A
game played by using
flippers and possibly some careful
nudges to direct a
steel ball (or multiple balls in
multiball) around a
pinball machine.
The glass on a pinball machine is tempered glass. It is practically invulnerable to hits against the face of the glass, and the chance of an airball breaking the glass is essentially nil. However, the edge that is hidden away beneath a metal frame when the machine is fully assembled is quite delicate, and amazingly subtle shocks to the edge can cause the whole thing to shatter into a zillion little pieces of glass confetti.
Pinball nodes on Everything:
Parts of a pinball machine:
Pinball awards & penalties:
Specific pinball machines:
"Pinball" video games:
Pinball Manufacturers
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