Earthshaker! (pinball)

{{Short description|Pinball game}}

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{{Infobox Pinball | title = Earthshaker!

|image = EarthshakerPinballFlyer.jpg

|manufacturer = Williams

|system =

|designer= Pat Lawlor

|programmer = Mark Penacho

|artwork = Tim Elliott

|music = Jon Hey, Chris Granner

|release = February, 1989

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Earthshaker! is a pinball game designed by Pat Lawlor and released by Williams Electronics in 1989. The game features an earthquake theme and was advertised with the slogan "It's a Moving Experience!" Some prototypes have a building that when the shaker motor is activated will fall down but the team removed it due to cost savings.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=753|title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Earthshaker'|work=Ipdb.org|access-date=2015-08-28}}

Earthshaker! was the first pinball machine with a shaker motor that causes the table to rumble along with the theme of the game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LxmdEMBY_0|title=#287 Williams EARTHSHAKER Pinball Machine - first machine with SHAKER Motor! TNT Amusements|publisher=YouTube|access-date=3 August 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://brad.rhps.org/Bill/eshaker.html|title=Earthshaker!|website=Brad.rhps.org|access-date=3 August 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://buccisarcade.com/mypins/eshk/eshk_index.htm|title=Earthshaker Index!|website=Buccisarcade.com|access-date=3 August 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mopinball.com/es/es.html|title=PINBALL|website=Mopinball.com|access-date=3 August 2019}} However, this was not patented by Williams so was available for other manufacturers to use in their designs.{{Cite book |last=Shalhoub |first=Michael |title=The pinball compendium: 1982 to present |publisher=Schiffer Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-7643-4107-6 |edition=2nd |location=Atglen, Pa |publication-date=2012 |pages=108}}