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[[caption-width-right:350:"Now I see you."]]

->"Pin*Bot circuits activated."
-->--'''Pin*Bot''', game start

''Pin*Bot'' is a 1986 pinball game designed by Creator/PythonAnghelo and Creator/BarryOursler, and released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics. It was later followed by ''[[Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinbot The Machine: Bride of [=Pin*Bot=]]]'' in 1991, and by ''Pinball/JackBot'' in 1995, the latter of which uses the same playfield as ''Pin*Bot''.

The Pin*Bot is a giant robot floating in space, with flippers for fingers and a face hidden behind a black visor. Lighting the lights on its chest will open the visor, revealing two empty eye sockets. Shoot a pinball into each socket to start multiball and a chance to score the jackpot. For even more points, advance through the Solar System, moving from Pluto all the way to the Sun.

With over 12,000 units made, this was Williams' second-most-popular game of 1986, behind ''Pinball/HighSpeed''. According to Barry Oursler, ''Pin*Bot'' was unique for the fact that it was designed around the artwork instead of the other way around; Python came up with the concept and artwork, while Oursler designed the game around Python's artwork.

A [[DigitalPinballTable video game version]] for the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem was developed by Creator/{{Rare}} Ltd. and published by Nintendo in 1988, notably standing as the first pinball video game to be based on a real table. It added various VideoGame elements, such as monsters that eat your ball and force it into the outlanes and missiles that destroyed your flippers after two hits[[note]]The flippers returned after you drained[[/note]] The only consolation was that they only appeared after getting the jackpot.

Moviegoers might remember ''Pin*Bot'' as the pinball machine Tom Hanks's character buys for his loft in ''Film/{{Big}}''. It was one of the titles available in ''The Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection'', and a digital version was once available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''[[labelnote:note]]This is no longer the case due to developer [=FarSight=] Studios' license for the Williams and Bally tables expiring in July 2018[[/labelnote]].

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!!This pinball demonstrates the following tropes:

* CharacterTitle: The playing field is on top of the titular Pin*Bot.
* [[ComputerEqualsTapeDrive Computer Equals Flashing Lights]]: The lights on Pin*Bot's torso flash throughout the game.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The {{Fembot}} in the artwork looks like Pin*Bot's future bride, the Machine.
* EyelessFace: Underneath the visor, this is what Pin*Bot has.
* TheFaceless: Pin*Bot's face is covered by its visor. Even with it up, however, there's no face to be seen.
* {{Fembot}}: Seen on the backglass and on the mini-playfield.
%%* TheFuture
* HumongousMecha: The eponymous Pin*Bot.
* InterplanetaryVoyage: The primary objective is to advance from Pluto to the Sun.
* MachineMonotone: Pin*Bot delivers all of his lines like this.
* [[GlassEye Metal Eye]]: The player's pinballs serve as this for Pin*Bot.
-->"GIVE ME SIGHT, LOCK MY EYE BALLS" -- ''Demo mode message''
* ProgressiveJackpot: The Solar Value.
* RobotGirl: One on the back-plate and one in the intro of the NES game.
* ScoreMultiplier: Scores during multiball are doubled. Additionally, there is a Vortex Multiplier (multiplies the value of the SkillShot up to 10x) and bonus multiplier (up to 5x).
* SkillShot: Shoot the ball up the spiral and land in one of the three scoring holes.
%%* SpaceIsNoisy
* TinCanRobot: Pin*Bot combines this with HumongousMecha.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: Pin*Bot doesn't have a lower torso or legs, and apparently doesn't need them.
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