History Pinball / JunkYard

* TimeMachine: Hit it to start a mode from [[NostalgiaLevel an earlier Williams game.]]

* EasterEgg: See EverythingsBetterWithCows below.

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Just like in ''Pinball/AttackFromMars'', the Saucer Attack mode can sometimes become a Cow Attack.

* RealSongThemeTune: An instrumental of "Money (That's What I Want)" by Music/TheBeatles.

* AngryGuardDog: Spike.
* AstralFinale: The battle with Crazy Bob in space.

* BigBad: Crazy Bob

** The Angel's voice is the same as the Candy 2000's from ''Pinball/SafeCracker'', and both the Angel's portrait and the Devil's voice are in ''Pinball/WhoDunnit''
*** The backglass indicates that the junkyard itself is located behind Tony's Palace (from the latter game).

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[[caption-width-right:278:It's not hard to play in the yard.]]

* MythologyGag: A number of them, aside from the TimeMachine mode.
** One sound effect is taken from ''Pinball/{{Earthshaker}}''.
** The voice that says "Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry" during Crane Hurry-up is ''decidedly'' similar to one of the voices from ''[[Pinball/DrDude Dr. Dude]]'' (used for the Gift of Gab, among other things).
** The Angel's voice is the same as the Candy 2000's from ''Pinball/SafeCracker'', and both the Angel's portrait and the Devil's voice are in ''[[Pinball/WHODunnit WHO dunnit]]''
*** The backglass indicates that the junkyard itself is located behind Tony's Palace.
** The Super Jackpot animation is from ''[[Pinball/HighSpeed The Getaway: High Speed 2]]'' (or ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'' for that matter).
** The quote "Evasive maneuvers" during the Air Tactical Combat adventure is possibly a reference to ''Pinball/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

* ThePlace

* RuleOfThree: In "Save the Girl", Spike must be hit three times.
** A [[EasterEgg secret mode]] is accessed by hitting both flippers three times when the TimeMachine clock shows 3:33.

** Also, when you run from Spike, your character says "Nice doggie... maybe I got a Milk-Bone...", with the voice even bearing some resemblance to that of actor Creator/RickMoranis. Moranis' character Louis Tully says the same thing when he first sees a... erm... [[EldritchAbomination dog]] in his apartment in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''.

''Junk Yard'' was the final pinball game from veteran Williams designer Barry Oursler. He was laid off early in the project, leaving Dwight Sullivan to complete the game. The table was available as part of Season 3 of ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before the license to all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018.

''Junk Yard'' was the final pinball game from veteran Williams designer Barry Oursler. He was laid off early in the project, leaving Dwight Sullivan to complete the game. The table is available as part of Season 3 of ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

** There is a rare chance the Saucer Mission mode in the Time Machine nostalgia level may switch to the Cow Attack Video Mode.

* SchematizedProp: The blueprints for the jalopy are shown on the playfield, and doubles as an indicator of which components remain to be collected.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you haven't played the Time Machine mode by the time you light [[WizardMode Outer Space]], it becomes locked out for the rest of the game due to Adventure modes taking preference at the mode scoop (see NewGamePlus above).

* TimeMachine: Hit it to start a mode from [[MythologyGag an earlier Williams game.]]

** Playing a game at 12:00am starts Midnight Madness. The game falls dead, draining the current ball, then starts a four-ball multiball frenzy where every target is worth 3 million points.

* ThePlace

* NostalgiaLevel: Hitting the TimeMachine brings you back in time to start a mode from an earlier Williams game - "Move Your Car" from ''Pinball/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'', "Payback Time" from ''Pinball/Terminator2JudgmentDay''[[note]]though this was later removed because it was "out of balance with the rest of the game"[[/note]], "Mamushka" from ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily'', and the "Saucer Attack" VideoMode from ''Pinball/AttackFromMars''. The other mode, "Knight Mission", is ''not'' a reference to ''Pinball/BlackKnight2000'', however, and its accompanying date is in 1999 - the ''future'' (at the time the game was made, anyway).

* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, running fast enough in "Run From Spike" causes the famous sound effect from ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' to play.

** Also, when you run from Spike, your character says "Nice doggie... maybe I got a Milk-Bone...", with the voice even bearing some resemblance to that of actor Rick Moranis. Moranis' character Louis Tully says the same thing when he first sees a... erm... [[EldritchAbomination dog]] in his apartment in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

** The Super Jackpot animation is from ''[[Pinball/HighSpeed The Getaway: High Speed 2]]'' (or ''[[Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow]]'' for that matter).

** The Super Jackpot animation is from ''[[Pinball/HighSpeed The Getaway: High Speed 2]]''.

** The Angel's voice is the same as the Candy 5000's from ''Pinball/SafeCracker'', and both the Angel's portrait and the Devil's voice are in ''[[Pinball/WHODunnit WHO dunnit]]''

** The quote "Evasive maneuvers" during Air Tactical Combat is possibly a reference to ''Pinball/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

* VillainExitStageLeft: "Outer Space" ends with Crazy Bob escaping once you're out of fireworks [spoiler:unless you're able to complete all the shots in time, and shoot him down with your own rockets]].