The Amazing Spider-Man (pinball)

Infobox Pinball | title = "The Amazing Spider-Man"


manufacturer = Gottlieb
Model = 653
Players = 1-4
system = System 80
designer = Designer: Ed Krynski
Artwork:Gordon Morison
release = May 1980
production = 7,625

"The Amazing Spider-Man" is a pinball game released in 1980 by Gottlieb.

Description

"The Amazing Spider-Man" is a pinball machine released by Marvel Comics based on their comic book character Spider-Man the amazing character who could shoot web and had spider senses. The machine was designed by Ed Krinski with art by Gordon Morison and produced by D. Gottlieb & Co. as part of their "Star Series 80" line. The first came off the assembly line in May 1980.cite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2285 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "The Amazing Spider-Man" |accessdate=2008-06-24]

"The Amazing Spider-Man" was the first of Gottlieb's System 80 series of pinball machines and was the second Marvel character licensed by Gottlieb to produce a pinball machine (the first being The Hulk).

The pinball machine featured character poses taken directly from Marvel comics and style guides including Aunt May Parker, Kingpin, Lizard, Scorpion, Vulture, Black Widow and the Green Goblin.

Features

The features;
* Special 24" (60cm) wide-bodied cabinet
* 4-Player game
* 4 6-Digit Vacuum fluorescent displayscite web |url=http://www.pinrepair.com/sys80/index.htm |title=PINBALL Gottlieb Pinbally System 80 Repair TOC |accessdate=2008-06-22 ]
* 4 Flippers (No Center Post)
* 1 Lane (with Spinner)
* 4 Exit Lanes
* 2 Slingshot Bumpers
* 3 Kick-Out Holes
* 2 Pop Bumpers
* 2 Spot Targets
* 2 Drop Target Banks (3 and 5 targets)

Production

A total 7,625 were produced and are sought after collectors items.

Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man and public face of Marvel Comics, claimed ownership of one of the first machines of the assembly line and kept it in his Marvel office until he auctioned it as part of his "Stan Lee collection" at Heritage Comics Auctions (HCA) of Dallas, Texas, USA. :"Over the years, I have spent countless frustrating yet perversely enjoyable hours attempting to play on it, as have numerous colleagues, friends and business associates (some quite famous, though a combination of modesty, shame and my legendary bad memory prevents me from divulging their names here) during their unrelenting pilgrimages to my office. In fact, I think many of these scions of arts and industry came over JUST to beat me up at pinball. I hope its new owner will be a better player than I am." [http://www.heritagemovieposters.com/common/info/press/default.php?ReleaseID=346]

References

See also

* Spider-Man (games)
* Spider-Man (pinball)

External links

* " [http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=2285&depth=0&picno=5860 The Amazing Spider-Man] " at the Internet Pinball Database (IPDb).