![]() Not the best condition but far from the worst. The game nailed the simple things, and virtually every game since has taken design cues from it.Fully working Addams Family. With well-placed ramps and shots leading into each other naturally, The Addams Family avoided some of the all-too-common pratfalls of the pinball machine. But the real reason for its success was that it had great gameplay. The game featured plenty of next-gen features, such as a moving mechanical hand (Thing) that picked up balls, an enormous number of scoring modes, and new dialogue recorded by the film’s stars specifically for the game. It was a great combination of old and new, he writes: What is the appeal? Seth Porges for Popular Mechanics. Some machines are still on location earning quarters and dollars decades later. Surely, The Addams Family was a monster hit when it was first released and was a popular staple in arcades for years to come. A true success for Bally/Williams, Addams Family holds an important place in pinball history and well deserves its sought-after status. ![]() This game is also frequently credited with popularizing the “wizard mode” (despite not being the first game to have one). The game has many uniquely notable features including an animatronic hand with a built-in magnet that will grab and lock pinballs for multiball, as well as a computer-controlled mini flipper that, using artificial intelligence programming, learns to shoot a tricky cross-playfield shot with remarkable consistency. The game features a four-flipper layout including numerous Lawlor staples, such as the shot through the bumpers, and the upper-flipper ramp shot. Based on the movie of the same name, released in 1991, the Addams Family Pinball features custom speech by the movie’s actors Anjelica Huston and Raúl Juliá. ![]() 1,000 more were to follow later in a Special Edition. Addams Family was at the time, and remains to this day, the most commercially successful pinball machine, selling 20,270 units, 40 more than Bally’s Eight Ball which had held that position since 1977. The Addams Family is a pinball machine from March 1992, manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Co. It’s ranked 15th on the top 100 list on the pinball fan site Pinside But more serious collectors and players don’t rank it as high as its reputation. I’m totally sucked in by call outs, “Gomez” and that cool Thing hand the comes out of the box and grabs to ball to lock it for multiball.Ĭasual players love The Addams Family as it is simply fun. I have to admit that Addams Family is a big draw. I think his favorite game is Twilight Zone as designer Pat Lawlor was given full reign to pack Twilight Zone with as much crazy mechanical action as he could after the breakaway success of The Addams Family. ![]() He had that machine for a number of years before becoming a bigger collector when he picks up the Adams Family and then his 1993 Williams Twilight Zone. Sold that and later picked up a 1992 Williams Getaway: High Speed II. He had a Gottlieb Genie from 1979 in college. It was the third pinball machine he ever purchased. I’m assuming that the fascination with Addams Family pinball is due to the sheer number of machines that were made – overĪ friend of mine has 18 plus or minus machines in his home at any one given time and yes, he has an Addams Family. I swear if I were to open an arcade I’d call it “Addams Family Arcade” and be sure to have five Adams Family pinball machines in the line-up. The first question under the review i s “does it have and Addams Family?” Suddenly he calls up and tells him that he’s gotten bitten by the pinball machine and “can you hook me up on a good deal on an Addams Family pinball machine?” A buddy of his never showed any interest in playing any of his machines over years. A could buy a couple of great pinball machine for that price.Ī fellow pinhead posted a story on a pinball forum that went something like this – He has a collection of fifteen or so pinball machines in his basement. The first question was “Do they have an Addams Family?” Saw this Adams Family Pinball machine for sale in New Hampshire for $8,500 – Do I want it? Not really. In my head, I’m starting to collect references to the Addams Family Pinball Machine.įor example, I recently mentioned The Sanctum in Meridith, CT where a bunch of my relatives live.
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