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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature), Flipcommons Catalog.
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)The generic category for powered [[gameplay-feature:bumpers]] that kick the ball away on contact, driven by a solenoid triggered when the ball depresses the skirt switch beneath the bumper cap. Active bumpers are the most common bumper type, appearing on the vast majority of pinball machines since the 1950s. Each major manufacturer marketed the mechanism under its own brand name: [[manufacturer:gottlieb]] called them [[gameplay-feature:pop-bumpers]], [[manufacturer:williams]] called them [[gameplay-feature:jet-bumpers]], [[manufacturer:bally]] used [[gameplay-feature:thumper-bumpers]], and [[manufacturer:sega]] branded them [[gameplay-feature:turbo-bumpers]]. Despite the different names, the underlying design is functionally identical — a ring-and-rod assembly that fires upward to repel the ball with a distinctive percussive snap.
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- Active bumperFlipcommons Catalog
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- BumpersFlipcommons Catalog
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- Active BumpersFlipcommons Catalog
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- active-bumpersFlipcommons Catalog