Asterix

Asterix is a 2009 electro-mechanical pinball machine notable not for being a newly designed game, but for being a re-themed conversion of Gottlieb's 1977 'Jungle Queen' -- the rules remain the same as the original game, with only the theme and artwork changed to a cartoon-fantasy Asterix motif. Only one confirmed unit exists, dated November 25, 2009.

Because it is a conversion rather than an original design, Asterix's gameplay mechanics are inherited directly from Jungle Queen, an EM machine from the classic era of electromechanical pinball featuring the tactile, relay-and-switch-driven play typical of that generation.

As a one-off re-theme built decades after Jungle Queen's original 1977 release, Asterix is a curiosity for collectors interested in custom conversions and the ways enthusiasts have kept EM-era rulesets alive by dressing them in new artwork and themes.