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Digital Compression System
Digital Compression System, or DCS, is a sound system developed by Williams (gaming company), Williams Electronics. This advanced sound card, sound board was used in Williams and Bally Technologies, Bally pinball games, coin-op arcade video games by Midway Games, Midway Manufacturing, and mechanical and video slot machines by Williams Gaming. This sound system became the standard for these game platforms. The DCS Sound system was created by Williams sound engineers Matt Booty and Ed Keenan, and further developed by Andrew Eloff. Retrieved on 9 May 2016 Versions of DCS *DCS ROM-based mono: The first version of DCS used an Analog Devices ADSP2105 DSP (clocked at 10 MHz) and a DMA-driven DAC, out ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DCS Logo
DCS may refer to: Government * Danish Council of State, the privy council of Denmark * Defense Clandestine Service, a component of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency * Department of Child Safety (or Services), or Child protective services, the name for an agency tasked with protecting children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect * Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), as in: ** Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (other) ** Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff ** White House Deputy Chief of Staff * Diplomatic Courier Service, a branch of the US Bureau of Diplomatic Security tasked with protecting diplomatic pouches and material * Directorate of Colonial Surveys, the United Kingdom's central survey and mapping organisation for British colonies and protectorates 1946–1957 * Dutch Council of State, a constitutionally-established advisory body to the government of the Netherlands Law enforcement * Department of Corrective Services, department of New South Wales Government res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari Games
Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade video games, active from 1985 to 1999, then as Midway Games West Inc. until 2003. It was formed when the coin-operated video game division of Atari, Inc. was transferred by its owner Warner Communications to a joint venture with Namco, being one of several successor companies to use the name Atari. The company developed and published games for arcades under the Atari brand, and across consumer home systems such as the Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and others using the Tengen (company), Tengen label for legal reasons. Some of the games Atari Games had developed include ''Tetris (Atari Games), Tetris, Road Runner (video game), Road Runner, RoadBlasters,'' ''Primal Rage, Hard Drivin''' and San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing, ''San Francisco Rush''. Atari Games effectively operated independently from 1987, when Namco sold its controlling stake, until Time Warner reassumed full own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mnemonic (pinball)
Johnny Mnemonic is a pinball machine designed by George Gomez and released by Williams Electronic Games, Inc in August 1995. Based on the 1995 film of the same name, itself an adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk short story, the game introduces innovative mechanics including a player-controlled magnetic glove and a Cyber Matrix ball lock system. Though overshadowed by the film's commercial struggles, the pinball machine has gained recognition for its fast-paced gameplay and unique features, securing a spot in the Pinside Pinball Top 100. Description ''Johnny Mnemonic'' was developed by Williams Electronic Games, Inc., with George Gomez as the lead designer and John Youssi contributing the artwork. Drawing inspiration from Gibson's short story, Gomez also incorporated film elements, such as the magnetic glove used to manipulate the pinball. Released in tandem with the movie, the game's sales suffered due to the film's poor box office performance. Over time, however, it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack*Bot
''Jack-Bot'' (styled ''JACK•BOT'') is a 1995 pinball game which was designed by Barry Oursler and Larry DeMar, and released by US-based electronic gaming company Williams. It is the third game in the '' Pin-Bot'' series, following '' Pin-Bot'' (1986) and '' The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot'' (1991). Description The game has a futuristic casino theme. Certain elements of the original ''Pin-Bot'' table carry over to ''Jack-Bot'', such as the spiral ramp, visor targets, and locking the balls in the holes to activate Pin-Bot's eyes. Jon Hey created the music and sound which includes a new arrangement of the ''Pin-Bot'' theme previously composed for Williams Pinball by Chris Granner. Ball purchase/Extra ball button ''Jack-Bot'' also allows players to buy an extra ball for one credit, and then pressing the "EXTRA BALL" button; players can buy a maximum of three balls this way. The game, has two separate high score lists: one for games without buy-ins, and one including buy-ins. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indianapolis 500 (pinball)
''Indianapolis 500'' is a pinball machine designed by Dennis Nordman and produced by Midway (under the ''Bally'' brand name) released in June 1995. It is based on the sporting event of the same name. Description The three voices in the game are commentators Paul Page (longtime "Voice of the '500'"), and three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser, and the announcer Tom Carnegie, who was a legend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 50 years. This game has no sink-holes and many targets and is one of the first pinball machines to feature light up targets. Such an object is a square plastic target, that is a little larger than one of the RIVER targets in ''White Water'', or the REPAIR targets in ''Doctor Who'' and divided into four quadrants. Each quadrant can light up. The targets are completed if they are hit 4 times. Digital versions ''Indianapolis 500'' was available as a licensed table of ''The Pinball Arcade ''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pinball Adventure
