Pinball Machine Manufacturers have used popular TV shows as a theme for their machines
including The Addam’s Family, the Simpsons and the Family Guy. While The Addam’s Family Pinball
Machine was manufactured by Williams, The Simpsons and The Family Guy Pinball Machines were
manufactured by Stern.

The main objective of The Simpsons Pinball Machine game revolves around the citizens of
Springfield, that is the town of residence of the Simpsons Family, and to help them have a
hardcore party. The main features of the game includes Homer’s head which talks, Bart placed
on the captive ball shown skateboarding, and also the Comic Book Guy and Itchy and Scratchy.
The famous garage door in the Simpson’s residence, which is featured in the end of the Simpson’s song, leads you to the second level where a dot matrix television is present, and also a monorail using which the ball moves across, and also a couch, which allows the multi ball feature when filled with three pinballs. The artwork of the Simpson’s Pinball Machine game was basically developed by the Simpsons creator Matt Groening together with Fox Studios. It also features voices of different characters using the vocals of voice actors Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria. According to the developer Gary Stern, the game, while made to appeal people of all ages, is basically aimed at adults between the 20-40 age range. The game is being developed further to continue meeting the expectations of its players. The game’s Super Duper Mega Extreme Wizard Mode has been reached only by a few because of the technicalities involved in achieving it.
Family Guy Pinball Machines are another product of the Stern Brand, and is based on the popular
prime time series of Family Guy which is aired on Fox Television, where you meet the Griffins,
and is known for its humor that makes adults of all ages and background laugh till they
actually start crying. The Pinball Machine has been designed by Pat Lawlor. The show’s creator
has added phrases that have never been heard on the show itself into the pinball machine, in
addition to the famous lines of the show’s characters. The game basically offers three levels
of speech which can be adjusted by the user including Adult, Moderate and Family. The pinball
machine has a unique feature by the name of Stewie’s mini playfield which is a small pinball
playfield with mini flippers, and can be enjoyed when the game is in he Stewie-Mini Playfield
Mode. Other features include character figures of all the Griffin Family Members, with a number
of other exciting features which makes it one of the best selling modern day Pinball Machines.

Amongst the Pinball Machines, the Addams Family Pinball Machines has been the best selling
pinball machines ever, with sales of approximately 20,000 units. When the Addams Family
Pinball Machine was released, video arcade game sales were experiencing a decline a in
popularity due to the rise of console games and computer based games across the world.
Pinball Machines also went through technological innovations, with the addition of newer
machines that could now perform the game play together with the video and audio
simultaneously and more smoothly. Also, the introduction of the character figures like the
Thing, made it even a more popular choice.

The Simpsons, The Family Guy and the Addams Family Pinball Machines continue to be very
popular amongst pinball fans, and lead a market of their own.