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| Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 6.6 / 10 (1 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Talleres del Llobregat S.A. [Automaticos], of Barcelona, Spain [Trade Name: Automaticos] | ||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | 1969 | ||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | ||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||
| Theme: | Space Exploration | ||||||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Standup targes (3), Roto-targets (2), Kicker between flipper propels ball upward to center target. Wedge head. | ||||||||
| Notes: | The manufacturer's flyer indicates this game was "presented at the 25th London International Fair annual Amusement Trades Exhibition (ATE) 1969 with extraordinary success". | ||||||||
| Photos in: |
"Tommy", 1969 vinyl LP by The Who, inside booklet (flipper area only) | ||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 7.9 / 10 (2 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Williams Electronic Manufacturing Corporation (1958-1967) [Trade Name: Williams] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | November 23, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Model Number: | 315 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Production: | 1,401 units (confirmed) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Theme: | Sports - Bowling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Specialty: | Add-A-Ball Mechanical Backbox Animation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Kick-out holes (2), Ball kickers (2). Illuminated backglass marquee. Backbox animation (bowling ball rolls towards pins). Drop-down cabinet. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Design by: | Norm Clark | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | The replay version of this game is Williams' 1965 'Lucky Strike'. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Photos in: |
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| Average Fun Rating: | ![[ 8 stars - Click for comments ]](stars/8stars.png){kind=small} 7.7/10 (76 ratings/60 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally] | |||||
| Project Date: | September 04, 1975 | |||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | June, 1976 | |||||
| Model Number: | 1062 | |||||
| Common Abbreviations: | CF | |||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||
| Production: | 16,155 units (confirmed) | |||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
| Theme: | Celebrities - Fictional - Licensed Theme | |||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (8), Standup targets (2), 5-bank drop targets (1), Right outlane detour gate. End-of-ball bonus. Maximum displayed point score depends on the version: Early production Over The Top games show 99,990 points per player. Modified production games show 199,990 points per player. | |||||
| Design by: | Greg Kmiec | |||||
| Art by: | Dave Christensen | |||||
| Notes: | 'Capt. Fantastic' was inspired by the movie 'Tommy' and includes a representation of Elton John, as his character from the movie, playing pinball on the backglass. The game name, however, is the title of Elton John's 1975 autobiographical song and album where "Captain Fantastic" was Elton and "The Brown Dirt Cowboy" was his then-lyricist Bernie Taupin. Included in the song lyrics are the words "From the end of the world to your town" which appear at the very top center of the backglass. Tom Nieman, VP of Marketing for Bally Pinball, tells us the flyer was made while Elton was recording a new album in Canada. For this flyer, a game was shipped to the Toronto hotel where Elton was staying. That is why he is shown wearing a Canadian hockey jersey. Elton then asked Nieman to send a game to his various residences and one to his "mum" in the UK. Artist Dave Christensen included in the backglass several depictions of people doing things that, at first, escaped notice by Bally management. A small number of games with these so-called "X-rated" or "uncensored" backglasses made it through production before changes were required to be made. Specifically, small mirrored stars were added over the objectionable parts and, curiously, these stars did not effectively obscure the offending art in all instances. Nieman explained to us that he and Christensen wanted the correction to be as minimal as possible because they knew they had "a monster hit" on their hands. The X-rated version is often referred to as the "no stars" version even though all of the backglasses in the production run did contain a certain number of peripheral decorative stars anyway. Nieman is depicted in the backglass as the man in the three-piece suit, and he says that 'Brutus' is artist Paul Faris. Mr. Nieman attended the 1975 New York premier party for the movie "Tommy" held in the 57th Street subway station. He had agreed with artist Christensen to represent the date of this event in the backglass art as the score 31775. A biography of Keith Moon records the date of this party as March 18, 1975. It is easy to believe that the party extended over both days. Bally made an unknown quantity of playfields for this game having orange star rollover inserts instead of the usual green ones. This version is seldom seen, which indicates the quantity made was small. Pictured in this listing are three different examples of this "orange version" playfield. Two of the three also have a white drop target Special insert, instead of the expected red-colored one. The production run of this game was over 16,000 units, and these "orange version" playfields may have simply resulted from spot shortages during the production run of playfield parts having the correct colors. More information is needed to understand the reason for these playfield differences. The Early Production game pictured here has serial number 1088 and has green star rollover inserts on its playfield. It has the Over The Top backglass which is uncensored and, like the game in the flyer, its cabinet front has the "reversed" red