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Date Name  (Click to display that game) MFG Type Prod. Specialty Pl. Model Pics Rating
1951-03 Bingo Bango Nasco EM  Converted Game 1p 18  
1936 Congo Bally EM 1p 85 9.0
1940-02 Congo Exhibit EM  Flipperless 1p 1  
1995-11 Congo Williams SS 2,129 4p 50050 30 8.0

Bingo Bango / IPD No. 297 / March, 1951 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: No ratings on file         [ Be first to rate this game! ]
Manufacturer: Nate Schneller Incorporated (1949-1951) [Trade Name: Nasco]
Date Of Manufacture: March, 1951
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Adventure
Specialty: Converted Game [?]
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2). Hitting playfield bumpers and rollover buttons lite Bingo Bango in backglass for Specials. Upper target Special scores 5 replays. 5 balls per play.
Notes: 'Bingo Bango' was a conversion of Gottlieb's 1950 'Just 21'.

In The Billboard, Mar-17-1951 page 139, an article dated March 10 stated the manufacturer had started production on this game and scheduled first deliveries for Monday, March 12.

The song "Civilization (Bingo Bango Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo)" was on the musical Hit Parade of 1947.

Photos in: Pinball Trader, No. 24, July 1990, page 37
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Images:
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Image # 283: Bingo Bango Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 284: Bingo Bango Overall view
Overall view

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Image # 285: Bingo Bango Backglass
Backglass

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 286: Bingo Bango Backglass
Backglass

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 22227: Bingo Bango Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 22228: Bingo Bango Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 22229: Bingo Bango Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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Image # 22230: Bingo Bango Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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Image # 22231: Bingo Bango Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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Image # 22232: Bingo Bango Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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Image # 22233: Bingo Bango Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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Image # 22234: Bingo Bango Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left

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Image # 22235: Bingo Bango Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right

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Image # 22236: Bingo Bango Front
Front

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Image # 22237: Bingo Bango Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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Image # 22238: Bingo Bango Full View
Full View

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Image # 56427: Bingo Bango Billboard New Game Announcement 
(The Billboard, Mar-17-1951, pages 139 and 147)
Billboard New Game Announcement*

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[Rob Hawkins]
Image # 68906: Bingo Bango Flyer
Flyer

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Congo / IPD No. 4182 / 1936 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: Needs More Ratings!         9.0 / 10  (1 ratings)   [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Date Of Manufacture: 1936
Model Number: 85
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)

Congo / IPD No. 555 / February, 1940 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Exhibit Supply Company, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA
(1932-1957) [Trade Name: ESCO]
Date Of Manufacture: February, 1940
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Animals - Jungle - Wildlife
Specialty: Flipperless [?]
Notable Features: 5 balls for 5 cents. Passive bumpers (15). Playfield is mirrored metal. Three-coin multiple game. Convertible to 1-ball play.
Notes: The flyer shown here advertises that the cabinet has illuminated louvres on the sides and on the backbox but we are not sure from the image what they look like.
Images:
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Image # 81172: Congo Flyer
Flyer

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[Mike Minchew]
 

Congo / IPD No. 3780 / November, 1995 / 4 Players
 
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Average Fun Rating: [ 8 stars - Click for comments ]    8.0/10  (129 ratings/79 comments)        [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: November, 1995
Model Number: 50050
MPU: Williams WPC-95
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 2,129 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Jungle
Design by: John Trudeau
Art by: Kevin O'Connor
Music by: Vince Pontarelli
Sound by: Vince Pontarelli
Software by: Bill Grupp, Dean Grover
Notes: 'Congo' was produced both as a complete game and as a conversion kit for narrow body WPC Security games.

Designer John Trudeau said the gorilla in the lower-level playfield was sculpted by Stan Winston, the noted special effects and animation artist known for his work in television and motion pictures.

Included in this listing is a prototype game purchased from a former Williams employee who in turn purchased the game from the Williams' 3401 California facility where it was setup in the lunchroom as a test machine.

The current owner learned from Bill Grupp that its playfield is a prototype and the apron is one of only fifteen made.

