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Muscle Car Cafe

Manufacturer: Fabulous Fantasies, of Tarzana, California
Year: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)
Players: 4
Production: 2 units (confirmed)

About This Machine

Muscle Car Cafe is a rare re-themed pinball machine produced by Fabulous Fantasies of Tarzana, California, in 2004, with only two confirmed units built. It is a conversion of Bally's 1980 'Nitro Ground Shaker,' redressed with a car rally and muscle car theme. Notably, the game was used at the Los Angeles Car Show to help introduce the then-new Pontiac GTO.

Because it is built on the Nitro Ground Shaker platform, its underlying gameplay mechanics follow that earlier Bally machine rather than being an original design. Specific details of the retheme's artwork and any modified features are not documented.

With only two units known to exist, Muscle Car Cafe is an obscure piece of pinball history, notable less for gameplay innovation than for its association with a real-world auto show promotion and its status as a hand-built retheme of a classic Bally title.

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Technical Details

Theme:
Automobiles - Car Rallies

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