Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a 1991 pinball machine. It was developed by Data East.[1]
The playfield artwork is credited to Kevin O'Connor, while the backglass artwork was painted by Paul Faris.
According to Stern Pinball, the unit was the world's first game to have "twin ramps," the second game to feature the new DMD display, and the first to have a underground shot, a thematically-appropriate "subway."[2]
Trivia[]
- The pinball units shipped containing original Playmates Toys action figures inside the playfield.
- During a presentation at the 2015 Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show, backglass artist Paul Faris recalled that TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird twice requested him to "enlarge" April O'Neil's anatomy to make it more characteristic of "pinball art."[3] Former Mirage licenser Paul Jenkins takes unintentional credit for suggesting an enlargement of her dimensions to more closely reflect her appearance in the cartoon, recalling he “drew a big W” over an original art pitch as a general suggestion and was surprised to see the final artwork featuring a “pneumatic” styled bust as big as his prompt.[4]
- The backglass artwork and general table cabinet design were reused for Boardwalk Arcade's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Electronic Pinball, released in 2019.
References[]
- ↑ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Internet Pinball Database
- ↑ Stern Pinball @Facebook (posted February 10, 2016)| https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/photos/a.386178974243/10153901611659244/?type=3&theater
- ↑ "NWPAS 2015 - D2 S3 - Paul Faris - Pinball Artist" balliswild @YouTube (uploaded June 8, 2015)| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akdk1rBi0YU&t=34m26s
- ↑ Turtle Tracks Podcast #64: Paul Jenkins (March 6, 2023)| https://soundcloud.com/turtletrackspodcast/turtle-tracks-062-paul-jenkins