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| Manufacturer | Gottlieb |
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| Release date | May 1980 |
| System | System 80 |
| Model # | 653 |
| Players | 1-4 |
| Design | Ed Krynski |
| Artwork | Gordon Morison |
| Licensor | Marvel Comics |
| Production run | 7,625 |
The Amazing Spider-Man is apinball game designed byEd Krynski and released in 1980 byGottlieb. It is based on thecomic book characterSpider-Man released byMarvel Comics.
The machine, designed by Ed Krynski with art byGordon Morison, was produced byD. Gottlieb & Co. as part of theirStar Series 80 line. The first machine came off the assembly line in May 1980.[1]
The Amazing Spider-Man was the first of Gottlieb'sSystem 80 series of pinball machines and was the second Marvel character licensed by Gottlieb to be represented in a pinball machine (the first beingHulk).
The pinball machine featured character poses taken directly from Marvel Comics and style guides includingAunt May,Kingpin,Lizard,Scorpion,Vulture,Black Widow,Kraven the Hunter and theGreen Goblin.
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A total of 7,625 machines were produced and are currently sought-after collector's items.
It was the first of Gottlieb's System 80 design pinball machines.It also was the first Gottlieb pinball, with an "attract mode" lighting. In which various playfield lights, alternate between off an on, to make the game more attractive to passerbye, thus encouraging play. It was also the first solid state pinball with the speaker in the backbox (head) instead of the bottom cabinet.
Stan Lee, the co-creator of "Spider-Man" and public face ofMarvel Comics, claimed ownership of one of the first machines off the assembly line and kept it in his Marvel office until he auctioned it as part of his "Stan Lee collection" at Heritage Comics Auctions ofDallas,Texas. Lee said that "Over the years, I have spent countless frustrating yet perversely enjoyable hours attempting to play on it, as have numerous colleagues, friends and business associates (some quite famous, though a combination of modesty, shame and my legendary bad memory prevents me from divulging their names here) during their unrelenting pilgrimages to my office. In fact, I think many of these scions of arts and industry came over JUST to beat me up at pinball. I hope its new owner will be a better player than I am."[3]
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