Back to the Future: The Pinball

Back to the Future: The Pinball is a 1990 pinball machine designed by Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula and released by Data East, based on the Back to the Future film trilogy.

Back to the Future: The Pinball
ManufacturerData East
Release dateJune 1990
SystemData East Version 3
DesignJoe Kaminkow
Ed Cebula
ProgrammingRehman Merchant
ArtworkPaul Faris
MusicBrian Schmidt
SoundBrian Schmidt
VoicesFred Young[1]
Thomas F. Wilson

Background

Released a month after the third movie's theatrical run ended, the game features four songs from the three films. The Power of Love and Back in Time (by Huey Lewis and the News), Doubleback (by ZZ Top) and Alan Silvestri's orchestral theme.

Michael J. Fox refused to permit his image to be used to adorn the back glass of the game,[2] so the replacement image of his character Marty McFly wearing sunglasses on the game's backglass and playfield was portrayed by Brad Faris, son of Data East pinball artwork designer Paul Faris.

Joe Kaminkow, one of the pinball game designers, also appeared as Fox's character on the advertising flyer and Gary Stern, former president of Data East Pinball and current CEO of Stern Pinball, was in Christopher Lloyd's role as Doc Brown in the flyer as well.[3]

Back to the Future Pinball is also significant because it was one of the final mass production Data East made using a numeric display. In 1991 games would have a "Dot Matrix Display" beginning with "Checkpoint" and games like Batman, Star Trek and Ninja Turtles.

See also

References
  1. "Pinball Expo 2006". Pinball News. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. "Back to the Future Pinball Machine – Pinball Rumour Mill". 5 March 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. "Stern Pinball - BTTF Pinball - Oct 21 2015". Stern Pinball Facebook. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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