Checkpoint (pinball)

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Checkpoint

Manufacturer	Data East
System	DataEast/Sega Version 3
Designer	Designers: Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula Programmers: Rehman Merchant Artwork: Paul Faris Music: Brian Schmidt Sounds: Brian Schmidt
Release Date	February 1991
Production Run	?

Checkpoint is a 1991 pinball machine released by Data East. The game had the first dot matrix display (DMD) ever used on a pinball game. It used a "half-height" DMD as compared to the standard DMD used by Williams.

[edit] Gameplay

At the beginning of the first ball, the player can select which style of music should be played during the game (the first game to offer such a feature). Use the flippers to select the type within 13 seconds, then plunge the ball to start. Choices include:

Country
Rock
Jazz
Rap
Classical
Soul

There are four modes in the game:

Fast
Blue Light Special
1 million ramp/10 million ramp
Hot Nitro Round

[edit] Multiball modes

2 ball multiball: Increase RPM to 6000 and shoot the Checkpoint, or increase RPM to 7000 and shoot either the Checkpoint or the Pit Stop to start 2 ball multi-ball.
3 ball multiball: Increase the RPM to 8000 to start 3 ball multi-ball (RedLine).