description Williams Pin*Bot Overview
Williams Pin*Bot is a pinball machine released by Williams Electronics in 1986, featuring a science fiction theme centered on a robotic humanoid character. The machine's central playfield feature is a mechanical visor that opens to reveal a grid of targets used to initiate multiball modes. The game prompted a sequel, The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot, released by Williams in 1991, continuing the character and storyline.
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What is the visor on Williams Pin*Bot for?
The robot's mechanical visor opens to expose the eye-lock feature and the targets behind it. Locking two balls in Pin*Bot's eye sockets starts the two-ball multiball mode ([Pin-Bot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-Bot)).
When was Williams Pin*Bot released, and who made it?
Williams Electronics released Pin*Bot in October 1986, with a science-fiction theme centered on a robotic humanoid. It was part of Williams' 1980s solid-state era, alongside tables such as High Speed and Space Shuttle ([Pin-Bot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-Bot)).
What makes Pin*Bot different from a typical 1980s pinball machine?
Its defining feature is a moving robot visor rather than a static playfield toy, and the visor forms the gate to the eye-lock multiball. The machine combines that mechanical feature with a science-fiction theme and a two-ball multiball mode ([Pin-Bot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-Bot)).
Does Pin*Bot connect to another Williams pinball machine?
Yes, the Pin-Bot character later appeared in Williams' 1988 table Taxi. That makes Pin*Bot part of a small shared-character thread in Williams pinball rather than a standalone licensed film property ([Pin-Bot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-Bot)).
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