Rat Race

Rat Race (1983) is an ultra-rare 2-player prototype pinball machine designed by Barry Oursler and Steve Kordek for Williams Electronic Games. Housed in a horizontal 'table' cabinet similar to Joust, it utilized joysticks to control a complex, motorized tilting playfield, with players aiming to navigate a ball through a labyrinth.

The motorized tilting system proved to be too complex, expensive, and unreliable to manufacture at scale. Additionally, the controls did not provide the precise, fun gameplay necessary to be successful on location. Only about 10 units were produced before cancellation.