ROCK 'N BROCK
YEARS 2009

Date: April 24th - 26th 2009
Location: Pavillion des Expositions, Vierzon, France.

Report by Pascal Descloux.

This weekend the 18th pinball show took place in Vierzon. Despite a rainy day, many people made the trip for this edition, whose special theme this year was the very rare (in France) and unusual pinball machines.

A rainy day in Vierzon
A rainy day in Vierzon

Meanwhile inside the hall
Meanwhile inside the hall

About 40 of these machines were exhibited to visitors for a small entrance fee of €3.50. Here is the machines list:

Night Moves

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International concepts

Strikes 'N Spares

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Gottlieb

Miss Annabelle

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Gottlieb

Close Encounters

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Gottlieb

Dragon

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Interflip

Q*Bert's Quest

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Gottlieb

Slap Stick

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Bally

Banzai Run

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Williams

Bowling Girl

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Ditta Ricambi

Star Trip

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Game Plan

Star Battle

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Century

Safe Cracker

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Bally

City Slicker

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Bally

Time Tunnel

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Bally

AG Soccer Ball

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Alvin G

Hit The Deck

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Gottlieb

Calcio Italia

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Elettrogiochi

Nosferatu

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Achille et Salvignac

Family Fun

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Game Plan

Comics

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Rally

Nip It

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Bally

Time Machine

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Zaccaria

Festival

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Chicago Coin

Spooky

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Zaccaria

Merry Widow

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Genco

Caveman

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Gottlieb

Pistol Poker

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Alvin G

Miami Balls

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Roma Automatics

Cowboy

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Chicago Coin

Ro-Go

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Bally

Star Light

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Williams

Rock Star

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Gottlieb

Revenge From Mars

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Williams

Landing On Venus

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Rally

Super Mario Bros (Mushroom World)

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Gottlieb

T.N.T.

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Allied Leisure

Hyperball

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Williams

Bike Race

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Sleic Petaco

Inside the hall
Inside the hall

Here are a few pictures of these special pins…

Let’s start the visit with the soccer corner with several dual player machine from different manufacturers and times.

Several two player soccer games
Several two-player soccer games

Alvin G Soccer Ball
Alvin G's Soccer Ball

Capcom's Flipper Football
Capcom's Flipper Football

Calico Italia by Elettrogiochi
Calico Italia by Elettrogiochi

Here is a Super Hockey from Chicago Coin, where the flippers have been replaced by hockey sticks.

Chicago Coin's Super Hockey
Chicago Coin's Super Hockey

Continuing with the special “Comics” (1968) from the French manufacturer Rally, with a very specific design on the cabinet and playfield, and its electronic display.

Rally's Comics
Rally's Comics

Rally's Comics
Rally's Comics

Another French pin: a very rare “ Nosferatu” made by Achille & Salvignac in 1985. Only 10 were made!

Achille et Salvignac's Nosferatu
Achille et Salvignac's Nosferatu

There were also some rare mechanical pins - Festival from Chicago Coin and Slap Stick from Bally.

Chicago Coin's Festival
Chicago Coin's Festival

Bally's Slap Stick
Bally's Slap Stick


Here is the first whitewood of the Cleopatra System 1 series.

Gottlieb's Cleopatra
Gottlieb's Cleopatra

Here are three pinball tables which are very rare to find in France.

A very unusual pin: the Hyperball from Williams - a shooting target, half video, half pinball with its 2 handles to aim the balls. Quite special!

William's Hyperball
William's Hyperball

William's Hyperball
William's Hyperball

Another Williams, a Star Light.

William's Star Light
William's Star Light

Beside Williams, we find a Bally City Slicker - the only one in France!

Bally's City Slicker
Bally's City Slicker

Back to Europe with two Zaccaria games: a beautiful Time Machine and a Spooky, probably one of the last models to be made. (Have a look at the beautiful playfield - full of detail).

Zaccaria's Time Machine
Zaccaria's Time Machine

Zaccaria's Spooky
Zaccaria's Spooky

Zaccaria's Spooky
Zaccaria's Spooky

These are followed by a Bike Race, a Spanish dot matrix game from Petaco.

Petaco's Bike Race
Petaco's Bike Race

And let’s finish with two more originals games from Gottlieb: the Super Mario Bros and the Strikes ‘N Spares.

Gottlieb's Super Mario Bros.
Gottlieb's Super Mario Bros.

Gottlieb's Strikes 'N Spares
Gottlieb's Strikes 'N Spares

To conclude, it was really fun to discover these beautiful machines, born from the incredible imagination of their designers, especially when so few of them cross the ocean to arrive in France.

Two cocktail pinballs
Two cocktail pinballs by Game Plan

From the oldies to the present, pinball has always been a source of design and creativity, and this year's Vierzon show was a tribute to their memories.

 

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