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Most Dr. Dudes are System 11C; only about 100 are WPC Alpha-numeric.

The manufacturer referred to the VUKs on this game as ball poppers.

Production Run Records for Dr. Dude And His Excellent Ray:
Production Start Date: Aug-29-1990
Production End Date: Dec-19-1990
Production Run Quantity: approximately 3983, shipping quantity inexplicably 4002.
First ship date: Aug-29-1990
Last ship date: Jan-9-1991

Marketing Slogans:

"Get Hip! Earn Respect! Be the Envy of your Friends!"
"Scoring Punch for Profit Power!"

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, page 146
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 95
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present External Link

, page 131
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F

Rule Sheets:

Dr. Dude Rulesheet Version 1.0 (Apr/01/1994), by Michael Dunn

ROMs:

222 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-2

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

122 KB

ZIP

Revision PA-6 ROMs

222 KB

ZIP

Sound ROM P-7 (WPC Only)

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

Documentation:

35 MB

PDF

English Manual (includes paginated schematics)

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

636 KB

PDF

Operator Handbook

192 KB

TXT

Parts List

Files:

2 MB

PDF

Changes concerning DR. DUDE (WPC) - (undated, Part Numbers Sys11C and WPC)

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

2 MB

PDF

Dr. Dude (WPC) Solenoid Table

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

Images:
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Flyer, Front 887x1145	Flyer, Back 887x1145	Press Release 1024x672	Backbox - Left 185x480 [Robert Winter]	Backbox - Right 178x480 [Robert Winter]
Cabinet - Full View 357x480 [Robert Winter]	Cabinet - Left 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Cabinet - Right 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Lower Playfield 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Middle Playfield 640x480 [Robert Winter]
Upper Playfield 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Lower Playfield 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Gift Of Gab 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Left Ramp 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Pop Bumpers 640x480 [Robert Winter]
Targets 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Cabinet - Front 488x448 [Robert Winter]	Lower Targets 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Left Slingshot 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Right Slingshot 640x480 [Robert Winter]
Playfield 480x640 [Robert Winter]	Backglass 561x478 [Robert Winter]	Molecular Mix Master 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Backglass - Detail 640x480 [Robert Winter]	Inside Backbox (WPC Boardset Model) 1024x686 [Michael Sciulli]
Inside Backbox (WPC Boardset Model) 1024x686 [Michael Sciulli]	Lower Playfield (WPC Boardset Model) 1024x752 [Michael Sciulli]	Full Playfield (WPC Boardset Model) 1024x1529 [Michael Sciulli]	Backglass - Detail 640x480 [John Gray]	Backglass - Detail 640x480 [John Gray]
Backglass - Detail 480x640 [John Gray]	Backglass - Detail 480x640 [John Gray]	Backglass - Detail 480x640 [John Gray]	Backglass - Detail 480x640 [John Gray]	Backglass - Detail 480x640 [John Gray]
Cabinet - Right 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Cabinet 480x640 [John Gray]	Under Upper Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]	Under Lower Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]
Playfield - Ball View 1200x900 [Sean Casey]	Cabinet - Left 840x900 [Sean Casey]	Upper Playfield 1200x1007 [Mark Steinman]	Upper Right Playfield 1200x974 [Mark Steinman]	Middle Playfield 1200x800 [Mark Steinman]
Lower Playfield 1200x715 [Mark Steinman]	Playfield - Detail 1200x800 [Mark Steinman]	Backglass 1024x873 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Left 552x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1024x458 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Cabinet - Front 1024x742 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View 690x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Backglass 1200x989 [Billy Loretelli]	Illuminated Playfield 1200x1401 [Billy Loretelli]	Initial Promotional Translite 1016x870 [Jerry Clause]
Original Backglass Artwork* 1200x1151 [Philippe Thibault]

The Party Zone / IPD No. 1764 / August, 1991 / 4 Players

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Average Fun Rating:

7.7/10 (108 ratings/78 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated,
of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]

Date Of Manufacture:

August, 1991

Model Number:

20004

Common Abbreviations:

MPU:

Williams WPC (Dot Matrix)

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

3,862 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Happiness

Notable Features:

Kick-out Saucer, Multiball (2 ball), Clear and curving ramps. Player uses flipper buttons to select a choice of music when prompted. Achieving the "Big Bang" feature causes the playfield illumination to pulse entirely in a red color, accompanied by a 'sonic boom' sound effect.

