Nuclear

The Nuclear pinball machine is a conversion produced by Renov' Automatic - Jolux (trade name J. Martina) of Marcoussis and Paris, France, operating from 1968 to 1984. Rather than an all-new design, Nuclear is a refitted conversion of Gottlieb's 1962 'Liberty Belle', repainted and re-themed around a military-warfare motif, reflecting a common practice among French operators of the era who refurbished existing playfields and cabinets with new artwork rather than manufacturing games from scratch.

As a conversion built on the Liberty Belle base, Nuclear likely retained much of that machine's underlying electro-mechanical layout, though specific gameplay details for this particular re-theme are not documented. EM games of this type typically relied on flippers, bumpers, and slingshots to create engaging, tactile play.

The Nuclear's military-themed art and the surviving period advertisement -- which touts "very fast integral refurbishment of original playfields and cabinet artwork" -- offer a glimpse into how smaller French manufacturers extended the life of existing games during pinball's EM era. As one of the lesser-documented machines from this period, it remains an intriguing case study for historians tracing the conversion business alongside original manufacturing in 1970s France.