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Earthshaker details
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Manufacturer
Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (United States)
February 1st, 1989
5265 units.
Earthshaker on the IPSND.
Main details
4 player game
alphanumeric display
normal cabinet
manual
No
Yes
No
Yes
Popularity and ranking
8260
75
This machine has been rated by 75 users and currently ranks #45 in the Top 100
Playfield details
3
3
2
3
1
0
0
3
Yes
No
No
Backbox & Videomode
None
This machine has no dot matrix display thus it has no videmode.
Noteworthy features
- The "Earthshaker Institute", with nine lights showing all the zones you have visited.
- Splitting California/Nevada ramp divertor.
- The "Earthshaker Institute", the building in the back with the lit numbers 1-9 on it, was supposed to move up and down. Due to the cost-reduction process, this motor assembly was left out and only the first 200 machines were produced with a "moving building".
Trivia
- Earthshaker is the first game to use a "shaker motor". Williams unfortunately never got down to registering a patent for the motor. The result was the widespread use of shaker motors in various pinball machines for then-rival Data East.
- Earthshaker is the first game with a "family" game ROM. This was done so that a word deemed offensive in the 1980's - "Bitchin'!", could be removed.
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