Firepower (pinball)

Firepower
American arcade flyer for Firepower
ManufacturerWilliams
Release dateFebruary 1980
SystemWilliams System 6
DesignSteve Ritchie
ProgrammingEugene Jarvis
ArtworkConstantino Mitchell
MechanicsJohn Jung
SoundEugene Jarvis
VoicesSteve Ritchie
Production run17,410

Firepower (also known as Multi-Ball Firepower) is a 1980 pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams. The machine had a production run of 17,410 machines.[1]

Firepower was the first solid-state electronic pinball to feature 3-ball Multi-Ball, as well as "Lane Change." This allows the player to control the lamps of the topmost rollovers utilizing the right flipper button.

The machine would "queue" scores and then catch up with rewarding points if necessary.[2]

Digital versions

Raster Blaster was based on this table.[3]

Firepower was included in the arcade game UltraPin.

Firepower is a playable table of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection and was available for The Pinball Arcade as a licensed table.

References

  1. ^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Firepower'".
  2. ^ "Ask Uncle Willy #8". www.planetarypinball.com. November 21, 1995. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  3. ^ "Pinball Wizard - Bill Budge on the Apple II and Raster Blaster". Retro Gamer. No. 165. March 2017. p. 59.