#gorgar

[lotro-quest-objectives]

Carry out the wishes of Gorgar the Ruthless

[ourladyofomega]

Playfield for William's Gorgar pinball table.

📸 source: Timball Wizard (FB)

[pinballhaven]

Pintastic New England, September 2023

[mrpinballmachines]

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[haveyouplayedthispinball]

Have you played this pinball?

Fun fact: Gorgar was the first talking pinball machine commercially released and had a vocabulary of seven words.

[that-chaotic-trash]

OMG THE ADDAMS FAMILY PINBALL MACHINE

WAIT HOLD ON I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT ONE THOSE LOOKS LIKE NOW

The memories I have with this thing!!! It's at my aunt's holiday site and it's survived a renovation, unlike many other games in their arcade! It has the theme song programmed in to play occasionally. I love this thing so much!!!

𝔓𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔐𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰

[retrogamingloft]

Launched by Williams Electronics in 1979, Gorgar stands out as the pioneering pinball machine to feature speech technology, marking a groundbreaking moment in the gaming industry. Crafted by Barry Oursler, this fantasy-themed table invites players into the ominous domain of its namesake demon, Gorgar, challenging them to defeat the malevolent entity through adept shots and strategic maneuvers.

This table enchants players with its innovative speech capabilities, enveloping soundscapes, and intricate artwork, offering an engrossing and immersive gameplay experience. The playfield, richly illustrated with scenes from Gorgar's infernal kingdom, is populated with targets and barriers that both amplify the game's thematic resonance and enrich its complexity.

While Gorgar is a very innovative table, it's acknowledged for its challenging nature. The gameplay, reflective of its 1970s roots, is geared towards short game durations where the primary challenge lies in prolonging playtime beyond mere minutes, due to the ease with which balls can be lost. This aspect underscores the era's pinball design ethos, which emphasized survival in the face of swift losses.

Nevertheless, this Williams's table foray into digital pinball simulations has broadened its appeal, meticulously preserving the essence of the original game, including the delicate balance of gameplay and the art of executing precise nudges to avert ball loss.

This digital reincarnation not only pays homage to a seminal moment in pinball evolution but also reacquaints both new enthusiasts and seasoned aficionados with the allure of arcade's golden age, encapsulating the spirit of a bygone era while reaching an expanded audience.

[pirateprincessjess]

In 1989 Williams released “Gorgar” their first ever talking pinball machine. It could say 7 entire words!!

The words were "Gorgar", "speaks", "beat", "you", "me", "hurt", "got"

The game would combine these seven words into various simple phrases like:

“Gorgar Speaks”,

“Me Gorgar Beat Me”

“Me Got You”

When the game first came out Williams also released a promotional brochure with a flex disk that played sample of Gorgars speech from the pinball game (and some samples that were not in the game)

After searching for a long time, I finally got my hands on one of these flex disks, and it’s accompanying brochure today, and it’s in amazing condition!!!

[dice-eater]

Image Description: A picture of Markus St. Vincent mid-fall from the sky over Gorgar, surrounded by the wooden shards of his wrecked ship. He wears a red captain's jacket over a hooded tunic, with a golden skull mask covering his face. In one hand he holds his sword, the other reaches up to a shard of wood above him. Above him is positioned the figurehead of his ship, a golden statue of a merman, extending one hand as if he is in song. The positioning of Markus and his figurehead appears to make the figurehead look to be giving the wooden shards to Markus as they both fall. End Description.

Hail her, oh hail her!

Our gallant captain cried

Blow high, blow low

And so sail we-

(my piece for the zine of ultimate evil which you can find here!)

[nmpositive]

I'm (just) old enough to have gone into seaside arcades as a small kid when GORGAR was brand new, and it was one of the pinball machines that had the volume cranked to the max so the sound would absolutely wash over you as you entered; listen to this with your speakers up.

Also this excellent promo flexi-disc (ask your parents) hyping up the all-new speech FX of the GORGAR machine:

ME. GORGAR.

Gorgar (1979)

[globinoid]

ZGLIPNIKA Zglipnika was a shitty wizard i met at college a few years ago, she came up with this stupid rubber ring that lets you stick your ring finger out independently which lets you do a lot of crazy spells you cant do otherwise but it turns out all of them are shitty, like actually useless shitty spells but she couldnt get over it and kept using them all the time like heres an actual list of spells she made with the ring finger thing: Moisten celiing: makes the ceiling wet Suppress sneeze: makes it so you dont sneeze if you're about to, but its really hard to cast bc it has verbal components Conjure red uno reverse card: instantly summons a red uno reverse card, no it cant do other colors. she did the stupid uno card spell all the time, actually heres a picture of her with Terrorknight Emturel at Gorgars party last year, she did the spell i guess because she thought it would impress him or something but then she just had an uno card for the rest of the night, she didnt drop it or throw it away or anything else either i think she took it home. pathetic and sad, also she was banned from uber and always had to have someone else call her an uber which was super annoying.

[fkinkindagauche]

🏔️ Im still sooooooo intrigued

Continued from here

The woman stroked each rat's head. He could see her lips moving, like she was talking to them.

"Ah," Hopper said, looking in the direction of Steve's incredulous stare. "That's Doris and her rats. She takes 'em everywhere with her. Named Medusa and Urine and something, after the Gorgars."

Steve snorted back a laugh. "The Gorgons? Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno?"

Hopper waved a hand dismissively. "Yeah, maybe. Whatever."

[ourladyofomega]

Loredana Berte's Bandaberte' was released in 1979. Her likeness was used for Mondialmatic's Hell pinball machine the year after; permission granted unknown but highly unlikely. Gorgar also appears courtesy of Williams.

[d20episodeoftheday]

Dimension 20 Episode of the Day: 6/4

Today’s Episode is: Escape from the Bloodkeep, Episode 6, The Tomb of Ultimate Evil

Original Release Date: 6/4/2019

The Quick Synopsis: The Vile Villains battle for the fate of evil in the world of Elna as the armies of good march on Gorgar and the Bloodkeep crumbles above them.

Quotes:

“We’re evil but we understand communication and consent.” ~ Lilith

I must become the necro boatman. ~ Efink Murderdeath

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Today's Episode is: Cloudward, Ho!, Episode 1 comes out tonight at 7 PM Eastern!

[grimewart]

Went to an arcade in Spokane with old pinball machines and played the hell out of this one from 1977 called GORGAR. Extremely Paige-core and that made me love it so much.

whoah thats so sick!!!

[haveyouplayedthispinball]

Note: You don't have to answer if you've PLAYED them or not, but which one you LIKE best.