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Manufacturer: | Premier Technology (1984-1996) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | ||||||||
Project Date: | 1985 | ||||||||
Model Number: | 700 | ||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | ||||||||
Production: | Never Produced | ||||||||
Theme: | Playing Cards | ||||||||
Design by: | John Trudeau | ||||||||
Notes: | Designer John Trudeau gives us this information: This game never made it to production. It was selected, made into a whitewood, played and approved. This single-level playfield was scheduled to be produced after Premier's 1985 'Rock' (also a single-level) as ACE HIGH (#700), a game themed to playing cards. But a funny thing happened on the way to its being manufactured... I designed Premier's 1986 'Raven' which had a "Stargate" up-down ramp and a second level for the ball to travel on. At that point in time (1985-86), RAVEN seemed to be the better product to hit the market with. ACE HIGH was put back for one model's production run and was rescheduled to go after RAVEN. Well, once ramps were put on the game, there was no going back. The next production game was Premier's 1986 'Hollywood Heat' and ACE HIGH was put on the shelf again. It was never produced. | ||||||||
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Source: | John Trudeau | ||||||||
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Average Fun Rating: | 8.0/10 (156 ratings/112 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||
Manufacturer: | Premier Technology (1984-1996) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||
Date Of Manufacture: | March, 1995 | |||||
Model Number: | 742 | |||||
Common Abbreviations: | SG | |||||
MPU: | Gottlieb System 3 | |||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||
Production: | 3,600 units (confirmed) | |||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
Theme: | Outer Space - Myth and Legend | |||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (3). Multiball (4 ball). 3 Wizard modes (Eye Of Ra, Stargate, and Sandstorm). Unusual Multiballs: player starts with only 2 balls. They must then hit a jackpot to release an additional ball. In some modes this can be repeated and player can hit another jackpot to release one more ball, for a total of 4 balls. | |||||
Toys: | A "pyramid" is the main feature of this game. It has a top that opens by raising and lowering. A moving "Glidercraft" ship will be extended from the pyramid when the pyramid is open. The "Glidercraft" will zigzag left-right, in front of the pyramid, with about 90 degrees of horizontal movement. This game also features two "Horus" targets. These are basically the reverse of drop targets: they are targets that rather of dropping down into the playfield when hit, instead rise up into the air! Each target is attached to a large "Horus" structure, which is itself attached to a pivot that the game can raise and lower. These Horus drop down to block the player from reaching two key shots. The game occasionally raises them, allowing the player to temporarily make the shots. | |||||
Design by: | Ray Tanzer, Jon Norris | |||||
Art by: | Constantino Mitchell, David Moore, Jeanine Mitchell | |||||
Dots/Animation by: | Rand Paulin, Alycen Hareas, Vecennia Jordan | |||||
Mechanics by: | Marion Czyz, Wesley Chang | |||||
Music by: | Duane Decker | |||||
Sound by: | Craig Beierwaltes | |||||
Software by: | Allen Edwall | |||||
Notes: | Artist Constantino Mitchell told us that he did the backglass, cabinet, and most of the playfield and plastics. David Moore did a small part of the playfield. Jeanine Mitchell did the color art. Pictured in this listing is a prototype whitewood that was never made, having a small mini-playfield recessed below the main playfield. The following information was provided to us by the owner to accompany the pictures: • Various parts from Rescue 911 and Street Fighter II appear in this prototype, in addition to various parts that don't appear to be present in any other games, such as the right wire form ramp and the middle vacuum-formed ramp. • The lower playfield only has a ball kicker to launch a ball held captive on the lower playfield. No flipper is present. • The playfield inserts have hand-written labels similar to those found on the production version of Stargate. • The game does not have ROMs. I installed standard Stargate ROMs temporarily to try to get the boards to boot. The cabinet body is blank, and is painted blue. The head is from a Street Fighter II. The front of the cabinet has a handwritten note "Special spottings for legs" with arrows pointing to the bolt holes for the legs. • The transformer panel does not have fuse labels. There is a sticker on the panel which reads "Bottom Panel Tester #2". • The aux sound card is unfinished, and it is unable to be connected to the main sound card in its current state. • There is an oddity with the shooter lane in that the cabinet hole is not correct for a launch button like on mario brothers, but the auto-shooter is in the way so the playfield can't accommodate a standard shooter rod. • The rear edge of the playfield has some notes written on it, which reads "1st #742 whitewood never made #5 & 6 Plates 10-21-94 (RT)". I'm assuming that is supposed to be Ray Tanzer's initials at the end. | |||||
Marketing Slogans: |
"Transport yourself to another dimension" | |||||
Photos in: |
PinGame Journal pp. Number 41/42 The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, page 196 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z Pinball Snapshots, page 60 | |||||
Rule Sheets: |
Stargate Guide Version 1.1 (Jun/14/1995), by Keefer | |||||
ROMs: | 2 MB | ZIP | All Known ROM Versions (Availability limited by copyright) | |||
793 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||
311 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Rev. 1) (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||
311 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Rev. 2) (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||
310 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Rev. 3) (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||
310 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Rev. 4) (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||
311 KB | ZIP | ROMs (Availability limited by copyright) | [Premier Technology] | |||
793 KB | ZIP | ROMs (Availability limited by copyright) | [Premier Technology] | |||
Documentation: | 1 MB | English Manual (Availability limited by copyright) | [Premier Technology] | |||
2 MB | Spanish Manual (Availability limited by copyright) | |||||
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