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It
was popular enough to warrant a limited edition 'Gold' edition
to be made in 1995. This was limited to 1000 units, each individually
numbered and accompanied by a certificate signed by the production
team. Game detail changes were minimal, some parts were replaced
with gold coloured pieces, not always to the benefit of the game.
Most importantly, the software was updated with the new display
font and some rule Changes to add hidden extra features. However,
these can seriously unbalance the scoring and introduce more randomness.
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The
backglass features Morticia and Gomez (Angelica Houston
and Raul Julia) in front of the house which forms the theme
of the game. The aim is to visit all the separate rooms
of the house, each of which gives an award of some kind.
Visit them all, and you get to `Tour The Mansion', the wizard
mode where you get to play them all again in sequence culminating
in multiball.
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Unusually,
the game's name is not shown on the backglass, but is stuck on
the transparent plastic cloud which fits atop the backbox and
on the playfield.
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small flipper to the left of this picture was also a first
for pinball. Called the "Thing Flips" flipper,
it's aim is to shoot the ball into the swamp on the other
side of the game. When lit, when a ball drops onto the flipper
the game flips for you with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
It also adjusts itself should it miss the shot, so over
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What makes this game really special, though, is "The Power".
It's been a long running theme in previous Lawlor pins that there
was s sign or quote referring to "The Power", such a Whirlwind's
"Feel the power of the wind" quote.
Well,
"The Power" appears in this game in the guise of 3 magnets
beneath the playfield which in certain modes throw the ball(s) about,
often straight down the sides or the middle.
People
often harboured suspricions that there were electromagnets inside
the game designed to lose the ball. Now finally there were.
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I
couldn't finish this without a word about what great fun this game is
to play. Rarely is a game so popular with the public and collectors alike,
but The Addams Family is, and consistently remains so. There are sites
that have had an Addams for years, and their customers would go mad if
it ever left. It's no suprise, then, that this game is priced far higher
than other games of the era and is constantly in demand from home collectors.
See
the main page for copyright and contacts information.
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