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Zaccaria (company)

{{Short description|Arcade game companies}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Zaccaria

| logo = Zaccaria company logo.gif

| logo_size = 200px

| type =

| fate = Bankruptcy

| foundation = 1974

| defunct = 1990

| location = Bologna, Italy

| industry = Interactive entertainment

| products = Pinball and arcade machines

| revenue =

| net_income =

| owner = Marino, Franco and Natale Zaccaria

| num_employees =

| parent =

| homepage = {{url|tecnoplay.com/eng/home.php}}

}}

Zaccaria (later briefly operating as Mr. Game before ending production) was an Italian manufacturer of pinball and arcade machines that operated in Bologna from 1974 until 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/|title=Zaccaria Pinball|website=Zaccaria-pinball.com|access-date=21 March 2019}} The factory was sold to tecnoplay.{{cite web|url=http://www.zzzaccaria.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412054816/http://www.zzzaccaria.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2013|title=Pauls Video Arcade Pages|website=Zzzaccaria.com|access-date=21 March 2019}}

History

The company was founded as a manufacturer of pinball arcade games in Bologna by the three brothers Marino, Franco and Natale Zaccaria. The logo consists of their initials. Zaccaria was led by Marino Zaccaria, a former manager of a bar near Bologna.

At their peak, Zaccaria was the third largest manufacturer of pinball machines in the world after Bally and Williams. The company also entered into the video arcade game sector in the late 1970s. They both licensed games and developed games of their own design.

Zaccaria was briefly reorganized under the label Mr. Game before ending production. The company Mr. Game produced pinball machines from 1988 until 1990. Under the Mr. Game label, the company introduced a radical redesign of the traditional pinball cabinet. The commonly known rectangular cabinet containing the 'playfield' was updated into a more modern look with a different shaped box, and trigger buttons for flipper control. The legs were also more angular in support compared to the mostly vertical legs used by other manufacturers. Additionally, the 'backbox' eliminated the traditional numeric or alpha-numeric score and status displays in favor of a small color TV screen, sometimes containing video game elements.{{cite web |title=The Internet Pinball Machine Database |url=https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=222 |access-date=21 March 2019 |website=Ipdb.org}}{{cite web |title=PINBALL MACHINE MRGAME |url=http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/corti/mt.html |access-date=21 March 2019 |website=Zaccaria-pinball.com}}

After bankruptcy, the factory in Bologna of Zaccaria was sold to tecnoplay in San Marino, that produced pinball machines from 1987 - 1989 and is still in business as an importer, reseller and maintainer of pinball machines, spare parts, arcade and vending machines and other amusement games. Tecnoplay is managed by Mauro Zaccaria, the son of Marino Zaccaria, one of the founders of the company Zaccaria.{{cite web |title=The Internet Pinball Machine Database |url=https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?mfgid=313&searchtype=advanced |access-date=21 March 2019 |website=Ipdb.org}}{{cite web |title=Sale of machines and cabinets for arcades, bars and clubs |url=https://www.tecnoplay.com/en/who-we-are.php |access-date=21 March 2019 |website=Tecnoplay.com}}

There are at least 47 different Zaccaria pinball machines known to exist although some are just variations of the same game.{{cite web|url=https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=356|title=The Internet Pinball Machine Database|website=Ipdb.org|access-date=21 March 2019}}

Pinball machines

=Zaccaria=

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  • Tropical (1974)
  • Cine Star (1974)
  • Top Hand (1974)
  • Granada (1974){{cite web|url=https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=6139|title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Zaccaria 'Granada'|website=Ipdb.org|access-date=21 March 2019}}
  • Red Show (1975)
  • Ten Up (1975)
  • Lucky Fruit (1975)
  • Ten Stars (1976)
  • Moon Flight (1976)
  • Wood's Queen (1976)
  • Aerobatics (1977)
  • Circus (1977)
  • Combat (1977)
  • Nautilus (1977)
  • Universe (1977)
  • Supersonic (1977)
  • Queen's Castle (1978)
  • Winter Sports (1978)
  • House of Diamonds (1978)
  • Strike (1978)
  • Future World (1978)
  • Ski Jump (1978)
  • Shooting the Rapids (1979)
  • Hot Wheels (1979)
  • Space City (1979)
  • Fire Mountain (1980)
  • Star God (1980)
  • Space Shuttle (1980)
  • Earth Wind Fire (1981)
  • Locomotion (1981)
  • Soccer Kings (1982, released in the US by Bhuzac){{cite web | title = Soccer Kings US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_pinball/zaccaria/46001601.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Pinball Champ '82 (1982)
  • Pinball Champ (1983, released in the US by Bhuzac){{cite web | title = Pinball Champ US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_pinball/zaccaria/46001101.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Time Machine (1983)
  • Farfalla (1983, released in the US by Bhuzac){{cite web | title = Farfalla US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_pinball/zaccaria/46000602.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Devil Riders (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac){{cite web | title = Devil Riders US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_pinball/zaccaria/46001902.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Magic Castle (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac){{cite web | title = Magic Castle US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_pinball/zaccaria/46000902.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Robot (1985)
  • Clown (1985)
  • Pool Champion (1985)
  • Mystic Star (1986)
  • Blackbelt (1986)
  • Mexico ’86 (1986)
  • Zankor (1986)
  • Spooky (1987)
  • Star's Phoenix (1987)
  • New Star's Phoenix (1987)

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=Mr. Game=

  • Dakar (1988)
  • Fast Track
  • Mac Attack (1989)
  • Motor Show (1989, released in the US by United Artists Theatre Amusements){{cite web | title = Motor Show US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_pinball/mrgame/308000102.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Sofficini Dakar
  • World Cup '90 (1990)

