Attack from Mars

Attack from Mars was designed by Brian Eddy and released by Midway Manufacturing Company (under the Bally trade name) in December 1995, running on the Williams WPC-95 platform with 3,450 confirmed units produced. The game centers on an alien-invasion theme, with art by Doug Watson, sound and music by Dan Forden, and software by Lyman F. Sheats Jr. According to designer George Gomez, the game's concept originated with Brian Eddy well before the movie 'Mars Attacks' and its similar timing was coincidental rather than an inspiration.

The game is known for its toys and modes, including a moving flying saucer at the center of the playfield, a strobe light used for Strobe Multiball, and four dancing Martian figures for the Martian Attack mode — a callback to similar figures used in Midway's 1989 'Elvira and the Party Monsters.' Doug Watson voiced the Martians and wrote their dialogue, while voice-over artist Tim Kitzrow provided additional voices. A memorable video mode has players shoot the ball up the Big-O-Beam ramp and launch the ball when they hear a cow moo; destroying enough cows in a later encounter summons a giant "Mother Cow."

Attack from Mars is widely regarded as one of the most popular and influential pinball machines of the 1990s, prized by players and collectors for its fast, arcade-style shots and irreverent B-movie theme.