Big Horse

Big Horse is a little-documented electro-mechanical pinball machine from Maquinas Recreativas Sociedad Anonima (trade name Maresa) of Madrid, Spain. Produced in 1975, it is an example of the Spanish pinball industry that flourished alongside the better-known American manufacturers, and it offers collectors a glimpse of EM design from outside Chicago.

The single-player game is well equipped for its era: players get three flippers, two pop bumpers, two slingshots, four standup targets, three relay kick-out holes, and a star rollover, all housed in a cabinet with a wedge head. The three-flipper layout in particular gives the game a character of its own among mid-1970s EM machines.

Little is known about Big Horse's designer or its specific theme, which only adds to the machine's mystique for collectors and enthusiasts of vintage pinball. As a distinctive piece of 1970s Spanish electro-mechanical design, Big Horse offers a glimpse into a less-traveled corner of pinball history.