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2	[[caption-width-right:350:So a human walks into an Alien BadGuyBar...]]
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4	''Asteroid Annie and the Aliens'' is a 1980 Creator/{{Gottlieb}} [[PhysicalPinballTables arcade pinball game]] designed by John Buras and illustrated by Creator/GordonMorison. The game is as straightforward as the name -- TokenHuman Annie is playing poker against her alien companions, and she needs your help to assemble a winning hand. Use the rollovers to select a suit, then hit the various drop targets to collect tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces. Collect extra balls along the way so Annie can keep taking her martian marks to the cleaners.
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6	Compared to other pinball games of the time, ''Asteroid Annie'' is a low-budget throwback, verging on {{Retraux}} -- it is a one-player game, with a single level, no multiball, no bonus multipliers, and no jackpots. The game was created strictly as an economical way for Gottlieb to use up various legacy parts and controllers, and only 211 tables were made. Even so, it's become a CultClassic among fans of Gottlieb electro-mechnical games; the clean layout and simple rules belie some very difficult shots that challenge even veteran players. ''Annie'' was also the final pinball game drawn by Gordon Morison, and the incredibly detailed and gorgeous artwork is considered a fitting GrandFinale to his career.
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9	!!''Asteroid Annie and the Aliens'' demonstrates the following tropes:
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11	* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: Implied, assuming "Asteroid" isn't really Annie's name.
12	%%* AlienHair
13	%%* AlliterativeTitle
14	* {{Cyclops}}: A one-eyed alien can be seen on the backglass.
15	* ExposedExtraterrestrials: The aliens wear little to no clothing.
16	* ExtraEyes: Averted; nearly all of the aliens have binocular vision.
17	%%* HumanoidAliens: The various aliens fall into these categories.
18	* TheMagicPokerEquation: The only hands you can assemble are Royal Flushes.
19	* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: Even with all of the aliens around the place, the game they play is Earth poker.
20	* RubberForeheadAliens: Averted; none of the aliens look close to human.
21	* SnakePeople: A yellow serpent alien with spindly arms and a bald humanoid head watches a saucer on the right side of the playfield.
22	%%* TokenHuman: And how.

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