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''The Wizard of Oz'' is an arcade coin pusher game based on the 1939 film that awards token chips and cards that are redeemable for prizes. The player shoots coins into the machine which drops chips and cards. The player collects the cards and chips that can be redeemed later for prizes. The coins are retained by the machine. Most arcades that have this game will award a jackpot for collecting the entire series of cards. It can be played by up the six players. The game is developed by Elaut Belgium and released in the fall of 2010. According to the company's press release, the game was very well received by players and amusement centers.
Information on the game at Elaut USATechnical information on ''The Wizard of Oz''
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''The Wizard of Oz'' is an arcade coin pusher game based on the 1939 film that awards token chips and cards that are redeemable for prizes. The player shoots coins into the machine which drops chips and cards. The player collects the cards and chips that can be redeemed later for prizes. The coins are retained by the machine. Most arcades that have this game will award a jackpot for collecting the entire series of cards. It can be played by up the six players. The game is developed by Elaut Belgium and released in the fall of 2010. According to the company's press release, the game was very well received by players and amusement centers.
Cabinet
Each side of the machine features one of the following characters: * Dorothy *Scarecrow
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* Tin Man
* The Cowardly Lion
*The Wicked Witch of the West
The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character who appears in the classic children's novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900), created by American author L. Frank Baum. In Baum's subsequent ''Oz'' novels, it is the Nome King who is th ...
*Good Witch of the South
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* Toto (Rare card)
In addition, the cabinet can be retrofitted with different themes and graphics other than the Wizard of Oz. In eastern countries, this is featured as the ''Mistral''. Recently, Elaut released ''Ticket Circus'' — a version that keeps both the coins and tokens inside the machine. The tokens in this version are different shapes and there are no cards. In the summer of 2016 Dave & Busters rolled out exclusive '' Star Trek'' themed pushers that dispense the blue and orange tokens and ''Star Trek'' cards.
Card and chips
The game is meant to only dispense cards and chips. Coins that fall are normally pumped back into the gun, but some arcades award points for coins that make it through to the prize slot. The game awards a bonus spin on a small light-up wheel once every 30 shots. Each spot on the wheel could earn the player between 5 up to 50 extra shots. The standard chips are: *Green (Emerald City
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Fictional description
Located in the center of the L ...
)
*Red (Ruby slippers
The ruby slippers are the magic pair of shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film '' The Wizard of Oz''. Because of their iconic stature, the ruby slippers are among the most valuable items ...
)
Most arcades, such as Dave & Buster's
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and Main Event
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use their own chips and determine point value for each chip. Dave & Buster's awards the same point value for their chips, although they have two colors: Navy blue and Orange.
See also
* ''The Wizard of Oz'' (pinball)References
External links
Information on the game at Elaut USA
Page 2 has many key facts about the game.
Mistral PDF
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