The Simpsons (pinball) a cow, man," "Way to go, man," "You blew it, man," and "Hey, man, we're both underachievers." This was also the last pinball machine by Data East Pinball to utilise an alphanumeric display before changing to the dot-matrix display. The pinball game was released by Data East Pinball in 1990. It was licensed by Fox Broadcasting Company and produced in Data East's factory in Melrose Park, Illinois. According to an article in "Chicago Sun-Times", the producers took advice from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening while developing the game. On November 9, 1990, Data East executive vice-president Gary Stern described the
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