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Offline Caveoftreasures

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WILLIAMS Production from 1985 to 1999
« on: September 30, 2012, 02:32:09 PM »
WILLIAMS Production from 1985 to 1999

Here is the list of games produced by Williams between 1985 and 1999.

Excluding the last 2 years, Williams out produced all other pinball manufacturers during these years and produced more titles than anyone else, as well as the most amount of total production than their competition.
The last few years were very lean for Williams resulting in the company closing its doors. The last game to be produced was Star wars Episode 1 being a Pin2000 design.

1985-06 Comet  

1986-01 High Speed
1986-04 Grand Lizard
1986-07 Road Kings
1986-10 PIN·BOT      
1986-11 Spitfire    

1987-01 Millionaire    
1987-03 F-14 Tomcat  
1987-08 Fire!
1987-09 Fire! Champagne Edition  
1987-10 Big Guns
1987-12 Space Station

1988-02 Cyclone    
1988-05 Banzai Run
1988-06 Swords of Fury  
1988-08 Taxi  
1988-12 Jokerz

1989-02 Earthshaker  
1989-04 Black Knight 2000
1989-08 Police Force  
1989-11 Bad Cats

1990-01 Whirlwind
1990-06 Rollergames
1990-09 Diner
1990-11 Funhouse
1990-11 Riverboat Gambler  

1991-02 The Machine: Bride of Pin·bot  
1991-03 SlugFest Williams  
1991-07 Terminator 2: Judgment Day  
1991-08 Hurricane  

1992-02 The Getaway: High Speed II  
1992-10 Fish Tales

1993-01 White Water
1993-04 Bram Stoker's Dracula
1993-08 Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
1993-11 Star Trek: The Next Generation    

1994-02 Demolition Man  
1994-07 The Flintstones  
1994-10 Red & Ted's Road Show  

1995-11 Congo  
1995-03 Dirty Harry  
1995-05 No Fear: Dangerous Sports
1995-10 Jack·Bot
1995-08 Johnny Mnemonic  
 
1996-05 Tales of the Arabian Nights
1996-12 Junk Yard
 
1997-06 Medieval Madness
1997-12 No Good Gofers

1998-07 Monster Bash  
 
1999-11 Playboy  
1999-06 Star Wars Episode I
1999-11 Wizard Blocks™ (never went into production - prototype for the 3rd Pin2000 release)


Williams games are highly collectable and the close of Williams left only Stern pinball to be the only company left producing pinball games worldwide.
Many Williams games are rated in the top 10 pinball machines of all times and regarded by most collectors to be one of the best brands.
Williams survives today producing poker machines and gambling devices.
Star Wars Episode 1 was the last title to be sold to the public.

Steve Ritchie, known worldwide as the popular KING of pinball design, who was one of the designers responsible for alot of great pinball machines being produced for Williams, is now President of Games and Design at STERN Pinball and works with Gary Stern and team.
AC/DC is a recent design of Steve Ritchies which has sold more units than any other title for Stern in the previous 13 years.

Williams games like Twilight Zone and Fishtales are in the top 5 of the highest number of pinball games ever manufactured. Williams has produced the majority of the top 15 games of all times rated on the Internet Pinball Data Base by fellow pinball players and collectors.

Williams has made alot of very fun pinball games and Williams parts are generally less expensive than other brands due to the fact they were the largest pinball maker in its time and luckily for pinball enthusiasts, alot of reasonably priced parts are available today.

I hope this list helps people to remember the great machines produced by Williams for the 1985 to 1999 years.  ^^^



« Last Edit: September 30, 2012, 03:28:26 PM by Caveoftreasures »
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Re: WILLIAMS Production from 1985 to 1999
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2012, 02:26:00 AM »
love it mate, this list brings back some memories
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Re: WILLIAMS Production from 1985 to 1999
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2012, 10:19:27 AM »
Thanks for the post Brett.
Doubt I ever played any of these games on site back in those years as I hardly played any pinball then .  &^&

My pinball playing years were from around '75 to '83 ish , then 06 to present when I started collecting and going to meets.
« Last Edit: October 01, 2012, 10:22:34 AM by goodolddays »
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