Pinball Perspectives: Ace High to World's Series

by Marco Rossignoli, Graham Mcguiness

Pinball games combine excitement, challenge, technology, and fantastic artwork. They are sought after collector items, snapped up by enthusiasts who keep them running and "alive" both mechanically and cosmetically. Silverball lovers of all ages and tastes will be enthralled by the fifty pinball games -- both vintage and contemporary -- showcased in this book. Each has its own chapter outlining the game's special features, historical background, game rules, graphic images, collectibility and current value. Over 400 extraordinary full color photographs give a complete visual survey of each game. Enjoy whole machine shots, close-ups of backglasses and playfields, and ball's-eye-view images that reveal wonderful details of the playfield action. Along with its companion volume, Pinball Snapshots, this outstanding book will be thoroughly enjoyed by pinball collectors, historians, and graphic artists, as well as devotees of coin-operated amusement games.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jason Huff · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're expecting the book to be anything other than an picturesque overview of a lot of random pinball machines throughout the ages, you might be disappointed. However, I loved discovering all sorts of pins I never knew existed. It was a bit like walking into a pinball museum with a hundred different pins on display. The stories about each one and the memories of the authors were wonderful. Perhaps a little bit too much time is spent on describing rule sets, but some people I'm sure would enjoy that more than me. I'm looking forward to reading the other entries in the series.