This is cool, a retro pinball machine for sale that was inspired by a highspeed chase between the designer in a '79 shark and cops.

https://denver.craigslist.org/vgm/6170264210.html

Regarding the theme of this game, Steve Ritchie has said: "It was based on a true story. I was actually chased by the cops at 146 mph in my 1979 Porsche 928."

 

Bummer, posting deleted. Do you happen to have a picture of it. Sounds rad.

 

More details here Nate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_(pinball)

 

Yep - was (and still is) a pretty popular machine. Here's a picture of my son playing the sequel machine "The Getaway: High Speed II" in our game room. Wish I had the original to go with it. Here's some info from the IPDB pinball database:

http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=hi...ype=quick#1176


Never understood why Steve used a Ferrari likeness in both games' artwork instead of the 928 - maybe Porsche would not allow it?

-scott

 

Thanks guys. That is cool.