Past Times Pinball History Ep 31: Star Wars - Episode 1
A game that marked the end of an era. In a final attempt to regain interest in pinball, Williams released a second game under the Pinball 2000 division featuring an interactive hologram on the playfield. This would be the final game produced by Williams/Bally/Midway, leaving only Stern Pinball as the only remaining major pinball manufacturer.
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so this episode of Pas times pinball
history we're going to feature this 1999
Williams Star Wars episode one
originally called the hollow pin this
was marketed as the Next Generation in
pinball
platform you know looks like we have a
hologram on the screen here that's
created by a CRT monitor under the
backbox reflecting off of the Playfield
glass this is the second game produced
in the pinball 2000 platform they also
released it as a conversion kit for the
game released before which is B Revenge
from
Mars there were prototypes of wizard
blocks and also rumors of creating
Playboy and Monopoly listen to this a
design team George Gomez Larry Demar Pat
Lawler Roger sharp Lyman sheets and John
papad were all involved in this pimble
Expo 1999 George Gomez actually spoke to
a packed room on Saturday about the
excitement of what's to come two days
later Williams employees would show up
to Williams to find that the doors would
be closed October 25th Forever This the
very last game released under Bal
Williams in the pinball 2000 Division
come on in pastimes arcade check out
this Star Wars episode one
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