Zaccaria of Bologna Italy
Zaccaria was a unique touchpoint in pinball in the 1970s and early 80s. They were built with an Italian flare for style, art and passion. They were more than a simple fly by night pinball firm and one which remains distinctively interesting to pinball collectors today. Podcast: Pacific Pinball Museum - Wayne Neyens and John Osborne Part 1 - Oct 2 2013 Wikipedia Zaccaria Pinball. Here Pinball News. Natale Zaccaria Interview. Here The Roger Sharpe Tapes – Unpublished Lorenzo Pinside Thread. Here
Kineticist’s take
History of Zaccaria pinball manufacturer from Bologna, Italy, and Italian market regulatory constraints.
Synopsis
Silverball Chronicles hosts David Dennis and Ron discuss the history of Zaccaria, an Italian pinball manufacturer founded in Bologna in 1974 by brothers Marino, Franco, and Natalia Zacharia. The episode explores post-WWII Italy's economic boom, the unique regulatory constraints that shaped Italian pinball design (avoiding gambling-related features), and Zaccaria's early games like Strike and Moonflight, featuring distinctive artwork by Lorenzo Rimondini. The company began by refurbishing American pinball machines before transitioning to original designs in the mid-late 1970s.
Entities
- Chicago Coin· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Gottlieb· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Williams· company
- Zaccaria· company
- Silverball Chronicles· content
- Lucky Fruit· game
- Moon Flight· game
- Strike· game
- Bologna· location
- Emilia-Romagna· location
- Italy· location
- Pinball Internet Database· organization
- University of Bologna· organization
- David Dennis· person
- Franco Zacharia· person
- John Osborne· person
- Lorenzo Rimondini· person
- Marino Zacharia· person
- Ron· person
- Sam Gensburg· person
- Wayne Neyens· person