Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic was inspired by the movie ‘Tommy’ and includes a representation of Elton John, as his character from the movie, playing pinball on the backglass.

The game name, however, is the title of Elton John’s 1975 autobiographical song and album where “Captain Fantastic” was Elton and “The Brown Dirt Cowboy” was his then-lyricist Bernie Taupin.

Included in the song lyrics are the words “From the end of the world to your town” which appear at the very top center of the backglass.

With 16,155 units it is the most successful EM Flipper-Game ever and ranks at #10 combined with Solid-State/DMD-games.

Internet Pinball Database:

https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=438

Average User Rating:  7.70 / 10

Art: 8.69 / 10

Audio: 7.09 / 10

Playfield: 7.58 / 10

Game Play: 7.56 / 10

Pinside:

https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/capt-fantastic-and-the-brown-dirt-cowboy

Overall rating: 7.600 /10

Game Design: 7.267 / 10

Artwork: 8.426 / 10

Sounds/Music: 2.743 / 10

Other Aspects: 7.579 / 10