F-14 Tomcat (pinball)

F-14 Tomcat is a pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics in 1987. It features an F-14 Tomcat theme and was advertised with the slogan "It's fast. It's furious. AND IT FIGHTS BACK!".[1]

F-14 Tomcat
ManufacturerWilliams
Release dateMarch, 1987
DesignSteve Ritchie
ProgrammingEugene Jarvis, Ed Boon
ArtworkDoug Watson
MusicSteve Ritchie, Chris Granner
SoundBill Parod, Chris Granner
VoicesMark Ritchie (Hitman)
Steve Ritchie (General Yagov)
Production run14,502

Description

Players assume the role of a Navy pilot nicknamed Hitman with the goal to destroy the evil Russian General Yagov and his fleet.

F-14 Tomcat has a very fast gameplay. Nevertheless, players can achieve very long ball times because there are no drain on a near miss shots except hitting the center targets dead on.[2]

The game was the first pinball machine with an Autosave feature that gave the ball back into game if the ball got drained right at the start.[1]

The pinball machine features four flippers, multiple ramps, a four-ball Multiball mode and three flashing, rotating red, blue, and white beacons on top of the backbox that depicts a dogfight scene.[3][4]

Achieving a high score results in a playing of the Navy's anthem, "Anchors Aweigh."

Digital versions

F-14 Tomcat was available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade. This table is no longer possible to purchase for any platform after WMS license expiration on June 30, 2018. F-14 Tomcat was also included in the arcade game UltraPin.

An unlicensed version is available for use with Visual Pinball.

References
  1. "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'F-14 Tomcat'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  2. "Pinball Archive Rule Sheet: F-14 Tomcat".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2015-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/f14_tomcat/f14_tomcat_pinball.htm


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