F-14 Tomcat (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | Williams |
|---|---|
| Release date | March, 1987 |
| Design | Steve Ritchie |
| Programming | Eugene Jarvis, Ed Boon |
| Artwork | Doug Watson |
| Music | Steve Ritchie, Chris Granner |
| Sound | Bill Parod, Chris Granner |
| Voices | Mark Ritchie (Hitman) Steve Ritchie (General Yagov) |
| Production run | 14,502 |
F-14 Tomcat is a pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics in 1987. It features an F-14 Tomcat theme and was advertised with the slogan "It's fast. It's furious. AND IT FIGHTS BACK!".[1]
Description[edit]
Players assume the role of a Navy pilot nicknamed Hitman with the goal to destroy the evil Russian General Yagov and his fleet.
F-14 Tomcat has a very fast gameplay. Nevertheless, players can achieve very long ball times because there are no drain on a near miss shots except hitting the center targets dead on.[2]
The game was the first pinball machine with an Autosave feature that gave the ball back into game if the ball got drained right at the start.[1]
The pinball machine features four flippers, multiple ramps, a four-ball Multiball mode and three flashing, rotating red, blue, and white beacons on top of the backbox that depicts a dogfight scene.[3][4]
Achieving a high score results in a playing of the Navy's anthem, "Anchors Aweigh."
Digital versions[edit]
F-14 Tomcat was available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade. This table is no longer possible to purchase for any platform after WMS license expiration on June 30, 2018. F-14 Tomcat was also included in the arcade game UltraPin.
An unlicensed version is available for use with Visual Pinball.
Reception[edit]
Cash Box gave the game a very positive review, calling it "a total package that will appeal to all pinball enthusiasts of all skill levels." The review cited "the fastest shot in pinball" from the adversary, and commended the game's speech, music and flash lamp effects.[5]
Top Score also cited the game as an example of Ritchie's quality work, saying that Ritchie "is responsible for a large part of the recent pinball resurgence."[6]
Marco Rossignoli in The Complete Pinball Book says that F-14 Tomcat "is a prime example of how the world of pinball had evolved since the beginning of [the 1980s]," with the playfield dominated by ramps.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'F-14 Tomcat'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ "Pinball Archive Rule Sheet: F-14 Tomcat".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2015-09-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/f14_tomcat/f14_tomcat_pinball.htm
- ↑ "Williams' 'F-14 Tomcat'". Cash Box. L (40): 33. April 4, 1987. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ Rodgers, Perry (September/October 1987). "Video Casualties". Top Score: 2. Retrieved 30 August 2020. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Rossignoli, Marco (2011). The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game and Its History (3rd ed.). Schiffer Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-7643-3785-7. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- F-14 Tomcat at the Internet Pinball DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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