Whirlwind (pinball)

Whirlwind is a pinball machine produced by Williams in 1990 and was one of the last Williams System 11b games. It was designed by Pat Lawlor,[1] who created a previous natural disaster-themed pinball for Williams, Earthshaker!.

Whirlwind
ManufacturerWilliams
Release dateJanuary 1990
SystemWilliams System 11B
DesignPat Lawlor
ProgrammingBill Pfutzenreuter
ArtworkJohn Youssi
MechanicsJohn Krutsch
Jack Skalon
MusicChris Granner
SoundChris Granner
ConceptPat Lawlor
Production run7,300 units (approximate)

Gameplay

Whirlwind is distinguished by three playfield rotating discs, and a fan topper that blows wind on the player at certain times in the game. The objective in Whirlwind is to move the storm using the compass targets to light ball locks for multiball. In multiball, a progressive jackpot can be scored by making left ramp shots from the upper right flipper. Alternatively, one can work towards the "Wizard Mode" by lighting and collecting all of the seven "Super Cellar Door" values. Also, once player has earned five extra balls in a game, each one earned thereafter awards a score bonus.

Design team
  • "Whirlwind" © 1990 Williams Electronics Games, Inc.
  • Concept & Design: Pat Lawlor
  • Software: Bill Pfutzenreuter
  • Programming: Bill Pfutzenreuter, Ed Boon
  • Game Design: Pat Lawlor
  • Artwork: John Youssi
  • Animation: Ed Krynski
  • Sounds & Music: Chris Granner
  • Mechanics by: John Krutsch
  • Mechanical Finger in Dike: Jack Skalon
  • Production: The Williams Engineering Staff
  • Directed by: Pat Lawlor

Game quotes
  • "Well, Looky Here!"
  • "Danger! Return to your homes... the storm is coming."
  • "Uh oh. Looks like rain...!"
  • "It's a twister! It's a twister!"
  • "The storm is over... all clear"

Legacy

Whirlwind is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms. The table appeared also in Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection.

gollark: I say "hate" in a loose sense, he was probably just annoyed.
gollark: Well, part of the reason, probably.
gollark: That's why Plethora doesn't have the power system any more.
gollark: I made squid hate me with that trick!
gollark: You know, using the debug API you can actually get the native versions of things...

References
  1. "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Whirlwind'". www.ipdb.org. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

Whirlwind at the Internet Pinball Database

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.