Super Jumping

Super Jumping, manufactured by Alben of France, is dated to 1957, predating the company's documented production window of 1958-1964. It is an electro-mechanical (EM) machine copied from Gottlieb's 1954 title 'Super Jumbo,' repurposed with an equestrian, horse-show theme likely inspired by France's equine culture.

Gameplay features two flippers, four pop bumpers, two slingshots, and a standup target, arranged much as in its Gottlieb source machine. The standup target adds an element of precision shooting, requiring skillful aiming to register points, while the pop bumpers and slingshots provide the era's typical chaotic ball action.

Little specific information survives about Super Jumping's designer or artist; the surviving images credited to CréPeau and Lankar depict the same machine. As a French-market copy of an American Gottlieb design, Super Jumping offers a window into how European manufacturers of the era adapted successful American pinball layouts for local audiences.