 American arcade flyer for Firepower | |
| Manufacturer | Williams |
|---|---|
| Release date | February 1980 |
| System | Williams System 6 |
| Model # | 497 |
| Players | 4 |
| Design | Steve Ritchie |
| Programming | Eugene Jarvis |
| Artwork | Constantino Mitchell |
| Mechanics | John Jung |
| Sound | Eugene Jarvis |
| Voices | Steve Ritchie |
| Production run | 17,410 |
Firepower (also known as Multi-Ball Firepower) is a 1980 pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams. The machine had a production run of 17,410 machines. [1]
It was the first pinball machine to use an EPROM chip. [2]
Firepower was the first solid-state electronic pinball to feature 3-ball Multi-Ball, as well as "Lane Change." This allows the player to control the lamps of the topmost rollovers utilizing the right flipper button. [3]
The machine would "queue" scores and then catch up with rewarding points if necessary. [4]
The game includes 31 sounds, and 21 speech phrases. [5] It is the second game to feature speech, following Gorgar . [6]
In multiplayer games the state of the machine for each player is retained between balls. [3] [7]
In a review for Play Meter , Roger Sharpe awarded the game 4/4. [7]
Due to the high interest in the game production was increased by July 1980. [8]
A later pinball designer, Joe Kaminkow, jokingly called the start button for this machine the first like button. [9]
Raster Blaster was based on this table. [10]
Firepower was included in the arcade game UltraPin . [11]
Firepower released in some versions of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection on several systems between 2008 and 2011. [12] It was released by the same developer for The Pinball Arcade, [13] and was available until June 30, 2018, when all Williams tables were removed due to licensing issues. [14]
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