Chance

"Chance", manufactured by Playmatic of Barcelona, Spain, in September 1978, is an early solid-state electronic pinball machine from a manufacturer better known in Europe than in America. As one of the Spanish company's first-generation electronic games, "Chance" offers a glimpse into how European makers adopted solid-state technology in the late 1970s alongside their American counterparts.

The four-player game features two flippers, three pop bumpers, two 5-bank drop target banks, a kick-out hole, and a standup target -- a target-heavy layout typical of its era. A player-friendly detail: a tilt penalizes only the ball in play rather than ending the entire game.

The theme of "Chance" is a cheerful circus and carnival motif, a common choice for pinball machines of the period. While there is limited information available on this specific game, its status as an early Playmatic solid-state machine makes it interesting to collectors and historians of European pinball.