SuperPin
Encyclopedia
SuperPin is the name given to any of the widebody pinball
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...

 games released by Williams
Williams (gaming company)
WMS Industries, Inc. is an American electronic gaming and amusement company based in Waukegan, Illinois. The company's main operating subsidiaries are WMS Gaming and Orion Gaming. WMS traces its roots as far back as 1943, the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded by Harry E. Williams...

 and Midway
Midway Games
Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the...

 (under the Bally name) between 1993 and late-1994.

Aside from the widebody playfield (being almost as wide as the backbox of the machine), these games often include extra gimmicks and toys which would add to the gameplay (e.g., the gumball machine in Twilight Zone, the dual cannons in Star Trek: The Next Generation or the dual gamemode playfield of Judge Dredd).

Games

There were seven games released under the SuperPin label:
  • The Twilight Zone (Midway; designed by Pat Lawlor
    Pat Lawlor
    Patrick M. Lawlor is a video game and pinball machine designer.Lawlor's pinball career began as an engineer for Williams in 1987, when he co-designed a dual-playfield machine called Banzai Run with Larry DeMar. Pat Lawlor had previously been a video game designer and had entered the coin-operated...

    , released April 1993)
  • Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
    Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
    Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure is a 1993 widebody pinball game designed by Mark Ritchie and released by Williams. It was based on the Indiana Jones movies...

    (Williams; designed by Mark Ritchie, released August 1993)
  • Judge Dredd (Midway; designed by John Trudeau, released September 1993)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Star Trek: The Next Generation (pinball)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation is a widebody pinball game, designed by Steve Ritchie and released in November 1993 by Williams Electronics. It was part of WMS' SuperPin series , and was based on the TV series. It is the only pinball machine that features three separate highscore-lists...

    (Williams; designed by Steve Ritchie
    Steve Ritchie
    Steven Scott Ritchie is an acclaimed pinball and video game designer. He has been called "The Master of Flow" by pinball aficionados due to the emphasis in his designs on ball speed, loops, and the like....

    , released November 1993)
  • Popeye Saves the Earth
    Popeye Saves the Earth
    Popeye Saves The Earth is a 1994 widebody pinball game designed by Python Anghelo and Barry Oursler and released by Midway . It is based on the Popeye comic/cartoon characters licensed from King Features Syndicate....

    (Midway; designed by Python Anghelo and Barry Oursler, released January 1994)
  • Demolition Man
    Demolition Man (pinball)
    Demolition Man is a Williams pinball machine released in February 1994. It is based on the motion picture of the same name. It is part of WMS' SuperPin line of widebody games....

    (Williams; designed by Dennis Nordman, released April 1994)
  • Red & Ted's Road Show
    Red & Ted's Road Show
    Red & Ted's Road Show is a 1994 widebody pinball game designed by Pat Lawlor and released by Williams. It is part of WMS' SuperPin line of widebody games....

    (Williams; designed by Pat Lawlor
    Pat Lawlor
    Patrick M. Lawlor is a video game and pinball machine designer.Lawlor's pinball career began as an engineer for Williams in 1987, when he co-designed a dual-playfield machine called Banzai Run with Larry DeMar. Pat Lawlor had previously been a video game designer and had entered the coin-operated...

    , released October 1994)
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