Tee'd Off

{{Short description|1993 pinball machine}}

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{{Infobox Pinball | title = Tee'd Off

|manufacturer = Gottlieb

|image = 250px

|system = Gottlieb System 3

|designer= Ray Tanzer, Jon Norris

|programmer=Eugene Geer, Scott Slomiany

|artwork=Constantino Mitchell, David Moore, Jeanine Mitchell

|music=Dave Zabriskie

|sound=Craig Beierwaltes

|release = May 1993

|production = 3,500

}}

Tee'd Off is a pinball machine designed by Ray Tanzer and Jon Norris

and released by Gottlieb in May 1993.

Description

The table is often compared to No Good Gofers by Williams and features a Caddyshack type theme.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/teed_off/teed_off_pinball.htm|title=Tee'd Off Pinball By Gottlieb of 1993 at www.pinballrebel.com|website=www.pinballrebel.com}} An animatronic gopher named Gunther{{Cite web|url=http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=teed-off-model-736&page=detail&id=5601|title = Tee'd off , Pinball by Premier Technology (1993)}} shrug shoulders in sync with voice during game play and sometimes during attract mode at the top of the backbox and mocks the player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2508|title=Internet Pinball Machine Database: Premier 'Tee'd Off'|website=www.ipdb.org}}

The game has a hole in one shot at the top,{{Cite web|url=http://planetninepinball.com/id81.html|title = Tee'd off}} a roulette wheel toy, 3 flippers, 1 pop bumper, 2 vertical upkickers, 3 slingshots, 2 kick-out holes, 2 bullseye targets, 1 four-bank drop target, 1 captive ball and 1 captive ball spinner below center of playfield.

The main objective of the table is to complete all 9 holes in right order. The game includes a pitch and putt mini playfield and mini-games like find-the-gopher.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pinballclinic.com/gamepages/TeedOff.htm|title = New Page 1}} After all holes are lit an award is given depending on how many times all holes have been completed. The game has 5 modes that are started by shooting the volcano when lit. Completing all modes lights the big score target.{{cite web |url=http://www.careyscatering.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=3&idproduct=83 |title=Teed off pinball by Gottlieb - the Coin Drops Here |accessdate=2013-11-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131116132439/http://www.careyscatering.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=3&idproduct=83 |archivedate=2013-11-16 }}

Digital versions

Tee'd Off is a playable licensed table in The Pinball Arcade for several platforms and also included in the Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection.

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