description Williams Taxi Overview
Taxi is a 1988 solid-state pinball machine released by Williams and designed by Mark Ritchie, with artwork by Python Anghelo. The player drives a stylized taxi and attempts to collect five passengers, including Gorbie, Dracula, Santa, Lola, and Pinbot, before activating the jackpot. Its playfield includes a passenger-carrying objective, ramps, drop targets, and a Spinout feature that awards changing values.
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What is the main objective in Williams Taxi pinball?
The player drives a virtual cab and tries to collect five passengers: Gorbie, Dracula, Santa Claus, Lola, and Pin-Bot. Collecting all five lights the jackpot, making passenger pickups the table's central goal. [Pinball Archive rules overview](https://www.pinballarchive.com/machines/taxi)
Who are Lola and Gorbie in Taxi?
Gorbie is a comic reference to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Lola replaced Marilyn Monroe as a passenger during production after a rights dispute, so early and later Taxi machines can use different names.
How does Taxi's Spinout skill shot work?
The player controls the manual plunge so the ball circles the Spinout saucer a chosen number of times. In the standard rules, five revolutions can award up to 100,000 points, while an extra revolution can reset the award.
Was Williams Taxi released on any digital platforms?
Historical digital versions included Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection on Wii, PlayStation 2, and PSP in 2008. Taxi also appeared in The Pinball Arcade on Apple and Android devices in 2012.
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