''Frank Thomas' Big Hurt'' is a
pinball
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...
machine designed by Bill Parker and released by
Gottlieb
Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is best known for creating a vast line of pinball machines and arcade games (including ''Q*bert'') throughout much of the 20th century.
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in 1995. The game features a
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
theme and is named after
Frank Thomas
Frank Edward Thomas Jr. (born May 27, 1968), nicknamed "the Big Hurt," is an American former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for three American League (AL) teams from 1990 to ...
.
Description
The playfield of the game is laid out like a stadium with roaring crowds, a play-by-play announcer and features a moving baseball glove. The game has three flippers, two pop bumpers, two slingshots, drop targets, a captive ball, and a four-ball multi-ball.
The artwork of the sidebox is very bright and the head artwork features a flaming baseball.
Digital versions
''Frank Thomas' Big Hurt'' is available as a licensed table of ''
The Pinball Arcade
''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. The game is a simulated collection of 100 real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of mac ...
'' for several platforms. Reebok logos are removed because of licensing issues.
See also
''
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball'', a video game
References
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External links
Internet Pinball Database entry for ''Frank Thomas' Big Hurt''
1995 pinball machines
Gottlieb pinball machines