Space Shuttle (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | WMS Industries |
| Release date | 1984 |
| Designer(s) | Barry Oursler, Joe Kaminkow |
| Programmer(s) | Larry DeMar |
| Artwork | Mark Sprenger |
| Sound | Eugene Jarvis |
| Concept | Joe Kaminkow |
| Production run | 7,000 units |
Space Shuttle (full title: Space Shuttle: Pinball Adventure) is a Space Shuttle themed pinball machine made in 1984 by WMS Industries. The machine's marketing slogan is "The fastest way to make your earnings really take off!".
Gameplay
In Space Shuttle the main goal is to acquire the shuttle score value from spelling out "S H U T T L E" by hitting five stand up targets and one drop target.
The reward for the shuttle score value is assigned randomly with each new ball, or by hitting a stand up target, at the top of a short ramp. It will be one of the following:
- 50,000 points plus a bonus holdover,
- an extra ball,
- a special,
- 100,000 points,
- 50,000 points,
- 20,000 points, or
- 100,000 points plus lite outlanes, which will give another shuttle score value if the ball goes down one of the outlanes
Additionally three lights labeled U, S and A are lit when a ball rolls over them. They are worth 2,000 points each. Spelling USA increases the end of ball bonus multiplier (a multiplication factor for points earned and awarded when the ball in play drains). There are three pop bumpers that are worth 100 points when unlit and 1,000 points when lit. Two or three ball multiball is started by hitting one ball up a ball lock or two balls up two different ball locks and then shooting a ball up the center ramp when the drop target is down.
Digital versions
Space Shuttle is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms. The table is also included in the Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection.