Safe Cracker (pinball)

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Safe Cracker
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Manufacturer Midway Games
Release dateMarch 1996
System Midway WPC-95
Design Pat Lawlor
ProgrammingMatt Coriale
ArtworkJohn Youssi
MechanicsJohn Krutsch, Carl Biagi
Music Dan Forden
Sound Dan Forden
Production run1,148

Safe Cracker is a pinball machine with a safecracking theme, designed by Pat Lawlor, and distributed by Midway (under the Bally label). It was created in 1996. About 1148 were manufactured.

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Description

Safe Cracker differs from a standard pinball game in that the player is playing against the clock, as opposed to having a certain number of balls available. If the player loses a ball, as long as there is time left on the clock they can continue playing.

The machine is smaller in size than a standard pinball machine. The main objective of the game is to break into the bank's safe. The game can be broken into 3 areas of play:

Digital versions

Safe Cracker is available as a licensed table of Pinball FX 3 for several platforms; with a remastered version released for Pinball FX on March 31, 2022. It was previously available for The Pinball Arcade until delisting on June 30, 2018 due to the loss of the Williams license.

References

  1. US 5700008,Lawlor, Patrick&Coriale, Matthew C,"Amusement device integrating games of skill and chance",published 1997-02-07,issued 1997-12-23
  2. US 5651546,Lawlor, Patrick&Coriale, Matthew C,"Amusement device reward system",published 1996-02-14,issued 1997-07-29