Faukland

The Faukland is an electro-mechanical pinball machine produced by Renov' Automatic - Jolux of Marcoussis and Paris, France (trading as J. Martina, active 1968-1984). Rather than an original design, Faukland is a conversion of Gottlieb's 1961 'Oklahoma', reworked into a four-player naval and military-themed game — the name appears to be an alternate spelling of 'Falkland,' even though it predates the well-known conflict over the Falkland Islands by decades. The backglass and cabinet artwork were created by Jean Amiot.

As a conversion, Faukland retains much of Oklahoma's electro-mechanical hardware while introducing new elements: two flippers, four pop bumpers, two slingshots, two ball kickers, and two roto-targets, with an outhole bonus worth 30 points and a maximum displayed score of 1,999 points per player. Some of the conversion work altered the original layout — for example, one surviving machine shows a standup target replacing a left-side roto-target, and both original ball kickers were converted into outlanes.

Faukland offers a window into the practice of converting existing American machines with new artwork and themes rather than manufacturing wholly new games, a common cost-saving approach among smaller European operators of the era.