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4 | ''For the 1966 Western starring Creator/JohnWayne and Robert Mitchum, [[Film/ElDorado click here.]]'' |
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6 | ''El Dorado'' is a single-player electro-mechanical [[PhysicalPinballTable pinball machine]], designed by Creator/EdKrynski with artwork by Creator/GordonMorison. It was produced by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} and released in 1975. |
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8 | The name refers to a mythical lost city of gold, with the backglass depicting a group of cowboys who've just found an (unseen) fortune. The game itself is deceptively simple; use the four flippers to knock down all fifteen drop targets, then hit the single lit target for a Special. However, hitting all the targets and rollovers requires skillful nudging and flipper control, and moving the lit spot and hitting it on the same ball is a challenge for most players. |
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10 | Pinball connoisseurs consider ''El Dorado'' a classic Gottlieb "wedgehead" game, and it is frequently rated highly among all electro-mechanical tables. Gottlieb must have agreed, as the game was remade and re-released several times: |
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12 | * An add-a-ball version called ''Gold Strike'' (1975) |
13 | * An Italian version called ''Lucky Strike''[[note]]No relation to the cigarette company[[/note]] (1975) |
14 | * A four-player science-fiction game called ''Target Alpha'' (1976) |
15 | * A two-player replay game called ''Solar City'' (1977) |
16 | * A promotional game for ''Canada Dry'' (1977), released in France for a contest. |
17 | * An updated remake, ''El Dorado: City of Gold'' (1984) |
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19 | Digital versions of ''El Dorado: City of Gold'' are available for [=FarSight=] Studios' select versions of ''Gottlieb Pinball Classics'', ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection'', and fully on ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'', with the original table also digitally-recreated for ''The Pinball Arcade''. |
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21 | Not to be confused with an [[SimilarlyNamedWorks identically named]] [[VideoGame/ZenPinball digital pinball table from Zen Studios]]. |
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23 | !!The ''El Dorado'' pinball and its variations demonstrate the following tropes: |
24 | %%* CityOfGold[=/=]{{Mayincatec}}: ''El Dorado: City of Gold,'' unsurprisingly. |
25 | * CoolHelmet: |
26 | ** The aliens in ''Solar City'' wear ornately colorful winged helmets. |
27 | ** Some of the people in ''Target Alpha'' wear brightly-colored helmets with large fins. |
28 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: ''Solar City'' depicts a group of aliens meant to be a knock to Native Americans, complete with braids, buckskins, and bows. |
29 | %%* GoldFever: The theme of ''El Dorado, Gold Strike,'' and ''Lucky Strike.'' |
30 | * JungleDrums: ''El Dorado: City of Gold'' (which is set in a jungle) constantly plays the sound of drums. |
31 | * LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title refers to the poem "Eldorado" by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, about a knight searching for the legendary city of gold. |
32 | %%* MerchandiseDriven: The ''Canada Dry'' pinball. |
33 | %%* TheMockbuster: ''El Dorado: City of Gold,'' which attempts to invoke ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' |
34 | %%-->'''Advertisement:''' "Exciting graphic package with up-to-date romantic adventure theme!" |
35 | %%* NoPlotNoProblem |
36 | %%* TheRemake: ''El Dorado: City of Gold'' |
37 | * SigilSpam: Unsurprisingly, the backglass and playfield for ''Canada Dry'' is heavily decorated with the drink's logo. |
38 | * SpaceClothes: ''Target Alpha'' shows people in the future wearing garishly-colored jumpsuits and helmets with large fins. |
39 | * SpellingBonus: |
40 | ** ''Canada Dry'' uses D-R-I-N-K and C-A-N-A-D-A-[space]-D-R-Y for its drop target banks. |
41 | ** ''El Dorado: City of Gold'' has C-I-T-Y-O-F-G-O-L-D for the top set of drop targets. |
42 | * StockFootage: Some of the art for ''Target Alpha'' is reused in ''Solar City'', such as the smiling man and woman on the playfield plastics. |
43 | %%* UpdatedRerelease: Some of the derivative games can be seen as this trope. |
44 | %%* TheWildWest: Seen in ''El Dorado, Gold Strike,'' and ''Lucky Strike.'' |
45 | * WingedHumanoid: ''Solar City'' features humanoid aliens with large feathered wings. |
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