Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Demolition Man'

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Demolition Man / IPD No. 662 / February, 1994 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

February, 1994

Model Number:

50028

Common Abbreviations:

MPU:

Williams WPC (DCS)

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

7,019 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Science Fiction - Licensed Theme

Specialty:

Widebody

Notable Features:

Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (3), Ramps (3), Automatic Plunger. 5 Multiball modes. Maximum 1 buy-in ball per player (operator option).

Actual measured weight: 283 lbs (includes legs).

Toys:

Magnetic Ball Lifter (Cryo Claw), 2 Matchbox® cars used like sequential captive balls, Upright player handles with trigger buttons for activating flippers and thumb buttons to launch balls, Custom captive ball (Retina Scan shot), Elevator from playfield to Cryo Claw.

Design by:

Dennis Nordman

Art by:

Linda Deal (aka Doane), Doug Watson

Dots/Animation by:

Scott Slomiany, Eugene Geer

Mechanics by:

Win Schilling, Armando Zuniga

Music by:

Jon Hey

Sound by:

Jon Hey

Software by:

Ted Estes, Bill Grupp

Notes:

According to Doug Watson, he had serious difficulty creating the backglass because the movie production team kept rejecting his designs. He eventually discovered that the rejections were coming from Wesley Snipes, who wanted to ensure he did not look like a crazed character on the backglass because he was concerned about his upcoming career in Hollywood. Because of this, the final backglass is much simpler than early designs, and all three characters were given "mathematically equal" backglass coverage, with "handsome" features (according to Watson).

Variations between playfields can be seen in the three round orange inserts near the car crash feature and also in the larger white rectangular insert to the left of them. The game in the flyer shows all four inserts are unlabeled. Other playfields pictured in this listing show the orange inserts are labeled 3, 6, and 10 Million and the white insert is labeled "Retina Scan Ready". One example shows the white insert is labeled while the orange ones are not.

This game was part of Williams/Midway's "SuperPin" line of widebody games.

Marketing Slogans:

"The Pinball that will Blow You Away!"
"It's sure to arrive with a Bang!"
"One pinball you definitely want on your side."
"Williams' Most Explosive Pinball Ever."

Photos in:

Chicago Tribune May 9, 1994, pp. Sect. 4, p. 1:2. pp. (side of cabinet)
The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, pages 32 and 58
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present External Link

, page 190
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F

Rule Sheets:

Demolition Man Rulesheet, by Jonathan Deitch & Brian Dominy

Easter Eggs:

Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site)

Additional Media:

Promotional Video (at YouTube) (External site)

ROMs:

364 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-1 [U8]

398 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-4

[Williams Electronic Games]

373 KB

ZIP

Game ROM LX-3 [4Meg]

324 KB

ZIP

Game ROM v7 - Requires Vulgar Speech ROMs

4 MB

ZIP

Home ROMs H-5 Set

4 MB

ZIP

Home ROMs H-6 Set - Sound And Game, Swear ROMs

[Lyman Sheats, Jon Hey, Ted Estes]

3 MB

ZIP

P4 Sound ROMs

3 MB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset (LX-4)

349 KB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset (PA-2)

357 KB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset (PX-5)

348 KB

ZIP

Revision P-2 Game ROM (Prototype)

[Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]

540 KB

ZIP

Sound ROM L-1 [U2]

3 MB

ZIP

Sound ROM L-2 [U2-U7]

[Williams Electronic Games]

Documentation:

5 MB

PDF

Operations Manual (English, OCR searchable)

[Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]

220 KB

TXT

Parts List

Images:
(click to zoom)

Playfield - Unlabeled Inserts* 250x438	Flyer, Front 892x1159	Flyer, Page 2 892x1159	Flyer, Page 3 892x1159	Flyer, Back 892x1159
Backglass 1024x693 [Philippe Thibault]	Backbox 576x562 [John Kirby]	Playfield - Unlabeled Inserts* 576x698 [John Kirby]	Middle Playfield 510x383	Playfield - Detail 510x383
Playfield - Detail 510x383	Playfield - Detail 510x383	Control Handle 800x600	Claw 640x480	Playfield 720x540 [Wizard]
Illuminated Backglass 640x480 [John Gray]	Cabinet - Left 640x480 [John Gray]	Cabinet - Right 640x480 [John Gray]	Backbox - Left 434x614 [John Gray]	Backbox - Right 398x616 [John Gray]
Under Upper Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]	Under Lower Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]	Inside Cabinet 480x640 [John Gray]	Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Backglass 1200x805 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Stripped Playfield - Labeled Inserts* 848x1719 [Hansjoerg Reiter]

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