Red & Ted's Road Show
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| Manufacturer | Williams |
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| Release date | October 1994 |
| System | Williams WPC-Security |
| Design | Pat Lawlor,[1] Dwight Sullivan, Ted Estes |
| Programming | Dwight Sullivan, Ted Estes |
| Artwork | John Youssi |
| Mechanics | John Krutsch |
| Music | Chris Granner, Carlene Carter |
| Sound | Chris Granner |
| Voices | Carlene Carter (Red), Tim Kitzrow (Ted) |
| Production run | 6,259 units |
Red & Ted's Road Show (also known as Road Show) is a 1994 widebody pinball game designed by Pat Lawlor and released by Williams. It is part of WMS' SuperPin line of widebody games.
Country singer Carlene Carter provided the voice of Red, and her song, "Every Little Thing", is featured in the game.[2] The game is considered an unofficial successor of FunHouse, as both were designed by Pat Lawlor and feature animated talking head(s) along with some similar playfield layout ideas.[citation needed] It is equipped with a shaker motor[3] to make the machine vibrate and has two manual plungers, one on each side of the cabinet. It was the first pinball machine to feature an additional daily high score list.
Gameplay
[edit]The primary goal is to help Red and Ted, a pair of road construction workers, travel through the United States from east to west. The player can visit a total of 18 different cities/states, each of which starts its own scoring mode.
The cities were: New York (Smash a Cab), Miami (Spring Break), Atlanta (Worker Trapped), Ohio Turnpike (Trapped in Ohio), New Orleans (Mardi Gras), Nashville (Change the Station), Chicago (Evil Toll Roads), Dallas (Monster Cab), Kansas (City Tornado), Minneapolis (Frozen People), Albuquerque (Trading Post), Denver (Gold Rush), Butte (Tunnel Hunt), Salt Lake City (Old West), Las Vegas (Slot Machine), Seattle (Alien Invasion), San Francisco (Monster Attack), and Los Angeles (Earthshaker).
The game features a "wizard mode" called Super Payday, which can be started by visiting any of the last three cities in the above list and locking two balls as indicated on the display and playfield before the mode timer runs out. A four-ball multiball then starts, with all major shots lit to award points.
Up to five extra balls can be earned per play; a score award is given for each one earned thereafter.
Digital Versions
[edit]Besides for unauthorized emulation via Visual Pinball, a licensed and official digitized version has been released for The Pinball Arcade in June 2015 for several platforms. Both of them had to be taken down from all digital stores on June 29, 2018 - right before WMS license expiration on June 30, 2018.[4] This version also has the song "Every Little Thing" by Carlene Carter included.
Less than a year after the table was delisted from stores, Zen Studios, acquired the license to develop digital conversions of Williams pinball tables and announced that they would bring back a digital version of Road Show. As part of the fourth wave of Williams pinball table conversions, they announced that the game would be availabe for Pinball FX 3 on May 28, 2019.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Rubens, Paul (2015-04-07). "The amazing story behind Roadshow's "Red"". Pavlov Pinball. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Red & Ted's Road Show Pinball". GamePro. No. 66. IDG. January 1995. p. 34.
- ^ Jurkowski, Vickie Snow (2018-11-15). "New fans heed call of the metal ball, flip for pinball". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (2018-05-08). "Pinball Arcade loses rights to Bally and Williams tables". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Williams Pinball Vol. 4 – May 28 – White Water! Hurricane! Red and Ted's Road Show!". YouTube. Zen Studios. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Red & Ted's Road Show at the Internet Pinball Database