Overview
Johnny Mnemonic is a 4 player pinball machine from August 1995, manufactured by Williams Electronic Games, Inc. A total of 2,756 units were produced.
Description
Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 pinball machine based on the movie of the same name, created by George Gomez and Williams Electronics, with artwork by John Youssi. Designer George Gomez had been inspired by author William Gibson's original cyberpunk short story Johnny Mnemonic, but based the game and its features, such as a player-controlled glove that used a magnet to lift the ball off the playfield, on the film's assets. Unfortunately, the film was a box office failure, and its poor showing affected sales of the game despite high pinball ratings. Although, today the movie is considered undervalued. According to inverse.com, Johnny Mnemonic is an overlooked gem in Reeves’ filmography that does deserve to sit in the shadow of The Matrix.
In 1995, the Johnny Mnemonic movie didn't become the blockbuster movie that Williams may have hoped for when obtaining the license. But the machine is heavily underrated according to Pinside, TV-tropes and Paste Magazine.. The same thing happened to "The Shadow" machine. The fast gameplay, strong sounds (although not 'custom' sampled from the real actors) and incredibly fun rules make this one of those "must have played" machines according to Pinside.
This game ranks #106 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100. It has received 353 approved Pinsider ratings and currently has a rating of 7.788 out of 10. Average Fun Rating on Internet Pinball Database is 7.8/10 (108 ratings/78 comments).
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