Here are its differences from the production game:
1. The apron is a lighter green
2. The inserts leading to the left ramp are 3-2-1 instead of M-A-P.
3. The yellow arrow insert for the upper right saucer does not say 'Video'.
4. The yellow insert pointing up the volcano ramp only says 'Collect' instead of '3X Collect'
5. The scoops for the saucers are silver instead of black.
6. The insert closest to the lower saucer says 'See Map' instead of just 'Map' and is purple instead of green.
7. The 'Skill Fire' insert is green instead of purple.
8. Red circuit boards all underneath the playfield.

This test game is in a No Fear cabinet and still has the NF artwork on the backbox, but the lower cabinet is decaled with Congo. It has the WPC 95 boardset. It has the new style speaker grille but with the old style light board, not the shadow box style that the production games have. Also has production wire ramps, not black or unplated like some prototypes. Possibly these ramps, as well as the grille, were changed for the employee who bought it: Bill Grupp had indicated that employees who purchased such games tried to make their game as nice as possible before taking them home.

Marketing Slogans: "Uncover Valuable Collections Deep Within Congo."
"Hippos, Snakes and Killer Apes. (And that's just the first ball.)"
Photos in: The Pinball Compendium 1982 to PresentExternal Link, page 216
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Rule Sheets: Congo Rulesheet (Jun/16/1999), by Lee Van Doren  
Easter Eggs:Available at Cows and Easter Eggs  (External site)
ROMs: 3 MB ZIP Revision 1.0 Sound ROM [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
  328 KB ZIP Revision 1.1 Game ROM [Williams]
  1008 KB ZIP Revision 1.1 Sound ROM [S2] [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
  375 KB ZIP Revision 2.0 Game ROM [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
  379 KB ZIP Revision 2.1 Game ROM [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
Documentation: 8 MB PDF English Manual
  346 KB PDF Gorilla Assembly Parts List [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
  299 KB PDF Manual Amendment January 1996 [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
  2 MB PDF Operators Handbook [Williams Electronic Games]
  185 KB TXT Parts List
  18 MB PDF WPC-95 Schematic Manual (July 1, 1997) [Williams Electronic Games Inc.]
Service Bulletins: 12 KB PDF Service Bulletin #86 [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
Files: 512 KB BIN CPU v1.3 [WMS]
  29 KB PDF Instruction Card Reproduction [Per Martinson]
Images:
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Image # 4595: Congo Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4596: Congo Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 5693: Congo Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 5694: Congo Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 5695: Congo Full View
Full View

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Image # 5696: Congo Cabinet Front
Cabinet Front

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Image # 5697: Congo Cabinet Left
Cabinet Left

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Image # 5698: Congo Cabinet Right
Cabinet Right

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Image # 5699: Congo Backbox Left
Backbox Left

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Image # 5700: Congo Backbox Right
Backbox Right

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Image # 7902: Congo Full Machine
Full Machine

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 7903: Congo Cabinet
Cabinet

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 7904: Congo Playfield
Playfield

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 7905: Congo Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 7906: Congo Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 7907: Congo Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 7908: Congo Backbox
Backbox

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 27044: Congo Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[John Gray]
Image # 27045: Congo Instructions
Instructions

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[John Gray]
Image # 28583: Congo Autographed Backglass 
(Signed by actor Ernie Hudson, who starred in the movie.)
Autographed Backglass*

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[John Gray]
Image # 28584: Congo Behind Backglass
Behind Backglass

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[John Gray]
Image # 28585: Congo Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[John Gray]
Image # 31231: Congo Prototype Playfield
Prototype Playfield

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[Al Kuester]
Image # 31232: Congo Prototype Upper Playfield
Prototype Upper Playfield

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[Al Kuester]
Image # 31233: Congo Prototype Lower Playfield
Prototype Lower Playfield

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[Al Kuester]
Image # 37361: Congo German Flyer
German Flyer

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[Tom Rader]
Image # 45198: Congo Backglass
Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 53990: Congo Cabinet - Left 
(The playfield appears to have LED lamps which would not be factory-original for this game.)
Cabinet - Left*

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[Sean Casey]
Image # 53991: Congo Cabinet - Right 
(The playfield appears to have LED lamps which would not be factory-original for this game.)
Cabinet - Right*

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[Sean Casey]
Image # 53992: Congo Promotional Poster 
(Measures 28 inches by 22 inches.)
Promotional Poster*

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[Harold Balde]
 

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