Manufacturer · Chicago, IL
Williams
The golden era. The machines that defined a generation.
Editorial Overview
No manufacturer looms larger in the collector imagination than Williams. From the raw energy of Black Knight through the technological pinnacle of The Twilight Zone and Medieval Madness, Williams produced the machines most commonly cited as the greatest ever made. Their partnership with designer Pat Lawlor produced titles that have never been surpassed in collector demand. When Williams shut down pinball production in 1999, it ended an era — but cemented the legend.
Trajectory
Williams by the Numbers
A year-by-year view of Williams's output, the average quality of those releases, and total production volume. Data combines OPDB catalog records with IPDB community ratings and production counts.
Trajectory
Machines Released per Year
Every Williams machine in our catalog, grouped by its release year.
Quality
Average Community Rating by Year
Average IPDB community fun rating of machines released each year. Years without rated machines are not shown.
Volume
Production Units per Year
Total machines manufactured per year, summed from documented production counts. Many machines have no production data; years shown reflect what we know.