Astro-Flite

The Astro-Flite, produced by Segasa of Spain in 1974, is an electro-mechanical pinball machine that offers a window into the Spanish pinball industry of the 1970s. Like many Spanish games of the period, it is a licensed-or-otherwise copy of an American design - in this case Williams' 1974 'Strato-Flite' - built for the European market, where domestic manufacturers such as Segasa supplied venues with locally produced versions of popular layouts.

Play on the Astro-Flite is wrapped in an outer space theme. Players work a generous target-rich playfield featuring fifteen standup targets, three pop bumpers, two slingshots, and a kick-out hole, with upper and lower ball return gates keeping the ball in motion. An end-of-ball bonus rewards steady scoring throughout each ball, and three chimes punctuate the action with classic EM sound.

The game's art carries the era's fascination with science fiction and space flight in a vibrant 1970s palette. For enthusiasts, the Astro-Flite is both a playable slice of vintage EM pinball and an interesting artifact of how American designs traveled abroad through European manufacturers.