<s>
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
pinball	B-Application
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
platform	O
developed	O
by	O
major	O
pinball	B-Application
manufacturer	O
Williams	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
machines	O
Revenge	O
From	O
Mars	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
Bally	O
)	O
and	O
Star	O
Wars	O
Episode	O
I	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
Williams	O
)	O
before	O
Williams	O
exited	O
the	O
pinball	B-Application
business	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Williams	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
Controller	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
pinball	B-Application
machines	O
,	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
machines	O
feature	O
a	O
computer	O
monitor	O
to	O
display	O
animations	O
,	O
scores	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Star	O
Wars	O
Episode	O
I	O
suffered	O
from	O
a	O
rushed	O
and	O
top-secret	O
production	O
cycle	O
and	O
sold	O
only	O
about	O
half	O
as	O
many	O
units	O
(	O
3,525	O
)	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
Williams	O
 '	O
decision	O
to	O
close	O
down	O
its	O
historic	O
pinball	B-Application
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
platform	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
backbox	O
video	O
display	O
(	O
replacing	O
the	O
standard	O
dot	O
matrix	O
display	O
)	O
but	O
without	O
the	O
mirroring	O
technique	O
,	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
those	O
seen	O
in	O
Bally	O
's	O
Baby	O
Pac	O
Man	O
(	O
1982	O
)	O
and	O
Granny	O
and	O
the	O
Gators	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
or	O
Gottlieb	O
's	O
Caveman	O
(	O
1982	O
)	O
pinball	B-Application
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first-generation	O
mockup	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
architecture	O
was	O
called	O
Holopin	O
—	O
it	O
used	O
main	O
designer	O
George	O
Gomez	O
's	O
old	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
to	O
drive	O
the	O
video	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
No	O
Good	O
Gofers	O
whitewood	O
prototype	O
playfield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integration	O
of	O
pinball	B-Application
and	O
video	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Asteroids	B-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
arcade	O
machine	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
one-way	O
mirror	O
to	O
add	O
a	O
static	O
background	O
graphic	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
animated	O
vector	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
:	O
The	O
machine	O
's	O
head	O
contains	O
an	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
computer	O
consisting	O
mainly	O
of	O
a	O
BAT	O
style	O
PC	O
mainboard	B-Device
running	O
a	O
Cyrix	O
Media	B-Device
GX	I-Device
CPU	B-Device
connected	O
to	O
a	O
Cyrix	O
CX5520	O
bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PCI-PRISM	O
card	O
holds	O
the	O
game	O
ROMs	O
and	O
DCS2	O
sound	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
hardware	O
"	O
setup	O
was	O
an	O
ATX	O
motherboard	B-Device
running	O
a	O
MediaGX	B-Device
CPU	B-Device
(	O
x86	O
clone	O
,	O
it	O
lives	O
on	O
as	O
AMD	O
Geode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
custom	O
PCI	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
for	O
storage	O
and	O
sound	O
DSP	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
secondary	O
board	O
connected	O
by	O
parallel	O
port	O
for	O
driving	O
lamps	O
and	O
solenoids	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
:	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
19-inch	O
CGA	B-Device
color	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
exchange	O
the	O
built-in	O
monitor	O
with	O
an	O
LCD	B-Device
display	I-Device
,	O
provided	O
it	O
can	O
handle	O
the	O
low	O
refresh	O
rate	O
(	O
15Hz	O
)	O
and	O
resolution	O
(	O
640x240	O
)	O
of	O
an	O
arcade	O
CGA	B-Device
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
cabinet	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
real	O
subwoofer	O
,	O
where	O
prior	O
machines	O
used	O
a	O
less-expensive	O
broadband	O
speaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OS	O
and	O
Sub	O
System	O
:	O
XINA	O
was	O
an	O
application	O
layer	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
XINU	O
that	O
handled	O
the	O
executive	O
tasks	O
of	O
running	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
machine	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
abstracted	O
the	O
various	O
hardware	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
management	O
:	O
Software	O
can	O
be	O
updated	O
via	O
a	O
serial	O
cable	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
second	O
PC	O
,	O
so	O
no	O
ROM	B-Device
exchanges	O
are	O
necessary	O
as	O
in	O
previous	O
generations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
support	O
:	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
machines	O
can	O
be	O
networked	O
,	O
enabling	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
set	O
up	O
for	O
game	O
tournaments	O
where	O
each	O
machine	O
displays	O
all	O
highscores	O
and	O
even	O
optional	O
player	O
pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
machine	O
from	O
another	O
computer	O
—	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
—	O
using	O
the	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
protocol	O
and	O
a	O
webcam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stern	O
later	O
released	O
their	O
own	O
Monopoly	O
pinball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Made	O
to	O
show	O
Pinball	B-Application
2000	I-Application
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
