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*Tales of the Arabian Nights*
Manufacturer	Williams
Release date	May 1996
Design	John Popadiuk
Programming	Louis Koziarz
Artwork	Pat McMahon
Mechanics	Jack Skalon, Ernie Pizarro, Joe Loveday
Music	Dave Zabriskie
Sound	Dave Zabriskie
Production run	3,128 units

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Tales of the Arabian Nights is a 1996 pinball machine produced by Williams. The game is based on the stories of One Thousand and One Nights and features a blue jinn. The marketing slogan is "Your Wish is Granted".^[1]

Description

Players can experience 7 Tales of the Arabian Nights that includes a travel around the ancient city of Baghdad, flying with the magic carpet and battling the evil genie. Rubbing the magic lamp conjure good genies that help to rescue the princess. The game uses a vertical magnet diverter that grabs the ball and hurls it back at the player for more suspense as an industry first. The game also includes spikes that rise up and save the ball when the shooting stars are summoned.^[2]

Digital versions

Tales of the Arabian Nights was available for free as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms during the first six years of its availability, before FarSight Studios lost the license to make digital versions of Williams pinball tables and delisted on June 30, 2018. It is one of three dot-matrix tables exclusively available in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of FarSight's Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. Prior to these two games, it was included in the 2001 computer game Williams Pinball Classics.^[3]

The table was released for Pinball FX 3 as part of the volume 5 of Zen Studios' curation of Williams tables, which began in the fall of 2018 after Zen Studios acquired the license for digital Williams tables; with a remastered version released for Pinball FX on May 26, 2022

It was also released in several mobile games, including Zen Studios Williams Pinball mobile app for iOS and Android

References

^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Tales of the Arabian Nights". June 11, 2012.
^ "Williams: Tales of the Arabian Nights".
^ "GameGenie.com: PC Game Reviews - Williams Pinball Classics". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-29.

External links

Pinball.org Tales of the Arabian Nights rule sheet

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[openkqm-1] "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Tales of the Arabian Nights". June 11, 2012.

[2] "Williams: Tales of the Arabian Nights".

[gamegenie-3] "GameGenie.com: PC Game Reviews - Williams Pinball Classics". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-29.

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-'''''Tales of the Arabian Nights''''' is a 1996 [[pinball]] machine produced by [[Williams (gaming company)|Williams]]. The game is based on the stories of ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' and features a blue [[jinn]]. The marketing slogan is "Your Wish is Granted".<ref name=openkqm>{{cite web| url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3824 | work=| title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Tales of the Arabian Nights'' | first= | last= | date=June 11, 2012}}</ref>
+'''''Tales of the Arabian Nights''''' is a 1996 [[pinball]] machine produced by [[Williams (gaming company)|Williams]]. The game is based on the stories of ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' and features a blue [[jinn]]. The marketing slogan is "Your Wish is Granted".<ref name=openkqm>{{cite web| url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3824 | title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Tales of the Arabian Nights'' | date=June 11, 2012}}</ref>
 ==Description==
-Players can experience 7 Tales of the Arabian Nights that includes a travel around the ancient city of [[Baghdad]], flying with the [[magic carpet]] and battling the evil genie. Rubbing the [[magic lamp]] conjure good genies that help to rescue the princess. The game uses a vertical magnet diverter that grabs the ball and hurls it back at the player for more suspense as an industry first. The game also includes spikes that rise up and save the ball when the [[Meteor#Meteor|shooting stars]] are summoned.<ref>http://www.planetarypinball.com/mm5/Williams/games/arabian/index.html</ref>
+Players can experience 7 Tales of the Arabian Nights that includes a travel around the ancient city of [[Baghdad]], flying with the [[magic carpet]] and battling the evil genie. Rubbing the [[magic lamp]] conjure good genies that help to rescue the princess. The game uses a vertical magnet diverter that grabs the ball and hurls it back at the player for more suspense as an industry first. The game also includes spikes that rise up and save the ball when the [[Meteor#Meteor|shooting stars]] are summoned.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetarypinball.com/mm5/Williams/games/arabian/index.html | title=Williams: Tales of the Arabian Nights }}</ref>
 ==Digital versions==
-''Tales of the Arabian Nights'' is available for free as a licensed table of ''[[The Pinball Arcade]]'' for several platforms. The game is also included in the ''[[Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection]]'' for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo 3DS. Furthermore, the table is playable in ''Williams Pinball Classics'' (2001) for PC.<ref name="gamegenie">http://www.gamegenie.com/reviews/pc/wpinball.html</ref>
+''Tales of the Arabian Nights'' was available for free as a licensed table of ''[[The Pinball Arcade]]'' for several platforms during the first six years of its availability, before [[FarSight Studios]] lost the license to make digital versions of Williams pinball tables and delisted on June 30, 2018.  It is one of three dot-matrix tables exclusively available in the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] versions of FarSight's ''[[Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection]]''.  Prior to these two games, it was included in the 2001 computer game ''Williams Pinball Classics''.<ref name="gamegenie">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamegenie.com/reviews/pc/wpinball.html |title=GameGenie.com: PC Game Reviews - Williams Pinball Classics |access-date=2015-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020605/http://www.gamegenie.com/reviews/pc/wpinball.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref>
+The table was released for ''[[Pinball FX 3]]'' as part of the volume 5 of [[Zen Studios]]' curation of Williams tables, which began in the fall of 2018 after Zen Studios acquired the license for digital Williams tables; with a remastered version released for ''[[Pinball FX (2023 video game)|Pinball FX]]'' on May 26, 2022
+It was also released in several mobile games, including Zen Studios ''Williams Pinball'' mobile app for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
 ==See also==
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-{{The Pinball Arcade}}
 [[Category:Williams pinball machines]]
 [[Category:Works based on One Thousand and One Nights]]
 [[Category:1996 pinball machines]]
-[[Category:Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection]]
-[[Category:The Pinball Arcade]]
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