Machine Description

The Apollo pinball machine, released by Williams in 1967, captured the intense public fascination with the space race during the height of NASA's Apollo program. This perfectly-timed release came as America was racing to fulfill President Kennedy's promise of reaching the Moon, making it a significant piece of space-age pop culture.

The machine featured distinctive space-themed artwork including rockets, astronauts, and lunar landscapes that reflected the optimistic futurism of the 1960s. As an electro-mechanical pinball machine, it utilized the technology of its era with mechanical score reels, chimes, and bells. The playfield likely included space-themed targets and orbital-path wire ramps that were common for machines of this period.