{"id":41934,"date":"2012-10-02T09:55:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T07:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de\/blogg\/?p=41934"},"modified":"2012-10-02T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T07:56:01","slug":"zu-besuch-in-der-letzten-flipper-manufaktur-der-welt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de\/blogg\/zu-besuch-in-der-letzten-flipper-manufaktur-der-welt\/","title":{"rendered":"Zu Besuch in der letzten Flipper-Manufaktur der Welt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wired hat Stern Pinball besucht<\/a>. Die letzte Firma<\/a> auf diesem Planeten, die ihre Flippermaschinen noch selber entwirft und dann herstellt. Und das Team kommt genau so r\u00fcber, wie ich es erwarten w\u00fcrde.<\/p>\n

Only one company in the world, Illinois\u2019 Stern Pinball, still designs and produces these electro-mechanical marvels, the lone holdout since industry behemoth Williams Electronics shuttered its pinball division in 1999. It may be a dying art, but the creative minds at Stern are nonetheless continuously creating new machines that can keep their industry moving forward and give them one more replay.<\/p>\n

The backbone of their game design process for the past few decades has been licensing; Guns and Roses machines rocked the \u201980s, The Simpsons mocked low scores in the \u201990s, and the Transformers reflect the high-tech machines of today. Each new pinball machine starts with a bit of creative brainstorming, where the designers translate the theme of a movie, band, or other pop-culture property into a game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n