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Super Trucker

Manufacturer: Unknown Manufacturer
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)
Players: 4

About This Machine

Super Trucker is a solid-state, non-commercial pinball machine — a home model — sold by JC Penney in 1980, with a truck-driving theme aimed at the consumer market rather than arcades or bars. Its manufacturer isn't formally documented.

Notably, it uses optical sensors instead of traditional mechanical switches, an unusual choice for a home unit of this era. It's a relatively simple machine, offering two flippers and two pop bumpers for gameplay.

As a JC Penney catalog item rather than an arcade cabinet, Super Trucker represents the brief home-pinball market of the early 1980s, when department stores occasionally sold simplified pinball machines for family use. Little else is documented about its design team or how well it sold.

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Technical Details

Theme:
Truck Driving
Notable Features:
Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2). Uses optical sensors instead of switches.

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