The Simpsons (pinball) game to the press as "fun – a whole package ... voices, music, artwork, great ramps." He also noted that "This game is already on its way to becoming a monster hit." In 2007, Stern said in an interview with "License!" that "While we export about one-third of our games, that first ["The Simpsons" pinball] model did especially well in the U.S." The "Simpsons" pinball machine won the award for best pinball game in 1990 by the Amusement and Music Operators Association, a group that represents coin machine operators. According to the "Chicago Sun-Times" article, pinball players have cited Data
Pinball can give from one to three points. Getting a hundred points by the end of a game is considered respectable, which makes it one of the "lowest" scoring pinball machines of all time. The inflated scores are the source of one of the Spanish-language names of pinball machines, "máquina del millón" ("million machine"). Pinball designers also entice players with the chance to win an extra game or "replay". Ways to get a replay might include the following: When an extra game is won, the machine typically makes a single loud bang, most often with a solenoid that strikes a piece