Capcom Coin-Op
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | June 1995 |
| Parent | Capcom USA |
Capcom Coin-Op was a pinball manufacturer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capcom USA, which was founded in June 1995 and closed in December 1996.[1][2][3] It developed and sold pinball and arcade game machines and converted games for the US market.[4] Based in Sunnyvale, California and Arlington Heights, IL, the company developed six pinball machines over the course of its short existence, though only four ever made it to release.[3][5] Mark Ritchie and Python Anghelo were designers that Capcom Coin-Op managed to poach from Williams Electronics for their tables. Of the company's machines, Big Bang Bar acquired a legendary reputation because of its quality and the fact that its design was completed but the company folded before it was mass-produced.[3] Gene Cunningham of Illinois Pin Ball acquired the rights to Big Bang Bar in 2000 and produced a limited run of the table in 2006 before it too went out of business.[3]
References
- ↑ "Annual Report 1998" (PDF). Capcom Co., Ltd. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- ↑ 第25期 招集通知 (PDF) (in Japanese). Capcom Co., Ltd. June 2, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 http://www.polygon.com/features/2017/3/21/14937540/history-of-big-bang-bar-pinball
- ↑ http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=1306
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=database&annee=all&editeur=4199