Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Bad Cats'

Dan Forden and I had several discussions about the music and sound effects for this game. At the time, I was a fan of the band Alice Cooper. I felt the game would be right with the music style of their tune, "Gutter Cat vs. the Jets". There is a section that has that "West Side Story" feel to it and I thought it would be great in the game. Dan went and created a version of the theme for the game. The flavor of this inspiration can be heard during the activation of the spinning of the playfield wheel as well as other shots on the game.

Mark Ritchie told us that he had a slight role as a singer for the audio track in the "Seafood" segment.

Production Run Records for Bad Cats:
Production Start Date: Nov-6-1989
Production End Date: Dec-22-1989
Production Run Quantity: 2500
First ship date: Nov-7-1989
Last ship date: Feb-23-1990

Marketing Slogans:

"The cats are on the prowl with an easy access center ramp."
"Reigning Cats and Dogs!"
"Pinball Purr-Fection"
"When we're good , we're very good. But when we're bad, we're even better!"

Photos in:

Pinball Memories External Link

, pages 173-176
The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, page 146
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F

Rule Sheets:

Bad Cats Rulesheet Version 1.01, by Bill Ung

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/127 (External site)

ROMs:

30 KB

ZIP

German ROM file

[Williams Electronics Games, Inc.]

148 KB

ZIP

ROM L-5

[Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]

Documentation:

9 MB

PDF

Operations Manual (November 1989, includes schematics)

[Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]

486 KB

PDF

Operator's Handbook (October 1989)

[Williams Electronics Games, Inc.]

258 KB

PDF

Seafood Wheel Stepper Motor Control Board & Schematic

[Williams Electronics Games, Inc.]

Images:
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Flyer, Front 887x1153	Flyer, Back 887x1153	Backglass 1024x768 [Christopher Wolf]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Christopher Wolf]	Center Playfield 1024x768 [Christopher Wolf]
Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Christopher Wolf]	Playfield 1024x893 [Christopher Wolf]	Backglass Animation Detail 1024x768 [Christopher Wolf]	Cabinet 1024x768 [Christopher Wolf]	Backbox 533x1800 [Christopher Wolf]
Backglass 636x421	Backglass - Reverse 640x416	Playfield 1024x1365 [Federico Ravagnati]	Cabinet 1024x768 [Federico Ravagnati]	Illuminated Backglass 480x640 [John Gray]
Behind Backglass 640x480 [John Gray]	Behind Backglass Animation 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Backbox 480x640 [John Gray]	Full View 480x640 [John Gray]	Instruction Card 640x480 [John Gray]
Under Upper Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]	Under Lower Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]	Inside Cabinet 480x640 [John Gray]	Backglass 1200x877 [Mark Steinman]	Playfield 1200x1778 [Mark Steinman]
Upper Playfield 1200x942 [Mark Steinman]	Middle Playfield 1200x991 [Mark Steinman]	Lower Playfield 1200x799 [Mark Steinman]	Instruction Card 1200x600 [Mark Steinman]	Backglass 1024x728 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Backbox - Right 636x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1024x489 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1024x702 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View 748x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass 995x800 [Don Lee]
Promotional Decal* 1200x1577 [James Loflin]	Promotional Decal - Image Reversed* 1200x1577 [James Loflin]	Promotional Poster* 1200x807 [James Loflin]	Original Artwork* 1200x957 [James Loflin]

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