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flintstones (pinball)
''The Flintstones'' is a pinball game released by Williams in 1994, based upon ''The Flintstones'' movie released the same year. This machine is not to be confused with the 1994 redemption game manufactured by Innovative Concepts in Entertainment (ICE). General information In 1994, Williams released pinball machine based on the live-action theatrical film adaptation of ''The Flintstones''. The design team including Kevin O'Connor visited the film set of Bedrock during early production of the film. The game also features speech provided by John Goodman, Rick Moranis and Harvey Korman reprising their respective roles, as well the theme song from the television series. It uses Williams DCS sound system. This game has a unique feature called smart ramps, this allows the game to decide which flipper to feed the ball two through a plastic loop at the bottom. The game was initially designed with gold legs, as seen on the flyer, but virtually all production machines were issued w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Harry (pinball)
''Dirty Harry'' is a Williams (gaming company), Williams pinball machine released in March 1995. It is based on the Harry Callahan (character), fictional character of the same name. Design The game features custom speech by Clint Eastwood. Initially Clint Eastwood had been unavailable so the callouts in the game were recorded by a sound-alike. Late in the development of the game Clint Eastwood was available and recorded worse callouts than the sound-alike, but the design team was compelled to use this worse version. The game includes a .44 Magnum gun-plunger mechanism to launch the ball, similar to that used in 1993's ''Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure''. The backglass shows Clint Eastwood in-character as Harry Callahan, in front of the Golden Gate bridge. Layout The game has 3 flippers; above the upper flipper on the right is a magnet which can briefly hold the ball so a shot can be attempted to the left ramp from this flipper. There is another ramp which leads to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (pinball)
''Demolition Man'' is a Williams pinball machine released in February 1994. It is based on the motion picture of the same name. It is part of WMS' '' SuperPin'' line of widebody games. Sylvester Stallone (John Spartan) and Wesley Snipes (Simon Phoenix) provided custom speech for this game during ADR sessions at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles under the direction of Jon Hey. Hey scored the music of the pinball game in part based upon the movie score by Elliot Goldenthal, but including new music. In addition to the two standard flipper buttons, the cabinet has a pair of gun handles protruding upward above them. These handles have trigger buttons that can be used to control the flippers, and a smaller pair of thumb buttons that can award bonuses under certain circumstances when pressed. Multiball modes This game is centered on multiball modes. After hitting the five yellow standup targets a set number of times, the player can hit the right inlane to light "Quick Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvette (pinball)
Midway Games Inc. (formerly Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known simply as Midway) was an American video game company that existed from 1958 to 2010. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', '' Rampage'', ''Spy Hunter'', ''NBA Jam'', ''Cruis'n'' and ''NFL Blitz''. Midway also acquired the rights to video games that were originally developed by WMS Industries and Atari Games, such as '' Defender'', ''Joust'', '' Robotron: 2084'', '' Gauntlet'' and the '' Rush'' series. The company was founded as Midway Manufacturing in 1958, as an amusement game manufacturer. The company was then purchased by Bally Manufacturing in 1969. In 1973, Midway moved into the interactive entertainment industry, developing and publishing arcade video games. The company scored its first mainstream hit with the U.S. distribution of ''Space Invaders'' in 1978. Bally then consolidated its pinball division with Midway in 1982, which was renamed Bally/Midway. In 1988, Bally Manufact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo (pinball)
This is an incomplete list of pinball games organized alphabetically by name. List There are currently games on this list. See also * List of pinball manufacturers * Glossary of pinball terms * List of arcade video games Notes References {{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last1=Williams , first1=Andrew , title=History of Digital Games: Developments in Art, Design and Interaction , date=2017 , publisher=CRC Press , location=Boca Raton, FL , isbn=9781138885530, url=https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/history-of-digital/9781317503804/ External links Internet Pinball Database– Open source searchable database of pinball machines Pinball Machine Database– Regularly updated searchable database of pinball machines OPDB- Open source database of pinball machines List A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirqus Voltaire
''Cirqus Voltaire'' is a 1997 pinball game, designed by John Popadiuk and released by Williams Electronics Games (under the '' Bally'' label). The theme involves the player performing many different marvels in order to join the circus. Some of the game's distinctive features include a neon light running along the right-hand ramp, a pop bumper that rises up from the middle of the playfield at certain times, and a magnet at the top of the left ramp that can catch balls and divert them into the locks. The most notable feature is the Ringmaster, a head that rises at certain times and taunts the player. Description It was the first Williams/Bally pinball machine missing a real replay-''knocker'', a device driven by a coil to produce a loud bang when hammering against the wood of the cabinet or backbox. Instead this sound effect was pre-recorded and played via the regular speakers. It was also the second machine (after Capcom'''Flipper Football'' released in 1996) to move the dot-mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
