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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:[-The UK's First Ever Major Pinball Manufacturer-] ]] |
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| 4 | Heighway Pinball was a manufacturer of [[PhysicalPinballTables arcade pinball machines]], located in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Founded by pinball operator, distributor, and enthusiast Andrew Heighway in 2012, it was the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} United Kingdom]]'s first major pinball company. |
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| 6 | Inspired by issues he'd seen with routed pinball machines, Heighway sought to produce affordable, reliable games for home and retail markets. Three games were to be released a year, and veteran pinball designers like Creator/JohnTrudeau and Creator/DennisNordman joined Heighway's team. |
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| 8 | Heighway Pinball's games feature modular mechanisms and easily-replaceable playfields, embedded with 10.4" colour LCD monitors. Optional [=LCDs=] to install in the backbox and entertain spectators are also available. Notably, [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/UxBPauQ4Wjo an entire game can be replaced in 3.5 minutes]]. |
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| 10 | The company's first game, ''Circe's Animal House'',[[note]]based on a party thrown by the Greek sorceress from ''Literature/TheOdyssey''[[/note]] was rethemed to ''Pinball/FullThrottle'' and shipped in January 2015. Poor sales forced Heighway Pinball to prioritize development on their second title, ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''. However, the game suffered a [[TroubledProduction contentious production]] due to design changes, unreliable and unavailable parts, ExecutiveMeddling from [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], and several key personnel leaving the company ([[http://www.pinballnews.com/news/heighwayexit.html including Heighway himself]] on 17 June 2017). |
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| 12 | On 26 April 2018, Heighway Pinball began the process of liquidation, shutting down its factory and laying off workers. The rights to the ''Alien'' pinball machine were acquired by Pinball Brothers, a company founded by some of Heighway Pinball's investors, and they proceeded on the second run of that machine in 2021. |
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| 15 | !!Games from Heighway Pinball include: |
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| 17 | [[index]] |
| 18 | * ''Circe's Animal House'' (unreleased) |
| 19 | * ''Pinball/FullThrottle'' (July 2015) |
| 20 | * ''Pinball/{{Alien|2017}}'' (2017) |
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