If you’ve ever played the Gilligan’s Island pinball machine, then, no doubt, you are probably well familiar with the phrase, “Nice coconuts!”

The Gilligan’s Island pinball machine was manufactured by Midway (under the name of Bally) in 1991. This is fun machine to play. Approx. 4,100 of these were ever made.

This game was the first to feature a dot matrix display (DMD). It was inset and featured on the backboard glass.

The object of the game was to appease the island god Kona by creating the Professor’s secret formula to make lava seltzer then pouring it in the island’s volcano. The recipe called for varying amounts of ingredients like pineapples, shells, rope, turtle eggs, shrunken head, bananas and coconuts. The ingredients are collected by shooting at various targets within the game. Once the recipe is made, aim for the ramp to shoot the spinning volcano island (which also changes the path of the ball).

Members of The Internet Pinball Machine Database (IPDB) gives the Gilligan’s Island pinball machine a “fun factor” rating of 6.8 out of 10 stars.

The game has cool artwork that tells the story of the castaways that offers nice nostalgia for the Gilligan’s Island television series. That makes the Gilligan’s Island pinball machine an eye-catching piece to add excitement to most any game room.