WMS Industries

Founded: 1974-12-30

Headquarters:

3401 North California Avenue, Chicaco, Illinois 60618, United States

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WMS Industries, Inc., formerly known as Williams Electronics, Inc., was an amusement manufacturer.

The company set up a subsidiary for video games and pinball machines, Williams Electronics Games around 1985. It purchased Bally Manufacturing's pinball and video game division (then trading as "Bally Midway") in 1988^[1].

In 1994 it would purchase Tradewest^[2], which would be renamed Williams Entertainment.

Softography

Electro-mechanical pinball

Best Hand (1970) (as Williams Electronics)
Straight Flush (1970) (as Williams Electronics)
Do Do Bug (1971) (as Williams Electronics)
Doodle Bug (1971) (as Williams Electronics)
Olympic Hockey (1972) (as Williams Electronics)
Spanish Beauty (1972) (as Williams Electronics)
Spanish Eyes (1972) (as Williams Electronics)
Super Star (1972) (as Williams Electronics)
Jackpot Flipper (1976) (as Williams Electronics)

References

[:File:CashBox_US_1988-07-23.pdf_p32-1] Cash Box, "July 23, 1988" (US; 1988-07-23), page 32

[:File:PlayMeter_US_Volume_20_No._07.pdf_p20-2] Play Meter, "Volume 20, No. 7: June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 20

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WMS Industries

From Sega Retro

Softography

Electro-mechanical pinball

References