- In 1998 pinball was dying, thanks to a saturated market and shrinking player base. Williams, the world's largest pinball manufacturer, planned to abandon the game in favor of the more lucrative video slot machine business. 'The Future of Pinball' is a 60-minute documentary that tells the story of 'Pinball 2000,' a clever attempt at resuscitating pinball that failed just at the moment a lot of people thought it might succeed. A 'Soul of a New Machine' for the pinball world, 'The Future of Pinball' is a compendium of interviews with legends of the pinball industry, photos, and films of the best games the industry has produced. It's a story about personality and passion, of bold success dizzyingly followed by a stunning failure.—Greg Maletic
- The Future of Pinball is a film that documents Williams plan to recreate the pinball machine and revive a dying industry. PodTechs Rio Pesino spoke with Greg Maletic, who is the producer, writer and director of the documentary, about the challenges the worlds largest pinball manufacturer faced in designing a new pinball machine, the introduction of Pinball 2000 and what contributed to Williams decision to ultimately shut down its pinball business [D-Man2010]
A documentary that tells the story of the extraordinary Pinball 2000 machines built by Williams [Electronic Games] in an effort to save not just the company, but the product that had defined coin-operated entertainment for eighty years. [D-Man2010]
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By what name was The Future of Pinball (2006) officially released in Canada in English?
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