The UK's First Ever Major Pinball Manufacturer
Heighway Pinball
is a Pinball manufacturing company located in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.The company is named after founder Andrew Heighway, known in the United Kingdom as a pinball collector, event organizer, and top-tier player. In 2002, Andrew began operating machines and selling pinballs in Ireland, where he discovered the problems and issues from both sides of the playfield. With renewed enthusiasm sending more machines to the home market, Andrew saw an opportunity for a new company that catered to both home and retail markets with games that are affordable, reliable, easy-to-service and fun again.Heighway Pinball officially debuted in 2012, along with an announcement for Circe's Animal House, a game based on a party thrown by the Greek sorceress from The Odyssey. After some feedback, however, Circe was shelved and replaced with Full Throttle, centered on a motorcycle-racing theme.Heighway Pinball's games are geared towards ease of use for arcade and home operators, with modular mechanisms, easy-to-replace playfields, and a player-appealing 10.4" color LCD monitor embedded in the tables. Optional LCDs can be added to the backbox for spectators to follow the action, and an entire game can be replaced in 3.5 minutes. Full Throttle is expected to ship in January 2015, and the company is already planning to release three games a year, including licensed themes and games from veteran pinball designers John Trudeau and Dennis Nordman.Games from Heighway Pinball include:
- Circe's Animal House (unreleased)
- Full Throttle (July 2015)
- Alien Pinball (December 2016)
