 In 1998 pinball was dying, thanks to a saturated market and shrinking player base. Williams, the world s largest pinball manufacturer, planned to abandon the game in favor of the more lucrative video slot machine business.  The Future of Pinball  is a 60-minute documentary that tells the story of  Pinball 2000,  a clever attempt at resuscitating pinball that failed just at the moment a lot of people thought it might succeed. A  Soul of a New Machine  for the pinball world,  The Future of Pinball  is a compendium of interviews with legends of the pinball industry, photos, and films of the best games the industry has produced. It s a story about personality and passion, of bold success dizzyingly followed by a stunning failure.