F-14 Tomcat (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | Williams |
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| Release date | March, 1987 |
| Design | Steve Ritchie |
| Programming | Eugene Jarvis, Ed Boon |
| Artwork | Doug Watson |
| Music | Steve Ritchie, Chris Granner |
| Sound | Bill Parod, Chris Granner |
| Production run | 14,502 |
F-14 Tomcat is a pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics in 1988. It features an F-14 Tomcat theme and was advertised with the slogan "It's fast. It's furious. AND IT FIGHTS BACK!".[1]
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]
Digital versions
F-14 Tomcat is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade. F-14 Tomcat was also included in the arcade game UltraPin.