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Fish Tales
Fish Tales
WILLIAMS

Fish Tales

1992
★8.1(802 reviews)
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ABOUT

Mark Penacho informed us that voices on this game were provided by Mark Ritchie, Steve Ritchie, Jim Gentile, Chris Granner, and possibly others. Jerry Pinsler sculpted the fish on the topper.

IMAGES

Image # 4634: Fish Tales Flyer, Front
Image # 4635: Fish Tales Flyer, Back
Image # 7681: Fish Tales Cabinet - Front View
Image # 7682: Fish Tales Playfield
Image # 7683: Fish Tales Cabinet - Left
Image # 7684: Fish Tales Cabinet - Right
Image # 7685: Fish Tales Under Playfield
Image # 12486: Fish Tales Center Playfield
Image # 12487: Fish Tales Lower Playfield
Image # 12488: Fish Tales Left Playfield
Image # 12489: Fish Tales Caster's Club
Image # 12490: Fish Tales Boat Ramp
Image # 12491: Fish Tales Pop Bumpers
Image # 12492: Fish Tales Upper Right Playfield
Image # 12493: Fish Tales Upper Left Playfield
Image # 13222: Fish Tales Cabinet - Full View
Image # 13223: Fish Tales Cabinet - Front
Image # 13224: Fish Tales Inside Cabinet
Image # 13225: Fish Tales Backbox
Image # 13226: Fish Tales Inside Backbox
Image # 13227: Fish Tales Upper Playfield
Image # 13228: Fish Tales Lower Left Playfield
Image # 13229: Fish Tales Left Playfield
Image # 13230: Fish Tales Stretch The Truth
Image # 13231: Fish Tales Lower Right Playfield
Image # 13232: Fish Tales Right Playfield
Image # 13233: Fish Tales Playfield Targets
Image # 13234: Fish Tales Playfield - Detail
Image # 31051: Fish Tales Fish - Obverse (This is from the assembly on top of backbox.)
Image # 31052: Fish Tales Fish - Reverse (This is from the assembly on top of backbox.)
Image # 31811: Fish Tales Playfield - Detail
Image # 31812: Fish Tales Artwork
Image # 31813: Fish Tales Animated Topper
Image # 33938: Fish Tales Left Speaker Grille
Image # 33939: Fish Tales Right Speaker Grille
Image # 44571: Fish Tales Playfield
Image # 48814: Fish Tales Promotional Plastics
Image # 48933: Fish Tales Partially Stripped Playfield
Image # 48934: Fish Tales Stripped Playfield
Image # 48935: Fish Tales Flippers with Bolt Design
Image # 48936: Fish Tales Under Lower Playfield
Image # 48937: Fish Tales Under Middle Playfield
Image # 48938: Fish Tales Under Upper Playfield
Image # 60804: Fish Tales Lightning Flippers (Photographed at the 2014 Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show.)
Image # 70432: Fish Tales Original Concept Artwork (Artist is Python Anghelo.Pencil and felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 16 inches wide at bottom, 7 1/2 inches wide at top, and 14 1/2 inches long.)
Image # 70433: Fish Tales Original Concept Artwork (Artist is Python Anghelo.Pencil and felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 16 inches wide at bottom, 7 1/2 inches wide at top, and 14 1/2 inches long.)
Image # 70434: Fish Tales Original Concept Artwork (Artist is Python Anghelo.Pencil and felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 16 inches wide at bottom, 7 1/2 inches wide at top, and 14 1/2 inches long.)
Image # 70435: Fish Tales Original Concept Artwork (Artist is Python Anghelo.Pencils on art paper.Dimensions 17 1/2 inches by 13 1/2 inches.)
Image # 77842: Fish Tales Translite

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Pinside ID183
Manufactured ByWilliams Electronic Games, Inc.
DateJanuary 1992
TypeSS
IPDB ID861
Players4

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PINTIPS

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multiball
11
Lock balls in Caster's Club on the right side. During multiball put a ball back in Caster's Club to light jackpot on left orbit.
general
9
Alternate the center ramps. Six ramps lights Monster Fish, a hurry-up on the left orbit. Monster Fish gets bigger each time.
multiball
7
To light Super Jackpots score 3 jackpots (Caster Club then left orbit within 15s). This lights captive ball for 100M+ Supers until MB ends.

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general
4
Light "Tale" by hitting fish stand-ups. Collect at the left orbit. 4 tales starts a valuable 30 second "Feeding Frenzy"; can be worth 45M.