NSM Lions (Lowen)

NSM-Löwen (NSM Lions, Löwen Entertainment) is a German amusement-machine manufacturer founded in 1952 in Braunschweig, originally famed for jukeboxes and coin‑operated gambling devices and later operating under the NSM/NSM Lions brand in the coin‑op sector. In a brief push into pinball to serve the European market during currency‑sensitive mid‑1980s conditions, NSM produced four solid‑state pinball titles — The Games (1985), Cosmic Flash (1985), Hot Fire Birds (1985) and Tag‑Team Pinball (1986) — before exiting pinball production by the end of 1986. NSM’s pinball strategy favored adapting licensed or co‑developed, proven designs to shorten development time and reduce costs, delivering conventional mid‑1980s features such as alphanumeric score displays, electronic sound systems and steel‑cabinet construction aimed at affordable, local operator deployment. While commercially limited, NSM‑Löwen’s short pinball catalog remains a notable chapter in European and vintage German pinball history and complements the company’s ongoing presence in the coin‑operated and gaming sectors under the broader Löwen Entertainment umbrella.