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| Manufacturer | Gottlieb |
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| Release date | June, 1995 |
| Design | Bill Parker |
| Artwork | Susan O'Reilly, Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell |
| Music | Duane Decker |
| Sound | Craig Beierwaltes |
| Production run | 1,985 |
Frank Thomas' Big Hurt is a pinball machine designed by Bill Parker and released by Gottlieb in 1995. The game features a baseball theme and is named after Frank Thomas. [1]
The playfield of the game is laid out like a stadium with roaring crowds, a play-by-play announcer and features a moving baseball glove. The game has three flippers, two pop bumpers, two slingshots, drop targets, a captive ball, and a four-ball multi-ball. [2] [3]
The artwork of the sidebox is very bright and the head artwork features a flaming baseball. [4]
Frank Thomas' Big Hurt is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms. Reebok logos are removed because of licensing issues.
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball , a video game
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