Heighway Pinball

Heighway Pinball was a British company, established in 2012, that manufactured pinball machines. The first table by the company, Full Throttle, was released in 2015.[1][2][3][4][5] [6] The racing-themed game features, as a speciality, a LCD screen for scores, info and animations on the playfield surface at player's eye view.[7]

Heighway Pinball
IndustryInteractive entertainment
Fateliquidation
Founded2012
FounderAndrew Heighway
Defunct2018
HeadquartersEbbw Vale, UK
ProductsPinball
Websiteheighwaypinball.com is no longer online.

The company's second machine Alien is based on the movie of the same name and its first sequel Aliens. Production shipment began on 14 February 2017.[8][9][10][11]

As of 26 April 2018, Heighway Pinball had closed the doors on its factory,[12] laid off its employees, and was liquidated soon afterward.[13][14]

References
  1. Rubens, Paul (28 January 2013). "Flipping heck: Is pinball about to stage a recovery?". BBC News. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. "Throwback Thursday: Heighway Feature - Fun With Bonus". funwithbonus.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. Newman, Jared. "Pinball Makers See a Comeback in the Making". Retrieved 7 January 2017 – via techland.time.com.
  4. "Pinball News - First and Free". pinballnews.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. "HEIGHWAY PINBALL: THE PINBALL WIZARD OF MERTHYR TYDFIL - SOUTH WALES SECRET #66 • Buzz Magazine". buzzmag.co.uk. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. "Heighway Pinball Hails Response To Full Throttle Flipper Game - Articles - Vending Features - Vending Times Inc". vendingtimes.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. http://www.pinballnews.com/games/fullthrottle/index9.html
  8. "Heighway Pinball's Alien Pinball Machine Unveiled". arcadeheroes.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  9. "Heighway Pinball's Alien – update - Pavlov Pinball". pavlovpinball.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  10. "Gerald Opens New Pinball Production Line in South Wales". geraldjones.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  11. "News : Alien Pinball Machine Update : Serious Fun". wordpress.com. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  12. "Heighway Pinball Faces Liquidation". Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  13. "Heighway Pinball By The Numbers". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  14. "Heighway Pinball Reportedly Shuttered". Replay Magazine. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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