Guns N' Roses (pinball)

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{{Infobox Pinball | title = Guns N' Roses

|manufacturer = Data East

|image = Image:Guns N' Roses pinball.jpg

|system = Data East Ver. 3B (BSMT2000 & 128 X 32 display)

|designer= Joe Kaminkow, John Borg, Lyman F. Sheats Jr., Slash

|artwork= Markus Rothkranz

|programmer= Lonnie D. Ropp, Orin Day, Lyman F. Sheats Jr.{{cite news |title=Information Sheats |url=https://www.pinballnews.com/news/lyman.html |access-date=14 March 2025 |work=Pinball News |date=2003-01-31}}

|music= Axl Rose, Slash, Gilby Clarke, Brian L. Schmidt

|sound= Axl Rose, Slash, Gilby Clarke, Brian L. Schmidt

|blank1_title = Photography

|blank1= Robert John

|release = {{Start date|1994|07}}

|production = 3,000 (appx.){{Cite web|url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1100|title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Data East 'Guns N' Roses'}}

}}

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The artwork features photos by Robert John from his book Guns N' Roses: The Photographic History. This game is a widebody pinball game with several unique twists. Among them, is an old fashioned revolver, which players use to start the game as opposed to the typical plunger.{{Cite web |last=McPadden |first=Mike |date=2015-02-28 |title=Satan’s Arcade: Top 15 Hard Rock + Heavy Metal Pinball Machines + Video Games |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/ubcmwd/heavy-metal-pinball-machines-video-games |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=VH1 |language=en-us}} When a quarter is inserted, Welcome to the Jungle (recorded from a concert) plays. Also included on the soundtrack is the Use Your Illusion outtake "Ain't Going Down", which is the only official release of the song.{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Axl |date=2020-10-05 |title=Guns N' Roses Announce New Pinball Table Co-Designed by Slash |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/10/05/guns-n-roses-announce-new-pinball-table-co-designed-by-slash/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}} The backdrop is illuminated with lights in the shape of the Guns N' Roses seal, and Axl Rose's tattoos, featured in the Appetite for Destruction album artwork. The multi-ball can be activated when the yellow light is lit on the G ramp, this will open a trap door and send the ball into the snake pit (if the ball is shot up the ramp which is a hard shot), pulling the rose plunger will then activate the multi-ball.{{Cite web |last=DataEast |title=This pinball's got attitude! Guns N' Roses |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/pinballs/show/6385#gallery-2 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive}} An "R" ramp is also featured completing the "GN'R" logo. The machine also uses magnets to fling balls around unpredictably, a feature that was used previously on The Addams Family,{{Cite book|title = The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game and its History|last = Rossignoli|first = Marco|publisher = Schiffer Publishing|year = 2000|isbn = 978-0-7643-3785-7|pages = 209}} and a video mode for extra points.{{Cite book|title = The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Game and its History|last = Rossignoli|first = Marco|publisher = Schiffer Publishing|year = 2000|isbn = 978-0-7643-3785-7|pages = 312}}

Slash, a noted pinball fan, was heavily involved in the game's design. He approached DataEast about developing a machine after being impressed with their Jurassic Park pinball machine. Slash stated in a 202 interview, "I totally was going after my own idea and didn’t use any of those [other band themed] machines as inspiration."{{Cite web |date=2020-12-09 |title=Slash: New Guns N' Roses pinball machines are "way beyond my expectations" |url=https://consequence.net/2020/12/slash-guns-n-roses-pinball-machines-interview/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Consequence |language=en}} Other band members, including Duff McKagan recorded dedicated sound bites to accompany the gameplay.{{Cite book |last=McKagan |first=Duff |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/How_to_Be_a_Man/FRaCBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Guns+N'+Roses+(pinball+1994&pg=PA13&printsec=frontcover |title=How to Be a Man: (and other illusions) |last2=Kornelis |first2=Chris |date=2015-05-12 |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |isbn=978-0-306-82388-6 |pages=14 |language=en}} A run of 3,000 machines were produced.

Each member of the band received a free pinball machine. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke sued the band over the use of his likeness in the game, as he had been a member of the band when the machine was under production but was out by the time it was released.{{cite web |author=L.A. Weekly staff |date=May 11, 2015 |title=Book Excerpt: Duff McKagan Recalls the Bitter Dispute Over the Guns N' Roses Pinball Machine |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/book-excerpt-duff-mckagan-recalls-the-bitter-dispute-over-the-guns-n-roses-pinball-machine-5557829 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 16, 2015 |website=LAweekly.com |publisher=Beth Sestanovich; Voice Media Group |quote="... it was a foregone conclusion that Gilby would be in the band ... his picture was included on the big mural on the game ... suddenly (he) wasn't in the band anymore. Gilby sued us for using his likeness on the machine"}} The machine has continued to be popular with Guns N' Roses fans, in part because it was one of the only releases of "Ain't Going Down." In 2020, Jersey Jack Pinball produced a new pinball machine: Guns N' Roses: Not in This Lifetime.

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• {{IPDB|1100}} (Data East Version)
• [http://www.pinpedia.com/machine/378 Pinpedia entry for Guns N' Roses]
• [http://gameroomblog.com/guides/the-making-of-the-guns-and-roses-pinball-machine The GameRoom Blog: Curtis the Cougar, Axl, Slash and Me -- Insights into the Making of a Classic Rock & Roll Pinball Machine]

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