- abbreviation
- ES
- credit
- Chris Granner — Music
- credit
- Pat Lawlor — Design
- credit
- Tim Elliott — Art
- credit
- John Krutsch — Mechanics
- credit
- Jon Hey — Music
- credit
- Chris Granner — Sound
- credit
- Mark Penacho — Software
- gameplay_feature
- 3-Bank Drop Targets
- gameplay_feature
- Vertical Up-Kickers ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Messenger Balls
- gameplay_feature
- Spinning Targets
- gameplay_feature
- Kick-Out Holes
- gameplay_feature
- Flippers ×3
- gameplay_feature
- Pop Bumpers ×3
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind., Incorporated
- ipdb_id
- 753
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/753f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/753f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-A13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-A14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-A15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-35.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-34.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-32.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-37.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-38.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-39.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-40.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-36.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/753/image-33.jpg"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Williams
- ipdb.marketing_slogans
- "Williams Continues to `Shake' up the World of Pinball"
"From the movers and shakers of the coin-op world!"
"It's a Moving Experience!"
- ipdb.model_number
- 568
- ipdb.notable_features
- Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Vertical upkickers (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1), Messenger ball (1), Shaker motor. Machine shakes at certain times during a game to simulate an earthquake. Diverter opens a pathway between California and Nevada to simulate a faultline.
- ipdb.notes
- Mark Penacho informed us that the voices on the game are Mark Ritchie and Soumya Netrabile (she wrote game manuals).
Sample games have an Earthquake Institute that sinks into the playfield. Reportedly, an estimated 200 of these sample games were produced before this feature was made stationary due to costs, and their cabinets are said to be a lighter blue than the later games.
Actual measured weight: 248 lbs (includes legs).
Production Run Records for Earthshaker:
Production Start Date: Feb-21-1989
Production End Date: May-25-1989
Production Run Quantity: 5257
First ship date: Feb-28-1989
Last ship date: Oct-20-1989 (1 last unit had remained in inventory since Jun-30-1989)
- ipdb_rating
- 7.9
- month
- 2
- player_count
- 4
- production_quantity
- 5257
- system
- williams-system-11b
- technology_generation
- solid-state
- theme
- Earthquake
- year
- 1989