Centaur (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | Bally |
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| Release date | February 3, 1981 |
| Design | Jim Patla |
| Artwork | Paul Faris |
| Production run | 3,700 units (Centaur), 1,550 units (Centaur II) |
Centaur is a pinball machine designed by Jim Patla and produced by Bally. The game was inspired by the classic Bally's 1956 Balls-A-Poppin that was the first flipper pinball machine with multiball.[1][2] Because of its success, the pinball machine was re-released in 1983 as Centaur II. The re-release has only a different backbox and was otherwise unchanged.[3]
Description
The artwork of Centaur features black and white horror design with flashy red and yellow light. The ultimate goal of the pinball machine is to destroy centaur - a half-man half-motorcycle creature.[3]
Reasons for the success of the game include its well made sound effects including speech, 5-balls multiball, a playfield magnet and fast but fair gameplay.[3]
Digital versions
Centaur is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms.