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Re: Credit Dot Pinball: The Update Thread
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2014, 02:34:21 AM »
One of my favorite games of the era, the lowly ranked ROLLERGAMES (according to the Pinside Top 100).  Some great history of the licence and mechanics of the System 11 game are included!

FEATURED GAME: Williams ROLLERGAMES
http://creditdotpinball.com/2014/08/10/featured-game-williams-rollergames/

Excerpt: "The derby’s popularity had waned as the 1980s rolled around, but Mr. Sharpe was betting that the resurgence of Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation would pull the pseudo-sport up by its skate-straps and back into the mainstream. It didn’t. Rollergames lasted only one season on American television, whereas the original incarnation of the American Gladiators enjoyed an eight year syndicated run and a host of merchandising opportunities that included action figures, lunch boxes and workout videos. Rollergames hangs its hazy legacy on a Konami arcade game and this Williams pinball machine."