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The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time

Long before the current obsession with console processing power and how many billions of polygons can be display onscreen at the same time, the only way to get your game on was via pinball machines. There have been tons of scifi pinball machines, with some amazingly garish artwork. Besides all of the Star Trek, Star Wars, and other licensed games, take a look at some of the forgotten scifi pinball machines of yesteryear. We'd give our eyeteeth for one of those The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot games. More »

5:30 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Kevin Kelly
5,803 views, 37 comments

Latest by null: Comment on The Greatest Science Fiction Pinball Machines Of All Time @Kevin Kelly - Not according to the Designers who created the game... see http://www.ipdb.org/ more »

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You Can Only Delay, Never Stop, The Space Invaders

It's been 30 years since Space Invaders started, but the game is making a huge comeback. This year we'll see both Space Invaders Extreme for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, as well as Space Invaders Get Even on the Wii, which lets you take control of the invading aliens and have them smash up cities. Like a line of aliens marching inexorably downward, the game continues to make its impact on our culture. But how much do you know about these pixellated extraterrestrials who are intent on wiping us out? Learn all the facts, and see a gallery — including more screens from the new Wii version — after the jump. More »

11:40 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Kevin Kelly
4,634 views, 12 comments

Latest by Chrysla: I loved playing space armada on our intellivision game system. (It was and still is far better than atari any day!) My brother is 6 1/2 years older than me, and I remember him crying when I, his baby sister, more »

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Martian Invaders Go To Pinball Hell

There's something pulpy and eye-searing about these images of Attack From Mars, a 1995 Bally pinball machine. This guy is selling his machine online, and he's taken insanely detailed photos of every part of the machine, including a hauntingly gorgeous image of the plastic aliens trapped in a glowing red pinball inferno. Click through for more images, but be warned: this machine can cause epilepsy! More »

6:30 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,283 views, 16 comments

Latest by MercuryPDX: @Go Like Hell Machine: "Attract Mode". Our bar had F14 Tomcat. The flashing cop lights at the top made for quite the "patron freak outs" before we had its attract mode disabled. more »