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- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)*Count Down* is a single-player [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] table by [[manufacturer:pasini]] of [[location:italy/bo/bologna]]. The name was a common one in the Italian trade: Novamatic's *[[model:count-down-2]]* (1970) and [[manufacturer:lori]]'s *[[model:count-down-lori]]* were separate machines from other makers rather than versions of Pasini's game. Pasini's own output sits in the early 1970s, anchored by its dated sibling *[[model:old-gold]]* of 1970.[1] The firm belonged to the wave of Bologna makers that emerged after a 1965 Italian law banned pinball as a form of gambling,[2] a shop trade that stayed legal by building tables paying out only in [[reward-type:replay]] free games instead of cash.[3]
- game_format
- Pinball[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- Electromechanical[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- corporate_entity
- Pasini[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- title
- Count Down[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Count Down[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- status
- activeFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- count-down-pasiniFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Museum of the Game (Arcade Museum) — https://www.arcade-museum.com/Pinball/old-gold
Old Gold was produced by Pasini in 1970.
- Taste Bologna — https://www.tastebologna.net/blog/pinball-museum-bologna
In 1965 an Italian law declared pinball outlaw because of gambling.
- Taste Bologna — https://www.tastebologna.net/blog/pinball-museum-bologna
A few artisans in Bologna found a workaround and started to sell new machines that allowed them to win only other balls and not matches.
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/pasini
Count Down