Internet Pinball Machine Database: Midway 'Gilligan's Island'

Voice-over artist Tim Kitzrow provided the voice of Mr. Howell.

Greg Freres told us that Dan Langlois started this game project as another theme and Ward took it over and changed it to the Gilligan's Island theme. Greg is credited on this game not for art but for more of a "theme support" credit, he said.

First pinball game with a Dot Matrix Display (DMD) released by Williams/Bally, although Williams' 1991 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' was the first Williams/Bally standard pinball game *designed* with a DMD. That game took longer to complete the design and begin production and so was released later.

The promotional video released WMS/Bally also claims the coin door latch was redesigned to ensure the general illumination (GI) is not shorted out on the coin door. It also claims the ball poppers were redesigned to use a single piece mechanism connected by a screw rather than the prior two piece system connected by a pin that caused some mechanical problems.

Marketing Slogans:

"More Points than Rescue Attempts (Points means features of the game)"
"Charts New Course to Profitable Paradise"
"Gilligan's Back!"

Photos in:

PinGame Journal pp. Issue 2
Arcade Treasures External Link

, page 132
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present External Link

, page 138
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

Rule Sheets:

Gilligan's Island Guide, by Keefer

Additional Media:

Promotional Video (at YouTube) (External site)

ROMs:

181 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-9

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

385 KB

ZIP

Sound ROM L-2

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

Documentation:

11 MB

PDF

English Manual

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

177 KB

TXT

Parts List

Images:
(click to zoom)

Lower playfield 401x347	Flyer, Front 887x1145	Flyer, Back 887x1145	Full Machine with Custom "Topper"* 550x855 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Right 483x514 [Allen Shope]
Cabinet Left 450x444 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Front 500x414 [Allen Shope]	Backbox 487x526 [Allen Shope]	Playfield 500x667 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Underside 500x667 [Allen Shope]
Playfield Arch* 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Upper Right Playfield 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Right Playfield 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Left Playfield 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Lower Right Playfield 350x467 [Allen Shope]
Lower Left Playfield 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Upper Playfield 500x397 [Allen Shope]	Upper Left Playfield 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]
Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Inside 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Blank Playfield 979x2000 [Philippe Thibault]	Playfield - Detail 640x480 [John Gray]
Instruction Card 640x480 [John Gray]	Behind Backglass 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Playfield - Ball View 1200x900 [Sean Casey]	Backglass 1200x995 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Playfield - Detail 1200x943 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1200x968 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1200x936 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View 1200x2332 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass - Reverse 1200x1031 [Hansjoerg Reiter]

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