanical innovations. Celebratory tone regarding production records and excited demonstration of gameplay features ('Very cool,' 'neat little feature'). No critical elements present.

Transcript

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So today's feature is a 1992 Bally Adams family. This is historically significant because this is the most produced pinball machine with flippers. So this was literally for 1992. They made 20,270 these just to beat their previous production record which was ballet eight ball 1977 which was 20 230. so they beat it by 40 000 and then to celebrate the success in 1994 they released a thousand more which were called adam's family gold and those are distinguished a little bit differently because there were gold plating on the sides and some of the features were a little bit different. So this is designed by Pat Waller, Larry DeMar, those guys did some pretty popular games of the era, Earthshaker, Whirlwind are two more popular ones. So let's play this game real quick, we'll show you some neat features about this game. All right, start it up. All right, so one of the things you can do to start this game to play it is to earn multiball. So how we can earn multi I cheating a little bit today as you can see If we hit the bookcase and we spell greed the bookcase will turn We have a couple shots to lock for multiple the vault being one of them so there one a really neat feature about this game too is there's a skill shot i'm going to shoot it up here to the top laying in the hole and watch what happens here nick look at that thing has a little magnet Thank you, babe. Very cool. Let's earn some multiball to show you the chaos and a neat little feature that happens right here in the middle of the play field, too. Now you've done it. All right, here comes our multiball. Do you see the power here? And we see the lightning? We're getting a few balls down here. It's showtime. You can see, let's see if I can get one, Nick. There you go. There is a magnet underneath that that will actually throw the ball around. Kind of a crazy little feature here. So this is a 1992 Adams Family, designed by Pat Lawler and Larry DeMar. It is the most produced pinball machine with flippers ever. So come on down and play it at Pastime's Arcade. Let's go.