Toys:

Capt. B. Zarr animated head turns to follow the ball, Dancing (Crash-test) Dummy, Supersonic Robotic Comic, Rocket, Cosmic Cottage.

Design by:

Dennis Nordman

Art by:

Greg Freres, Jerry Pinsler

Dots/Animation by:

Jim Gentile

Mechanics by:

Win Schilling, Zofia Bil

Music by:

Dan Forden

Sound by:

Dan Forden

Software by:

Jim Strompolis, Mike Boon

Notes:

Jerry Pinsler was a sculptor for this game.
John Keeney was the voice-over talent for Capt. B-Zarre.

The backglass and playfield of 'Party Zone' contain characters from previous games:

The Party Animals from Bally Midway's 1987 'Party Animal' and
the Party Monsters from Midway's 1989 'Elvira and the Party Monsters'
the Party Dudes from Midway's 1990 'Dr. Dude And His Excellent Ray' all meet on this game at the Cosmic Cottage.

Some 'Party Zone' games are WPC Fliptronics generation of MPU.

Production Start Date: Aug-12-1991
Production End Date: Feb-28-1992
WMS Games Sales History Report dated 20-Dec-94 indicated 3,862 units were produced and for which they got paid.

Marketing Slogans:

"You are now entering: The Party Zone"

Photos in:

The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present External Link

, page 138
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

Rule Sheets:

Party Zone Guide Version 1.07, by Colin McHale
Party Zone Rulesheet (Dec/01/1994), by Mario Moeller

Additional Media:

Promotional Video (at YouTube) [09:12] (External site)

ROMs:

187 KB

ZIP

Game ROM F-4 (solid state flippers)

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

186 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-3 (Standard Flippers)

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

Documentation:

5 MB

PDF

English Manual

[Midway Mfg. Co., a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Inc.]

345 KB

PDF

Operators Manual

[Midway Mfg. Co., a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Inc.]

178 KB

TXT

Parts List

Files:

180 KB

JPG

Playfield Apron Graphics (Reconstituted)

[Mark Squires]

Images:
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Flyer, Front 887x1145	Flyer, Back 887x1145	Upper Playfield 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]	Middle Playfield 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]	Lower Playfield 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]
Playfield Detail - Capt. B. Zarr 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]	Playfield Detail - Cosmic Cottage 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]	Playfield Detail - Robotic Comic 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]	Playfield Detail - Dancin Dummy 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]	Playfield Detail - Rocket 800x600 [Frank Ersfeld]
Backglass 640x527 [Frank Ersfeld]	Backglass 768x1024 [Mark Squires]	Playfield 768x1024 [Mark Squires]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Squires]
Upper Left Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Upper Right Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Center Left Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Center Playfield 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Center Right Playfield 768x1024 [Mark Squires]
Lower Left Playfield 768x1024 [Mark Squires]	Lower Right Playfield 768x1024 [Mark Squires]	Cabinet - Left 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Cabinet - Right 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Backbox - Left 584x982 [Mark Squires]
Backbox - Right 686x990 [Mark Squires]	Cabinet - Front 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Playfield - 'Big Bang' Achieved 768x1024 [Mark Squires]	Cabinet - Left 768x1024 [Mark Squires]	Cabinet - Right 768x1024 [Mark Squires]
Dancing Crash Dummy 1024x768 [Mark Squires]	Cabinet - Right 1040x772 [Ed Nielsen]	Backbox Insert 1200x1196	Inside Backbox 1200x1021	Lower Playfield 1200x798 [Hansjoerg Reiter]
Under Playfield 1200x1805 [Hansjoerg Reiter]	Dancing Dummy 1200x1805 [Hansjoerg Reiter]	Dancing Dummy 1200x1485 [Hansjoerg Reiter]

Source:

Flyer

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