Zaccaria (company)
Logo of the company Zaccaria
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
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| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Defunct | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Bologna, Italy |
| Products | Pinball and arcade machines |
| Owner | Marino, Franco and Natale Zaccaria |
Zaccaria, (later briefly reorganized under Mr. Game before ending production) was an Italian company of pinball and arcade machines that existed in Bologna from 1974 - 1988.[1] The factory was sold to tecnoplay.[2]
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History
The company was founded as a manufactory for pinball arcade games in Bologna by the three brothers Marino, Franco and Natale Zaccaria. The logo consists of their initials. Zaccaria was led by Marino Zaccaria, a former manager of a bar near Bologna.[2]
At their best time, Zaccaria was the third largest company of pinball machines in the world after Bally and Williams. The company also entered into the video arcade game sector in the late 1970s. Therefore, they licensed games and developed some games with their own designs.[2]
There are at least 47 different Zaccaria pinball machines known to exist although some are just variations of the same game.[3][4]
Zaccaria pinball machines
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Zaccaria arcade machines
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- TV-Joker (1974), PONG clone[6]
- Circus (1977), licensed Exidy Circus
- The Invaders (1978, Space Invaders clone
- Astro Wars (1979), port of Data East Astro Fighter
- Dodgem (1979), port of Sega Head On
- Galaxia (1979, port of Namco Galaxian
- Quasar (1980, Zaccaria Original, distributed in US by US Billiards[7])
- Moon Crest (1980), Quasar machine with a space fortress side art
- Firebird (1980), licensed Amstar Phoenix
- Space Pirate (1980), copy of Cinematronics' Rip-Off
- Puckman (1980), copy of Namco Pac-Man
- Scramble (1980), licensed Konami Scramble
- Buck Rogers (1981), licensed Sega Buck Rogers
- Vanguard (1981), licensed SNK Vanguard
- Super Cobra (1981), licensed Konami Super Cobra
- Frogger (1981), licensed Konami Frogger
- Crazy Kong (1981), licensed Falcon Crazy Kong
- Pac and Paint 1981, port of Kural Crush Roller
- Zaxxon 1981, port of Sega Zaxxon
- Hustler 1981, licensed Video Hustler
- Comidar 1981, Konami Amidar
- Fitter 1981, licensed Round Up
- Laser Battle (1981, Zaccaria Original, distributed in US by Midway by the title Lazarian)
- Scorpion (1982), ?
- Sea Battle (1982), ?
- Dribbling (1982), port of Dribbling by Model Racing
- Jump Bug (1982), port Rock-Ola Jump Bug
- Fantasy (1982), port Rock-Ola Fantasy
- Cat and Mouse (1982), Zaccaria Original
- Eyes (1982), licensed Techstar Eyes
- Mr. Do! (1982), licensed Universal Mr. Do!
- Eggor (1983), Telko Eggor
- Money Money (1983), Zaccaria Original
- Hyper Sports (1983), licensed Konami Hyper Sports
- Hyper Olympics (1983), licensed Konami Hyper Olympics
- Shooting Gallery (1984), Zaccaria Original
- Jack Rabbit (1984), Zaccaria Original[8]
Digital recreations
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| Developer(s) | A.S.K. Homework Game Development |
| Platforms | Android, iOS |
| Release date(s) | iOS
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| Genre(s) | Pinball |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
A.S.K. Homework Game Development released Zaccaria Pinball for Android and iOS that consists of digital recreations of classic Zaccaria pinball machines.
The game got green light by Steam to publish Zaccaria Pinball for Windows and Linux.[9]
Digital pinball machines
There are 38 digital tables released.
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- Aerobatics
- Blackbelt
- Cine Star (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Circus
- Clown
- Combat
- Devil Riders
- Earth Wind Fire
- Farfalla
- Fire Mountain
- Future World
- Hot Wheels
- House of Diamonds
- Locomotion
- Lucky Fruit (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Magic Castle
- Mexico ’86
- Moon Flight
- Mystic Star
- Nautilus (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Pinball Champ '82
- Pinball Champ (1983, special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Pool Champion
- Red Show (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Robot
- Shooting the Rapids
- Soccer Kings
- Space Shuttle
- Spooky
- Star God
- Star's Phoenix
- Strike
- Supersonic (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Time Machine
- Universe (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Winter Sports
- Wood's Queen (Special table for Silver and Gold members)
- Zankor
Company Mr. Game
Logo of the company Mr. Game
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
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| Founded | 1988 |
| Defunct | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bologna, Italy |
| Products | Pinball and arcade machines |
Zaccaria was briefly reorganized under the label Mr. Game before ending production.[1] The company Mr. Game produced pinball machines from 1988 until 1990. Under the Mr. Game label, the company introduced a radical redesign of the traditional pinball cabinet. The commonly known rectangular cabinet containing the 'playfield' was updated into a more modern look with a different shaped box, and trigger buttons for flipper control. The legs were also more angular in support compared to the mostly vertical legs used by other manufacturers. Additionally, the 'backbox' eliminated the traditional numeric or alpha-numeric score and status displays in favor of a small color TV screen, sometimes containing video game elements.[10][11][12]
Mr. Game pinball machines
- Dakar (1988)
- Fast Track
- Mac Attack (1989)
- Motor Show (1989)
- Sofficini Dakar
- World Cup '90 (1990)
Successor tecnoplay
Logo of the company tecnoplay
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | San Marino |
| Products | Pinball and arcade machines |
After bankruptcy, the factory in Bologna of Zaccaria was sold to tecnoplay in San Marino, that produced pinball machines from 1987 - 1989 and is still in business as an importer, reseller and maintainer of pinball machines, spare parts, arcade and vending machines and other amusement games. Tecnoplay is managed by Mauro Zaccaria, the son of Marino Zaccaria, one of the founder of the company Zaccaria.[2][13][14]
tecnoplay pinball machines
- Devil King (1987)
- Scramble (1987)
- X-Force (1987)
- Space Team (1989)
- Hi-Ball (1989)
See also
- Playmatic, a former Spanish company of pinball machines
- Inder, another former Spanish company of pinball and arcade machines
- Taito of Brazil, a former Brazilian company of pinball and arcade machines
- Maresa, a former Spanish company of pinball machines
- Sega, S.A. SONIC, a former Spanish company of pinball and arcade machines
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://www.zzzaccaria.com/
- ↑ http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/zaccaria/1
- ↑ http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=356
- ↑ http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=6139
- ↑ Flyer of TV-Joker
- ↑ Flyer of Quasar
- ↑ http://www.zzzaccaria.com/list.htm
- ↑ http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=605301580
- ↑ http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=222
- ↑ http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/mrgame/
- ↑ http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/corti/mt.html
- ↑ http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?mfgid=313&searchtype=advanced
- ↑ http://www.tecnoplay.com/eng/chi-siamo.php
Further reading
- Fabio Rossi. Dizionario dei Videogame. Milano, Garzanti, 1993. ISBN 88-11-90422-6
- Tristan Donovan. Replay: The History of Video Games. Yellow Ant, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9565072-0-4
