Safe Cracker (pinball) explained

Safe Cracker
Manufacturer:Midway Games
System:Midway WPC-95
Designer:Pat Lawlor
Programmer:Matt Coriale
Artwork:John Youssi
Mechanics:John Krutsch, Carl Biagi
Music:Dan Forden
Sound:Dan Forden
Release:March 1996
Production:1,148

Safe Cracker is a pinball machine with a safecracking theme, designed by Pat Lawlor, and distributed by Midway (under the Bally label). It was created in 1996. About 1148 were manufactured.

Description

Safe Cracker differs from a standard pinball game in that the player is playing against the clock, as opposed to having a certain number of balls available. If the player loses a ball, as long as there is time left on the clock they can continue playing.

The machine is smaller in size than a standard pinball machine. The main objective of the game is to break into the bank's safe. The game can be broken into 3 areas of play:

Digital versions

Safe Cracker is available as a licensed table of Pinball FX 3 for several platforms and previously available for The Pinball Arcade.

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