Impendulo emfutshane:ingcamango yaqala eFransi(i-tabletop game bagatelle), kodwa umatshini wepinball wangoku uye wamila kwinkulungwane ye-19{1}}kunye nophuhliso lwengqekembe yase-US{4}}. Ngamanye amazwi - iingcambu eFransi, indaleko eBritane/eMelika.
Esona sinyanya sakuqala sasiyi-bagatelle, emva kwexesha-umdlalo wetafile wenkulungwane ye-18 owawusebenzisa ibhodi echongisiweyo, izikhonkwane kunye nemingxunya njengokujoliswe kuko. I-Bagatelle yasasazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu naseMelika kwaye ichazwa ngokubanzi njengesandulela esithe ngqo kwinto esiyibiza ngokuba yi-pinball ngoku.
Ukutsibela kumatshini wepinball owaziwayo wale mihla kwenzeka ngenkulungwane ye-19. Umqambi waseBritani {{2}ozelwe uMontague Redgrave uhlala enikwa inqanaba eliphambili: ngo-1871 wafumana ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi "Uphuculo e-Bagatelle," esazisa i-splunger yasentwasahlobo kunye neebhastile ezincinci zomdlalo we-countertop ohlangeneyo - uyilo olunefuthe ngokuthe ngqo kwingqekembe zamva{5} ezisebenzayo.
Ngeminyaka yoo-1930s umdlalo wafudukela kwindawo yentengiso: abavelisi bavelisa ingqekembe yemali{1}}iitafile ezisebenza phantsi kweglasi, bongeze iibhampa zombane kunye nezibane, kunye nemveliso eyenziweyo. Olu tshintsho lujike indawo yokuzonwabisa yaba yinto yokonwabisa{3}}yomgangatho osisiseko kwaye yamisela iqonga lomatshini wepinball wangoku.
Ujiko olukhulu lwesibini lweza emva kweMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini, xa umdlali{0}}amaphiko alawulwayo avelayo. UGottlieb ka-1947 "Humpty Dumpty" wongeze amaphiko e-electromechanical, etshintsha umdlalo odlalwayo ukusuka ikakhulu kwithuba ukuya kumava anobuchule ngakumbi - elinye inyathelo elichazayo kwindaleko yepinball.
Namhlanje umatshini wepinball libali elixutyiweyo: imvelaphi yesiFrentshi (bagatelle) → 19th-inkulungwane yezinto ezintsha ezintsha zoomatshini (Redgrave) → 20{3}}yenkulungwane ye-US yombane kunye nexesha lamaphiko. Ukubuza ke ukuba "leliphi ilizwe elenze ipinball?" ixhomekeke kwinkcazo: ingcamango yaqala eFransi, kodwa ifom yorhwebo yanamhlanje yayiyilwe ngabaqambi kunye nabavelisi baseBritani nase-United States.
Umgca osezantsi: tyala iFrance ngomdlalo wokuqala, kunye netyala leMontague Redgrave kunye nabenzi be-arcade baseMelika ngokuyijika ibe yipinball esiyiqaphelayo namhlanje.
