Name this pin!

DogP

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I've been on travel for work for the last week, and a co-worker has been talking about this pin that he played a long time ago, but I haven't been able to figure out what game it is. It's kinda bothering both of us.

Clues:
-The major thing he remembers is something in the middle that you hit your ball into, and would then rotate and you could shoot at targets. He doesn't remember how the ball got in there... maybe just hit it into the front and then rotated, or maybe a hole in the table with a VUK.
-He thought it was Pinbot, but after we talked more, it's definitely not (and he looked at Pinbot, and agreed that it wasn't).
-He says it was before the LCDs (heh, which I've given him crap about)... he means before DMD... probably 70s or 80s, but probably not EM.
-He thinks it was a space theme.

Any ideas? I asked him if it was Galactic Pinball for Virtual Boy, which has something like this, but he's sure it was a real game. :p

Thanks,
DogP
 
Sounds like Viper.

There is a round turret located in the center of the playfield. Normally stationary, the turret begins to revolve when a ball enters it. The red flipper buttons are used to aim and launch the ball out of the turret in any direction and back onto the playfield. The turret also has 7 stand-up targets that can be hit while in motion.
 
Sounds like Viper.

There is a round turret located in the center of the playfield. Normally stationary, the turret begins to revolve when a ball enters it. The red flipper buttons are used to aim and launch the ball out of the turret in any direction and back onto the playfield. The turret also has 7 stand-up targets that can be hit while in motion.

That's totally it!!! I have never played that pin... looks pretty interesting though.

Thanks!
DogP
 
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