Space Shuttle

It's all in the details

This page provides an overview of all that's in Space Shuttle pinball machine (and all that's not)!


See something on this page that is incorrect? Wanna add something new? You can do it yourself! Well, if you have a Pinside user account that is.

Manufacturer

Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (United States)

November 1st, 1984

7000 units

Space Shuttle on the IPSND.


Main details

Williams System 9
4 player game

Digital

normal

manual

No

Yes

No

No


Popularity and ranking

This machine has been rated by 233 users and currently ranks #155 (not in Top 100)

Playfield details

3
2
1
3
0
0
0
4
Yes
No
No

Design team

Concept: Joe Kaminkow
Software: Larry DeMar
Artwork: Mark Sprenger
Callouts: Steve Ritchie


Noteworthy features

  • System 9 motherboard with integrated input/output for switch matrix, dedicated switches, lamp matrix, solenoids and flash flamps including sound system with amplifier
  • space shuttle plastic sitting over center ramp.
  • multi-function player scores which show stop-n-score points, countdown before multi-ball, deluxe match animation, top 4 high scores including flashing last game's high score(s)
  • limited ball saver--ball is re-served or saved by out-lane gate if it did not trigger any switch including after locking a ball
  • bonus feature lamp array capable of showing scored stop-n-score points in thousands, countdown to multi-ball, spelling Space Shuttle in attract mode, spelling Tilt if the player tilts.
  • bonus points can be held over to next ball in play but not on final ball in play with no extra balls
  • sound system has speech expansion board to play back digital sound primarily used for custom speech
  • unique sound effect when adding each new player
  • up/down light-up post to save ball from draining from the center ramp
  • uses ringing bell for awards, extra balls and free games
  • does not use a knocker

Trivia

  • one of the few non-fiction science space genre games (before Space Station)

Backbox ornament(s)

Plastic Sign: "Hot New Pinball"

Video mode

This machine has no dot matrix or video display, so it has no videmode.

Latest software version

Latest software version is unknown.

Click here to view the changelog.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/space-shuttle/details and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.