=Tecnoplay=

  • Devil King (1987)
  • Scramble (1987)
  • X-Force (1987)
  • Space Team (1989)
  • Hi-Ball (1989)


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Zaccaria arcade machines

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  • TV-Joker (1974), PONG clone{{cite web|url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3010&image=1|title=The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: TV-Joker, Zaccaria|website=Flyers.arcade-museum.com|access-date=22 March 2019}}
  • Circus (1977), licensed Exidy Circus
  • The Invaders (1978), Space Invaders clone
  • Astro Wars (1979), port of Data East Astro Fighter
  • Dodgem (1979), port of Sega Head On
  • Galaxia (1979), port of Namco Galaxian
  • Quasar (1980), Zaccaria Original, distributed in US by US Billiards{{cite web|url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1719|title=The Arcade Flyer Archive - Video Game Flyers: Quasar, US Billiards|website=Flyers.arcade-museum.com|access-date=22 March 2019}}
  • Moon Crest (1980), Quasar machine with a space fortress side art
  • Firebird (1980), licensed Amstar Phoenix
  • Space Pirate (1980), copy of Cinematronics' Rip-Off
  • Puckman (1980), copy of Namco Pac-Man
  • Scramble (1980), licensed Konami Scramble
  • Buck Rogers (1981), licensed Sega Buck Rogers
  • Vanguard (1981), licensed SNK Vanguard
  • Super Cobra (1981), licensed Konami Super Cobra
  • Frogger (1981), licensed Konami Frogger
  • Crazy Kong (1981), licensed Falcon Crazy Kong
  • Pac and Paint (1981), port of Kural Crush Roller
  • Zaxxon (1981), port of Sega Zaxxon
  • Hustler (1981), licensed Video Hustler
  • Comidar (1981), licensed Konami Amidar
  • Fitter (1981), licensed Round Up
  • Laser Battle (1981), Zaccaria Original, distributed in US by Midway by the title Lazarian
  • Scorpion (1982), ?
  • Sea Battle (1982), ?
  • Dribbling (1982), port of Dribbling by Model Racing
  • Jump Bug (1982), port Rock-Ola Jump Bug
  • Fantasy (1982), port Rock-Ola Fantasy
  • Cat and Mouse (1982), Zaccaria Original
  • Eyes (1982), licensed Techstar Eyes
  • Mr. Do! (1982), licensed Universal Mr. Do!
  • Eggor (1983), Telko Eggor
  • Money Money (1983, released in the US by Bhuzac), Zaccaria Original{{cite web | title = Money Money US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/zaccaria/46000701.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Hyper Sports (1983), licensed Konami Hyper Sports
  • Hyper Olympics (1983), licensed Konami Hyper Olympics
  • Shooting Gallery (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac), developed by Seatongrove{{cite web | title = Shooting Gallery US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/zaccaria/46000801.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}
  • Jack Rabbit (1984, released in the US by Bhuzac), Zaccaria Original{{Cite web |url=http://www.zzzaccaria.com/list.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726050853/http://www.zzzaccaria.com/list.htm |archive-date=2015-07-26 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | title = Jack Rabbit US brochure | url = https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/zaccaria/46440002.jpg | access-date = 2020-02-28 }}

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Digital recreations

Magic Pixel Kft. released Zaccaria Pinball for Android and iOS as well as Windows on Steam which provides digital recreations of classic Zaccaria pinball machines. Versions for OS X as well as Linux were released on August 31, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/444930/announcements/detail/1451703867051926032|title=Zaccaria Pinball :: Update #53 - Mac OS X and Linux|date=31 August 2017|website=Steamcommunity.com|access-date=21 March 2019}} In July 2018, it was released for Nintendo Switch,{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/zaccaria-pinball/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch|title=Zaccaria Pinball Switch|website=metacritic.com|access-date=27 November 2019}} April 2019 for Xbox One,{{cite web|url=https://www.xboxachievements.com/game/zaccaria-pinball/achievements/|title=Zaccaria Pinball Achievements|website=xboxachievements.com|date=3 April 2019 |access-date=27 November 2019}} and August 2020 for PlayStation 4.{{cite web|url=https://blog.playstation.com/2020/06/05/playstation-store-new-games-launching-next-week/|title=PlayStation Store: New games launching next week|website=PlayStation Blog|date=5 June 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020}} The game offers 42 of the original Zaccaria pinball machines, excluding New Star's Phoenix, Queen's Castle, Ski Jump, Space City, Ten Stars, and Ten Up.

See also

  • Playmatic, a former Spanish company of pinball machines
  • Inder, another former Spanish company of pinball and arcade machines
  • Taito of Brazil, a former Brazilian company of pinball and arcade machines
  • Maresa, a former Spanish company of pinball machines
  • Sega, S.A. SONIC, a former Spanish company of pinball and arcade machines

References

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Further reading

  • Fabio Rossi. Dizionario dei Videogame. Milano, Garzanti, 1993. {{ISBN|88-11-90422-6}}
  • Tristan Donovan. Replay: The History of Video Games. Yellow Ant, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-9565072-0-4}}

External links

{{External links|date=March 2019}}

  • [http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=356 Zaccaria at The Internet Pinball database]
  • [http://www.zaccaria.co.uk Zaccaria Forum and Database]
  • [http://www.zzzaccaria.com/ Zaccaria arcade machines]
  • [http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/ Zaccaria company information]
  • [https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/07/28/arcade-raid-euro-zaccaria-rescue/ 'Arcade Raid! Euro Zaccaria Rescue'] retrospective on discovering disused Zaccaria machines (2017-07-28, Tony. 8 arcade coin-ops, 2 pinball machines & 2 cocktail tables.)

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