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Seed import (backfilled).
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- During this time, the pinball industry was under threat from video games like Space Invaders (1978), Asteroids (1979), Battlezone (1980) and Pac Man (1980). They responded by trying to innovate. [[manufacturer:williams]] hoped that Hyperball would sell 50,000 units. But operators complained about the difficulty maintaining it and players found it confusing, so it flopped, selling only 5,000. Although made by a major pinball company and created by a famous pinball designer, many pinball fans insist that Hyperball is not a pinball machine. They have a point; lacking [[gameplay-feature:flippers]], bumpers, or targets, Hyperball is more akin to mechanical shooting games popular early in the 20th century. To play it, think of it like a video game. The lightning bolts are trying to destroy your base. Shoot them before they get you!
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Seed import (backfilled).
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- Hyperball
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- hyperball