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'''''Plinker's Canyon''''' is a 1976 electro-mechanical shooting game manufactured by [[Sega]] for one to four players. The player has twelve potential targets to shoot: nine stationary targets such as tin cans, a frying pan, a playing card, and a news, and a rolling egg, flying bird and dodging mouse for moving targets. Up to three cabinets can be linked together, and all 12 rifles can shoot targets in any machine.  
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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (セガ・プリンカーズ・キャニオン) is a 1976 electro-mechanical shooting game manufactured by [[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.]] for one to four players. The player has twelve potential targets to shoot: nine stationary targets such as tin cans, a frying pan, a playing card, and a news, and a rolling egg, flying bird and dodging mouse for moving targets. Up to three cabinets can be linked together, and all 12 rifles can shoot targets in any machine.
  
 
''Plinker's Canyon'' was the last electro-mechanical arcade game developed by Sega, who had switched to manufacturing discrete logic games starting in 1974.
 
''Plinker's Canyon'' was the last electro-mechanical arcade game developed by Sega, who had switched to manufacturing discrete logic games starting in 1974.
  
==''Death Wish II''==
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==Specifications==
In the 1982 movie ''Death Wish II'', a ''Plinker's Canyon'' machine can be seen in a scene being played by Thomas F. Duffy's character.
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===Dimensions (Gun Cabinet)===
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{{Dimensions|hi=31.5|wi=69|di=28|diagramsize=150}}
File:Plinkers deathwish1.jpg
 
File:Plinkers deathwish2.jpg
 
File:Plinkers deathwish3.jpg
 
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==Specifications==
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===Dimensions (Target Cabinet)===
===Gun Cabinet===
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{{Dimensions|hi=72|wi=69|di=24|diagramsize=150}}
:'''Height''': 31.5"
 
:'''Width''': 69"
 
:'''Length''': 28"
 
  
===Target Cabinet===
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==History==
:'''Height''': 72"
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In the 1982 movie ''Death Wish II'', a ''Plinker's Canyon'' machine can be seen being played by Thomas F. Duffy's character.{{intref|References to Sega/Film and television#Film}}
:'''Width''': 69"
 
:'''Length''': 24"
 
  
==Gallery==
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==Promotional material==
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{{gallery
File:Plinkers flyer1.jpg|Arcade flyer (front)
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|{{gitem|Plinkers flyer1.jpg|Arcade flyer (front)}}
File:Plinkers flyer2.jpg|Arcade flyer (back)
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File:Plinkerscanyon jpflyer1.jpg|JP arcade flyer (front)
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|{{gitem|Plinkerscanyon jpflyer1.jpg|JP arcade flyer (front)}}
File:Plinkerscanyon jpflyer2.jpg|JP arcade flyer (back)
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|{{gitem|Plinkerscanyon jpflyer2.jpg|JP arcade flyer (back)}}
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[[Category:1976 Electro-Mechanical Arcade Games]]
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==References==
[[Category:Electro-Mechanical Arcade Games]]
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Latest revision as of 01:58, 8 November 2024

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Plinker's Canyon
System(s): Electro-mechanical arcade
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP), Sega Enterprises, Inc. (US)
Developer:
Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (Electro-Mechanical)
JP
¥3,250,000[1] ?
Arcade (Electro-Mechanical)
US
$? ?





































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Plinker's Canyon (セガ・プリンカーズ・キャニオン) is a 1976 electro-mechanical shooting game manufactured by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. for one to four players. The player has twelve potential targets to shoot: nine stationary targets such as tin cans, a frying pan, a playing card, and a news, and a rolling egg, flying bird and dodging mouse for moving targets. Up to three cabinets can be linked together, and all 12 rifles can shoot targets in any machine.

Plinker's Canyon was the last electro-mechanical arcade game developed by Sega, who had switched to manufacturing discrete logic games starting in 1974.

Specifications

Dimensions (Gun Cabinet)

1.753 m (69")
800.1 mm (31.5")
711.2 mm (28")


Dimensions (Target Cabinet)

1.753 m (69")
1.829 m (72")
609.6 mm (24")


History

In the 1982 movie Death Wish II, a Plinker's Canyon machine can be seen being played by Thomas F. Duffy's character.[3]

Promotional material

Plinkers flyer1.jpg
Arcade flyer (front)
Plinkers flyer1.jpg
Plinkers flyer2.jpg
Arcade flyer (back)
Plinkers flyer2.jpg
Plinkerscanyon jpflyer1.jpg
JP arcade flyer (front)
Plinkerscanyon jpflyer1.jpg
Plinkerscanyon jpflyer2.jpg
JP arcade flyer (back)
Plinkerscanyon jpflyer2.jpg

References