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| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Andrew Heighway |
| Defunct | 2018 |
| Fate | Liquidation |
| Headquarters | Ebbw Vale, UK |
| Products | Pinball |
| Website | heighwaypinball.com is no longer online. |
Heighway Pinball was a British company, established in 2012, that manufactured pinball machines. It was founded by Andrew Heighway in Merthyr Tydfil. [1] The first table by the company, Full Throttle, was released in 2015. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The racing-themed game features, as a speciality, an LCD screen for scores, info and animations on the playfield surface at player's eye view. [7]
The company's second machine Alien is based on the movie of the same name and its first sequel Aliens . Production shipment began on 14 February 2017. [8] [9] In 2016, the company opened a new production line, increasing their manufacturing capacity to 250 games per month. They had 26 employees. [10]
As of 26 April 2018, Heighway Pinball had closed the doors on its factory, [11] laid off its employees, and was liquidated soon afterward. [12] [13] The rights to the Alien machine were acquired by Pinball Brothers, a company founded by some of Heighway pinball's investors, who began manufacturing as second run of the game in 2021. [14]