''Centaur'' is a

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machine designed by Jim Patla and produced by

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. The game was inspired by the classic Bally's 1956 ''Balls-A-Poppin'' that was the first flipper pinball machine with multiball. Because of its success, the pinball machine was re-released in 1983 as ''Centaur II''. The re-release has only a different

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and was otherwise unchanged.Spiel- und Bedienungsanleitung. Centaur
(in German)

Description

The artwork of ''Centaur'' features black and white horror design with flashy red and yellow light. The ultimate goal of the pinball machine is to destroy centaur - a half-man half-

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creature. Reasons for the success of the game include its well made sound effects including speech, 5-balls multiball, a playfield magnet and fast but fair gameplay.

Digital versions

''Centaur'' is available as a licensed table of ''

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'' for several platforms.

References

External links

* * Bally pinball machines 1981 pinball machines {{pinball-stub