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{{Short description|1979 pinball machine}}
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{{Infobox Pinball | title = ''Gorgar''
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|system =
|system =
|image = [[File:Gorgar (pinball).jpg|250px]]
|image = [[File:Gorgar (pinball).jpg|250px]]
|caption = Arcade flyer
|designer= Barry Oursler
|designer= Barry Oursler
|artwork= Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
|artwork= Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
|sound= Eugene Jarvis
|sound= Eugene Jarvis
|release = December 1979
|release = December 1979
|production = approximately 14,000
|production = Approximately 14,000
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'''''Gorgar''''' is a 1979 [[pinball]] machine designed by Barry Oursler and released by [[WMS Industries|Williams Electronics]]. It was the first [[speech synthesis|speech-synthesized]] ("talking") pinball machine, containing a vocabulary of seven words ("Gorgar", "speaks", "beat", "you", "me", "hurt", "got") that were combined to form varying broken-English phrases, such as "Gorgar speaks" and "Me got you". The pinball machine also has a heartbeat sound effect that increases in speed during longer gameplay.<ref name=ipdb>{{cite web| url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1062 | title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gorgar | date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
'''''Gorgar''''' is a 1979 [[pinball]] machine designed by Barry Oursler and released by [[Williams Electronics]].

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''Gorgar'' was the first 'talking' pinball machine. With a vocabulary of seven words (Gorgar, Speaks, Beat, You, Me, Hurt, Got) The words could be combined together for different phrases, such as "Gorgar speaks" and "Me got you." The pinball machine also has a heart beat sound effect that increases in speed during longer game play.<ref name=ipdb>{{cite web| url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1062 | work=| title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gorgar | first= | last= | date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>


==Digital versions==
==Digital versions==
Gorgar is no longer available as a licensed table of ''[[The Pinball Arcade]]'' for any platform after June 29, 2018 - right before WMS license expiration date. The table is also included in the ''[[Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection]]''. Unauthorized reproductions of this table are available for ''Visual Pinball''.
''Gorgar'' was available on [[FarSight Studios]]' 2012 release ''[[The Pinball Arcade]]'' for multiple platforms until June 29, 2018, when the license for inclusion of Williams and Bally tables in the game expired. The table is included in the ''[[Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection]]''. Unauthorized reproductions of this table are available for ''[[Visual Pinball]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
The machine appears in the 5th episode of the 2nd season of [[Highway to Heaven]], appropriately an episode in which the Devil himself appeared.
*German heavy metal band [[Helloween]]'s song "Gorgar" on the album ''[[Walls of Jericho (album)|Walls of Jericho]]'' is centered about the machine as a symbol for gambling addiction.
German [[power metal]] band [[Helloween]]'s 1985 album ''[[Walls of Jericho (album)|Walls of Jericho]]'' included a track titled "Gorgar" that symbolized the machine as a form of [[problem gambling|gambling addiction]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1062 IPDB listing for ''Gorgar'']

{{The Pinball Arcade}}


[[Category:1979 pinball machines]]
[[Category:1979 pinball machines]]
[[Category:Williams pinball machines]]
[[Category:Williams pinball machines]]

[[Category:Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection]]
[[Category:The Pinball Arcade]]


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Latest revision as of 23:58, 3 May 2023

Gorgar
Arcade flyer
ManufacturerWilliams Electronics
Release dateDecember 1979
DesignBarry Oursler
ArtworkConstantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
SoundEugene Jarvis
Production runApproximately 14,000

Gorgar is a 1979 pinball machine designed by Barry Oursler and released by Williams Electronics. It was the first speech-synthesized ("talking") pinball machine, containing a vocabulary of seven words ("Gorgar", "speaks", "beat", "you", "me", "hurt", "got") that were combined to form varying broken-English phrases, such as "Gorgar speaks" and "Me got you". The pinball machine also has a heartbeat sound effect that increases in speed during longer gameplay.[1]

Digital versions

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Gorgar was available on FarSight Studios' 2012 release The Pinball Arcade for multiple platforms until June 29, 2018, when the license for inclusion of Williams and Bally tables in the game expired. The table is included in the Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. Unauthorized reproductions of this table are available for Visual Pinball.[citation needed]

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The machine appears in the 5th episode of the 2nd season of Highway to Heaven, appropriately an episode in which the Devil himself appeared. German power metal band Helloween's 1985 album Walls of Jericho included a track titled "Gorgar" that symbolized the machine as a form of gambling addiction.

References

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  1. ^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gorgar". August 24, 2013.


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