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| Manufacturer | Williams Electronics Games |
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| Release date | April, 1998 |
| Programming | Dwight Sullivan |
| Artwork | Paul Barker, Linda Doane |
| Sound | Rich Carle |
| Production run | 1,369 |
The Champion Pub is a pinball game released by Williams Electronics Games (under the Bally label) in 1998. The theme of the game revolves around boxing in a 1920s pub.
The playfield of The Champion Pub features several toys which include: [1] [2]
Game features include four multiball modes and 15 jackpot levels, 10 different international opponents, and over 300 speech sound effects. [3]
The primary goal is to build up a health bar by making indicated shots, then begin a fight against one of the pub's 10 resident opponents and drain his health by repeatedly hitting the boxer figure. However, the player's health will gradually drain due to the opponent's punches. In order to win a fight, the player must either completely drain the opponent's health or land a knockout punch.
The multiballs are as follows:
Certain groups of multiballs can run simultaneously, for which four balls are put into play.
The wizard mode of the game is the Ultimate Challenge, with the following requirements:
Once the Ultimate Challenge begins, four balls are put into play and the player is given one full health bar with which to defeat the five fighters not defeated to become Pub Champion. Successfully doing so lights additional shots for bonus points.
After the player's fifth victory, all fights outside of the Ultimate Challenge are played as "Cash Fights," in which the player must wager a portion of their score to face the opponent of their choice. The wager is added for a victory or deducted for a loss.
The Champion Pub is available as a licensed table of Pinball FX 3 for several platforms. It was formerly available for The Pinball Arcade until license expiration.
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails called 'pins' and had hollows or pockets which scored points if the ball came to rest in them. Today, pinball is most commonly an arcade game in which the ball is fired into a specially designed cabinet known as a pinball machine, hitting various lights, bumpers, ramps, and other targets depending on its design.
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