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Average Fun Rating: | 6.9/10 (19 ratings/14 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Alvin G. and Company (1991-1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | November, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Abbreviations: | PP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 200 units (confirmed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Cards/Gambling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (2). Backglass light matrix (playing cards light up). The rear of the backbox has silkscreened art. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Wally Welch, Michael Gottlieb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Dan Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dots/Animation by: | Vecennia Jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music by: | Matt Scott, Kyle Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound by: | Matt Scott, Kyle Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Software by: | Rehman Merchant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | Fred Young did voice characterizations on this game. Todd Tuckey told us of an email he received from artist Daniel Hughes where Hughes told him, "I don't know if you were aware but I worked some of the folks who created the Pistol Poker game into the playfield art. The El Gusano (the worm) wanted poster is Wally Welch the game designer, the piano player is Kyle Johnson the music and sound designer and I am at the card table tipping my hat at the bar maid." Reportedly, a software bug exists where a ball will go into one of the saucers and never be ejected, even after ball search. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marketing Slogans: |
"The deal you've been waiting for!" "Hey partner, have pinball earnings been leaving you flat? Alvin G. takes pinball to the next level!" "Hey partner, there's a new player in town. You don't know his name.but you know his game!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
The Complete Pinball Book, page 239 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rule Sheets: |
Pistol Poker Rulesheet Version 1.12 (Jul/08/1997), by John Gantert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 885 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
887 KB | ZIP | ROMs | [Alvin G. And Company] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 2 MB | English Manual (low resolution, missing numbered pages 1-6) | [Alvin G. And Company] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 8.0 / 10 (3 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Alvin G. and Company (1991-1994) | |||||||||||||
Project Date: | 1993 | |||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||
Production: | Never Produced | |||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||
Theme: | Basketball | |||||||||||||
Design by: | Wally Welch | |||||||||||||
Art by: | Dan Hughes | |||||||||||||
Music by: | Matt Scott | |||||||||||||
Sound by: | Matt Scott | |||||||||||||
Notes: | At the time Alvin G. shut down, there were two working whitewood machines and a third unpopulated (but wired) whitewood playfield. Lonnie Mihin worked in the engineering lab at Alvin G doing cable layouts and mechanical assembly design. He describes what we are seeing in two of the images presented here: The Pistol Poker heads were not part of the original prototype. The games were being transplanted into new cabinets. The prototype that is on the right that you can barely see had very large holes cut out of the sides of the cabinet so it could be accessed while the playfield was still down. The same goes for the missing front door. We did mostly mechanical assembly and layout testing on it. It was near impossible to make the ramp shot from the upper left flipper. That was how you loaded the balls into the lock and was also the jackpot shot. Michael (Gottlieb) wasn't happy about the shot not making it around and Wally (Welch) tried everything he could with flipper placement. It just wasn't going to happen without redrawing and retooling the ramp. There was no way that we would have had a new ramp and the game ready for the ACME show that was only three weeks away. | |||||||||||||
Photos in: |
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, page 165 | |||||||||||||
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