''Junk Yard'' is a

pinball Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...

game released by

Williams Electronics WMS Industries, Inc. was an American electronic gaming and amusement manufacturer in Enterprise, Nevada. It was merged into Scientific Games in 2016. WMS's predecessor was the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded in 1943 by Harry E. Williams ...

in 1996. The game was advertised with the slogan ''"The meanest game in the whole darn town."''.

Description

The playfield of ''Junk Yard'' contains different toys e.g. a crane with a

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- a pinball hanging from a chain, a toilet that flushes the ball and a

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with an

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. The player assumes the role of an inventor who is locked inside a junkyard after it has closed for the night and must find a way to escape. The goal is to collect pieces of junk and build various machines (shown on the

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in the center of the playfield), each of which enables a mode or mini-game when completed. Once all the modes have been played, the player can start one more mode involving a battle against the junkyard owner in outer space. A devil and angel give tips to the player on what to do. Slingshots are lit by controlled lights, so either the angel or devil can be lit. The game also contains modes featured in previous Williams pinball titles, such as the video mode from '' Attack from Mars''. The game uses an instrumental version of the song "

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" as its primary background music.

Digital versions

''Junk Yard'' was available as a licensed table in ''

The Pinball Arcade ''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. The game is a simulated collection of 100 real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of mac ...

'' up to June 29, 2018. WMS license expired on June 30, 2018. However,

Zen Studios Zen Studios is a Hungarian video game developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary and offices in the United States. It is known for its game franchises, ''Pinball FX'' and '' Zen Pinball'', ...

announced on September 4, 2018 that they have acquired licensing for Williams/Bally machines and is include this game as part of a beta on

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for

Pinball FX 3 ''Pinball FX 3'' is a pinball simulator video game developed and published by Zen Studios and is the sequel to ''Pinball FX 2''. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 in September 2017 and then released for the Nintendo S ...

and was later released on October 9, 2018; with a remastered version released for ''Pinball FX'' on March 31, 2022.

References

External links

IPDB listing for Junk Yard
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