{"id":28160,"date":"2023-03-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=28160"},"modified":"2023-03-23T11:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:01:49","slug":"galactic-tank-force-promo-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2023\/03\/22\/galactic-tank-force-promo-released\/","title":{"rendered":"GALACTIC TANK FORCE PROMO RELEASED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the game expected to appear in a couple of days at the Texas Pinball Festival and three teaser videos already released, American Pinball have been working on a new promotional video for their new Galactic Tank Force<\/em> game.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"American<\/a>
American Pinball’s new Galactic Tank Force game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It is now confirmed that there will be four versions of the game available: Classic, Deluxe, Limited and Signature with only the latter two including the tank-like cabinet sides and backbox.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Two<\/a>
Two of the four version of the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The other two versions of the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The names of the characters played by the four actors previously announced are also now known. As expected, there are plenty of nods to the Star Wars franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Mitchell<\/a>
Mitchell Pollitt plays Duke Moonwalker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Kerri<\/a>
Kerri Hoskins plays Empress Annoya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Clementine<\/a>
Clementine Morfoot plays Captain Kyan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Jeff<\/a>
Jeff Hoover plays Professor Plotnik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The video includes cameos by several of the American Pinball staff, including Steven Bowden, Barry Engler, Sofia Bil Ryan and Jack Haeger, while game designer Dennis Nordman appears in the game as the voice of the Nord-Man 3000 robot.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Zofia<\/a>
Zofia Bil Ryan appears in the promo video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"As<\/a>
As does Barry Engler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Empress Annoya appears to the the main antagonist in the storyline, critiquing your gameplay and celebrating your failures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Empress<\/a>
Empress Annoya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The backglass artwork by Christopher Franchi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Naturally, the UFOs in the game try to beam up cows, in a subtle nod to Williams’ use of cows in their games.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"UFOs<\/a>
UFOs try to beam up cows from the Research Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We also get some shots of the playfield and can see many of the features.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The view from the flippers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The game includes an autoplunger as well as the illuminated shooter rod housing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The top of the playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The upkicker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The pop bumper area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"More<\/a>
More of the custom-designed pop bumpers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The tank target bank, the left ramp and the swinging UFO target<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There are two flipper button on the right side of the cabinet. The second one appears to operate a ball diverter at the top of the ramp.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The player-operated ball diverter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

LATEST NEWS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The promotional video is now available to view. Click below to play it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full game is expected to be presented to the public at the Texas Pinball Festival<\/a> in March during American Pinball’s seminar at 5pm on Friday 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the video, we can also bring you more publicity material from American Pinball, including the game flyer. As with just about every picture on Pinball News, click on the flyer image to get a larger version.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"The<\/a>
The front of the flyer for Galactic Tank Force<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The back of the flyer for Galactic Tank Force<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The Signature Edition’s bottom apron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"A<\/a>
A branded lunchbox is also included<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Plus<\/a>
Plus a 3D lenticular backglass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"The<\/a>
The playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Details of the pricing of each of the four models is yet to be announced, but we can expect the top-of-the-range Signature Edition to be reassuringly expensive with a maximum of only 200 units built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinball News will, of course, bring you more details of Galactic Tank Force<\/em> right here, and we will be in Frisco to cover the public presentation at the Texas Pinball Festival too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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