{"id":11656,"date":"2019-08-15T20:54:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/?p=11656"},"modified":"2019-08-15T21:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:37:30","slug":"pharaoh-williams-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/2019\/08\/pharaoh-williams-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8221;Pharaoh&#8221; (Williams, 1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-11656\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 11656);\">[Translate]<\/a><img src=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif\" id=\"translate_loading_post-11656\" class=\"translate_loading\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content_div-11656\">\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"17rro\" data-offset-key=\"2m4o6-0-0\">\n<h3 class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"2m4o6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2m4o6-0-0\">&#8220;Dare you enter the tomb of the mighty Pharaoh?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"17rro\" data-offset-key=\"detok-0-0\">\n<h6 class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"e3h3o-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e3h3o-0-0\"><em>(cliccate l&#8217;immagine qui sotto, per ascoltare la registrazione del test audio del flipper)<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pharaoh.avi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pharaoh_30-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"Pharaoh (1981)\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pharaoh_30-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pharaoh_30-520x426.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pharaoh_30.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Pharaoh&#8221; (Williams, 1981) non era un flipper molto diffuso in Italia, anche perche&#8217; arrivo&#8217; ad estate ormai finita, quindi stagione ormai terminata, e per i nuovi acquisti nelle sale giochi al mare si attendeva perlopiu&#8217; la primavera &#8211; inutile acquistare nuovi giochi se le scuole stavano per iniziare, e la sala giochi ormai in procinto di chiudere per l&#8217;inverno. A meno che la sala non fosse aperta tutto l&#8217;anno&#8230; Degno successore del meraviglioso &#8220;Black Knight&#8221;, uscito pochi mesi prima, &#8220;Pharaoh&#8221; ne ereditava il piano a due livelli ed i Magna-Save nei canali laterali esterni. Giocavo &#8220;Pharaoh&#8221; alla sala giochi &#8220;Happy Days&#8221; di Riccione (ancora oggi aperta nella galleria che unisce Viale Ceccarini a Viale Corridoni); i flipper con sintesi vocale erano comunque ancora una novita&#8217;, il tema per un ragazzino era accattivante almeno quanto i dinosauri o i fantasmi, anche se io in pratica ci giocavo solo per sentire lo stacchettino musicale di ben 10 secondi che ogni tanto il flipper eseguiva, roba musicalmente dello stesso spessore di un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YtMThVUpc-U\">&#8220;Da Da Da&#8221; dei Trio<\/a> (suonata in buona parte con un Casio VL1), oppure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wGvUNaZwoy8\">&#8220;Gioca Jouer&#8221; di Cecchetto<\/a> (per dare una idea di cosa si ascoltasse nei juke-box in quel periodo) ma che, sentita uscire da un flipper, aveva un suo perche&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"17rro\" data-offset-key=\"6o6qn-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6o6qn-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"6o6qn-0-0\">Ecco la registrazione del sound test del flipper (cliccate sulla immagine del Faraone), presa direttamente dalla scheda audio; lo stacchettino e&#8217; alla fine \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass-520x460.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/backglass-740x655.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/playfield.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/playfield-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/playfield-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/playfield.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Translate] &#8220;Dare you enter the tomb of the mighty Pharaoh?&#8221; (cliccate l&#8217;immagine qui sotto, per ascoltare la registrazione del test audio del flipper) &#8220;Pharaoh&#8221; (Williams, 1981) non era un flipper molto diffuso in Italia, anche<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/2019\/08\/pharaoh-williams-1981\/\">Continua la lettura<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,666,354],"tags":[235,767,768],"class_list":["post-11656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bonus","category-carousel","category-flipper-e-video-game-music","tag-happy-days","tag-pharaoh","tag-riccione"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pharaoh_30.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4PHlc-320","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11656"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11676,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11656\/revisions\/11676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tilt.it\/flipper_pinball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}