Brunswick / Briarwood

1 Introduction

Brunswick, the large American manufacturer of bowling equipment, had already been making some coin operated amusement equipment such as Air Hockey. In 1976 they decided to venture into the new and growing home pinball machine market. At first they used their Briarwood name on the machines, but as sales started to increase, they switched to using their Brunswick name for better brand recognition. Brunswick made several home pinball machine models between 1976 and 1980 not only under their own name but also for the Henry W.T. Mali & Company (world famous make of pool table cloth and billiard supplies).

2 Games

• Alive, October 1978, model 55-860224-2, four players
• Aspen, two production runs, October 1977 (55-860200-2) and 1979 (55-860228-2), four players
• Circus, 1980, four players, model 200-40-000 (in a red cabinet) do not confuse with the single player version as they are different
• Circus, 1980, single player, yellow cabinet, do not confuse with the four player version
• Cosmic Pinball, August 1977, single player, made in both EM and SS versions
• Demolition Classic, 1979, single player, woodgrain cabinet
• Rodeo, 1979, single player, model 55-880196-5
• Skate King, 1977, single player, yellow cabinet, model 55-860196-2
• Super Star, 1976, single player, made in both EM and SS versions, 55-860195-21 (SS version), 55-860160-002 (EM version)

Made for Henry W.T. Mali and Company:

• Diamond Jim, 1977, single player, model # 101, yellow cabinet, list price $395 in 1977
• Big Rig, 1977, single player, electromechanical, model # 102, white cabinet
• Snow Bird, 1977, single player, model # 103
• Hotdogger, 1977, single player, model # 104
• Wheeler Dealer, 1977, single player, model # 105, white cabinet
• Space Galaxy, 1977, single player, model number unknown