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| Manufacturer | Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. |
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| Release date | April 2013 |
| Design | Joe Balcer |
| Programming | Keith P. Johnson, Ted Estes |
| Artwork | Jerry Vanderstelt, Greg Freres, Matt Riesterer |
| Music | Chris Granner, Rob Berry |
| Sound | Chris Granner, Rob Berry |
The Wizard of Oz is a Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. pinball machine designed by Joe Balcer and released in April 2013. It is the first US pinball machine with an LCD in the back box as well as the first one to have color on the monitor produced in the US since the Pinball 2000 games.[1] Although it is not the first pinball machine with a LCD worldwide because MarsaPlay in Spain manufactured a remake of Inder's original Canasta titled New Canasta, with an LCD screen in the backbox in 2010.[2][3]
The Wizard of Oz is the first widebody pinball machine since 1994[4] and the first new US pinball machine not made by Stern Pinball since 2001.[5] The pinball machine is based on the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, itself based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.[5]
- ^ Jersey Jack Pinball CEO Explains How He's Making The Beloved Arcade Game Cool Again (VIDEO)
- ^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: MarsaPlay 'New Canasta'".
- ^ "Spain's Marsaplay Introduces Pinball Machine That Unites Classic and Modern Features | Articles | Vending Features | Vending Times Inc". Archived from the original on 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ Top Ten Things You Should Know About Wizard of Oz Pinball | Ministry of Pinball Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b No Place like Jersey: Inside the factory of the wizard of pinball | Polygon