''Sorcerer'' is a 1985
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 ...
machine designed by
Mark Ritchie and 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 ...
.
The table is placed in the "Internet Pinball Data Base Top 100 Rated Electronic Pinball Machines" chart.
Description
The artwork of ''Sorcerer'' is very colorful with orange and light yellow on a black cabinet. The backglass and playfield featuring the
sorcerer and
dragons. Several playfield plastics are extensions of the playfield art. The slingshot plastics represents a further part of the sorcerer's beard and the sorcerer's hand is depicted by the plastic over the targets. This design creates a 3D effect. The Sorcerer's eyes on the back plastic panel glow and flash along with the gameplay. When the player earns an extra ball, a bell rings that sounds like an old
fire alarm
A fire alarm system warns people when smoke, fire, carbon monoxide or other fire-related or general notification emergency, emergencies are detected. These alarms may be activated automatically from smoke detectors and heat detectors or may also ...
.
Gameplay
Scoring is evenly split around the playfield. The drop targets can be hit with the third flipper. The top rollovers advance the multiplier. The playfield contains six standup targets that along with the 2 spinners can be hit to spell SORCERER.
A ramp along top left locks a first ball. A second ball up the ramp releases the first and second balls for 2-ball play that has a multiplier for the duration of multiball play.
Digital versions
''Sorcerer'' is available in the
Wii,
PlayStation 3
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,
PlayStation Portable, and the
Xbox 360
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versions of ''
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection''. The table was later added to ''Pinball Hall of Fame''s successor ''
The Pinball Arcade
''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. The game is a simulated collection of real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of machines ...
'' on February 2, 2018 and taken down from all possible digital stores on June 30, 2018 due to WMS license expiration. ''Sorcerer'' was also included in the arcade game
UltraPin
UltraPin is a Multi-Game pinball arcade game that holds 12 digital recreations of Williams Electronics real pinball games in a single pinball cabinet. UltraPin is built in a traditional style pinball cabinet to look and feel like a real pinball ma ...
.
References
External links
IPDB listing for ''Sorcerer''
{{The Pinball Arcade
Williams pinball machines
1985 pinball machines