Fish Tales pinball machine is one of the top 20 most produced pinball machines of all time, selling more than 13,000 units.<\/p>\n
The game's theme is fishing, with a general goal of catching as many fish and telling the biggest lies about their size possible. The machine's backglass is topped with a plastic fish that thrashes its tail when the player achieves certain goals, and the players launches balls with an autoplunger shaped like a fishing rod.<\/p>\n
Rules summary<\/p>\n
The machine's rules present the player with three main objectives:<\/p>\n
Multiball – Like most games of the era, the largest point awards are found in multiball. Shots to the Caster's Club lock (hold onto) balls. Three locks starts multiball.<\/p>\n
Catching Fish – Two sets of side targets allow the player to catch fish. When at least one fish is caught, the player has about 10 seconds to shoot a spinner to Stretch The Truth about its size, from 1x-5x actual size (points for the catch multiplied accordingly), or a total lie which awards the player nothing for the fish.<\/p>\n
The Boat – The center of the board contains a captive ball area in the shape of a boat. Successful hits to a lit captive ball give the player increasing awards, from Hold Bonus to Instant Multiball, and then increasing point awards leading to a Special (free game).<\/p>\n
Other lesser objectives include:<\/p>\n
Monster Fish – shots to the lit criss-crossing center ramps light Monster Fish on the spinner, a Hurry-Up that can be worth up to 50 Million points.<\/p>\n
Feeding Frenzy – 4 caught fish light light the two ramps and two loops, for 5, 5, 5 and 20 Million if completed in a short time.<\/p>\n
Rock The Boat – A captive ball award, it gives the player 10 million for ramp shots for a short time.<\/p>\n
Video Mode – Another captive ball award, the player plays a video game on the dot-matrix display where he has to shoot down waterskiers for points and a possible extra ball.<\/p>\n
Fish Finder – A random award achieved by shooting the top scoop at certain times.<\/p>\n
Flippers (2), Criss-cross Ramps (2), Rollunder spinner (1), Multiball, Captive ball, Autoplunger (shaped like a fishing rod), ball-launching catapult next to the rotary reel lock.<\/p>\n
Also has a rotary fishing reel ball lock and moving fish topper.<\/p>\n
| Condition<\/th>\n | Refurbished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|
| Year Released<\/th>\n | 1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dimensions<\/th>\n | 29" W x 58" D x 84" H<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Weight<\/th>\n | 250 lbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Manufacturer<\/th>\n | Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Stock images shown. Refurbished machines may vary in cosmetic appearance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fish Tales pinball machine is one of the top 20 most produced pinball machines of all time, selling more than 13,000 units. Condition: Refurbished | Year Released: 1992 | Dimensions: 29" W x 58" D x 84" H<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"product_brand":[29],"product_cat":[17,26],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-209","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-williams","product_cat-pinball-machines","product_cat-used-pinball","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360pinball.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |