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2	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/middle-earth-backglass_5045.jpg]]
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4	->''"Escape to a new world of pinball adventure."''
5	-->--Promotional flyer
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7	''Middle Earth'' is a {{Physical Pinball Table\|s}} designed by Gary Slater with art by George Opperman; it was released in 1978 by Creator/{{Atari}}.
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9	[[TitleConfusion Despite the title]], the game has nothing to do with ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium''. Instead, the name comes from the table's setting, an alien LostWorld filled with [[PantheraAwesome feral beasts,]] bloodthirsty dinosaurs, [[KillerGorilla giant apes,]] [[{{Kaiju}} strange monsters,]] and the brave futuristic explorers trying to tame it all. But like Middle Earth itself, mastering this pinball won't be easy, as its double playfields and offset flippers require unconventional pinball skills.
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11	On July 1st, 1978, songwriter Mandi Martin garnered national news coverage and entered the [[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of World Records]] when she played ''Middle Earth'' for 140 hours and 32 minutes, with a final score of 321,400 points.[[note]]She broke the record again in 1979, and a third time in 2000.[[/note]]
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14	!!The ''Middle Earth'' pinball demonstrates the following tropes:
15	* ActionGirl: The girl on the backglass, who's slashing at the [[KillerGorilla giant gorilla]] with a LaserBlade while a {{Kaiju}} prepares to bite her head off.
16	* BeastOfBattle: A man with a sword can be seen riding some sort of lizard/bull hybrid on the playfield.
17	%%* ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop: Seen all over the playfield.
18	* DropPod: The explorers fly around in chrome bulb-shaped one-man pods.
19	%%* {{Kaiju}}: ''Something'' has to fight that giant ape...
20	* KillerGorilla: A monstrous ape isprominent on the backglass, with an explorer caught in its giant clawed hand.
21	%%* LaserBlade[=/=]RayGun: Everyone is armed with one of these.
22	%%* LostWorld
23	* NoPlotNoProblem: The artwork, depicting explorers fight off a variety of beasts in a strange LostWorld,
24	* PantheraAwesome: There are several cat-like monsters around the playfield, all with sharp claws and big fangs.
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26	* {{Slurpasaur}}: Several of the monsters look like over-sized frilled lizards.
27	* SpaceClothes: The men are wearing white ball-shaped helmets and skintight suits with utility belts.
28	%%* ThePlace
29	* TitleConfusion: This game has nothing to do with the Middle-earth of ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium''.
30	* WalkingShirtlessScene: About half of the men don't bother with shirts.

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