F-14 Tomcat (pinball)

F-14 Tomcat is a pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics in 1987. It features an F-14 Tomcat theme and was advertised with the slogan "It's fast. It's furious. AND IT FIGHTS BACK!".

Description
Players assume the role of a Navy pilot nicknamed Hitman with the goal to destroy the evil Russian General Yagov and his fleet.

F-14 Tomcat has a very fast gameplay. Nevertheless, players can achieve very long ball times because there are no drain on a near miss shots except hitting the center targets dead on.

The game was the first pinball machine with an Autosave feature that gave the ball back into game if the ball got drained right at the start.

The pinball machine features four flippers, multiple ramps, a four-ball Multiball mode and three flashing, rotating red, blue, and white beacons on top of the backbox that depicts a dogfight scene.

Achieving a high score results in a playing of the Navy's anthem, "Anchors Aweigh."

Digital versions
F-14 Tomcat was available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade. This table is no longer possible to purchase for any platform after WMS license expiration on June 30, 2018. F-14 Tomcat was also included in the arcade game UltraPin.

An unlicensed version is available for use with Visual Pinball.