and blue striping as compared to the striping on the cabinet sides. Included in this listing is a playfield showing signatures of both the designer and artist silkscreened in the black area at the bottom where the outlanes exit towards the outhole. Greg Kmiec tells us that Christensen had sneaked their signatures there but when Bally management heard about it and saw it, they made Christensen remove the signatures. Greg initially stated that only ten playfields were produced like this in a pilot run, not to appear on production games, but when the production game with serial number 1087 was identified as having a signed playfield, it caused him to wonder if a larger quantity of, say, 100 was actually made, to have appeared on production games. Another explanation would be that game 1087 was retrofitted with a pilot run playfield after it left the factory. We note that the game with serial number 1088 does not have a signed playfield. One game in this listing has a backbox frame painted red instead of the usual white. We have no further information on this except the same variation has been seen on Bally's 1978 'Bobby Orr Power Play'. A home version of this game was also produced; see Bally's 1977 'Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy'. | |||||
| Photos in: |
Newsweek May 30, 1977, pp. 54. Popular Mechanics 147(1), January 1977, pp. 98-101. Arcade Treasures  , pages 85-86Pinball Art , pages 77, 98-99The Complete Pinball Book , pages 88, 121, and 178Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F Pinball! (Sharpe) page 179 Pinball 1 Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 242Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) , pages 97-99The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 214 | |||||
| Rule Sheets: |
Capt. Fantastic Rulesheet Version 1.0 (Aug/14/1997), by Scott R. Tiesma | |||||
| Documentation: | 7 MB | English Manual (no schematics) | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | |||
| 7 MB | German Manual | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | ||||
| 719 KB | Instruction Cards | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | ||||
| 566 KB | Playfield Chart from 1976 Parts Catalog | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | ||||
| 2 MB | Schematic Diagram | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | ||||
| 18 MB | Schematic Diagram (reproduction, continuous) | [Paul Ferlan] | ||||
| Files: | 488 KB | Score Cards and Score Card Inserts | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | |||
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| Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 7.2 / 10 (1 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1934-1964) | |||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | March, 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||
| Theme: | Dancing - Pageantry | |||||||||||||
| Specialty: | One Ball Game | |||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | 1 ball per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Passive bumpers (9), Kick-out hole (1). This game has a 3-digit replay counter and a mechanism to divide the coins between the operator and the location. Replay wheel maximum: 999 | |||||||||||||
| Design by: | Ed Krynski | |||||||||||||
| Art by: | George Molentin | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | The flyer identifies the nine numbered bumpers as "pop" bumpers when, in fact, they are all passive bumpers. The sole pop bumper is in center playfield and is not numbered. The playfield layout remarkably resembles the Bally 1960 flipperless games such as Bally's 1960 'Beach Queens'. Both have eleven girls on the backglass to light up by hitting numbered pop bumpers or by falling in the kick-out hole, with #10 and #11 lit only by falling in the kick-out hole, which then ejects ball towards the outhole. We previously showed a date for this game of 1958. However, in an article in Cash Box Apr-2-1960 page 63, Keeney announced this "one-ball pinball amusement game" was released to the trade the week before and was in full production. In the book The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, Ed Krynski is quoted as saying this was the first pinball game he designed. This is one of the games clearly seen being smashed in the 1975 Hollywood movie 'Tommy' upon which Bally's 1975 'Wizard!' was based. An image from the movie is included in this listing. If anyone has access to this game, we are seeking your high-resolution photographs and also information about game play, including any option for selecting number of balls per game. | |||||||||||||
| Photos in: |
The Billboard, May-9-1960, page 135 Cash Box, Jul-30-1960, page 38 | |||||||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 7.5 / 10 (3 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Nuova Bell Games, of Bologna, Italy (1985-1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Theme: | Sports - Auto Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), 4-bank drop targets (2), Standup targets (10), Left outlane kickback. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concept by: | Tommy Walker, Paul Daniel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design by: | Tommy Walker, Paul Daniel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art by: | Adriano Nardi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound by: | Jeff Douglas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Software by: | Peter Stano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos in: |
Arcade Treasures, page 140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROMs: | 205 KB | ZIP | CPU and SOUND ROMs | [Nuova Bell Games] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Documentation: | 3 MB | English Manual | [Nuova Bell Games] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 MB | Manual (Italian, undated, with schematics) | [Nuova Bell Games] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Files: | 385 B | TXT | Instructions - Rulesheet | [Dirk Tjalsma] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 308 KB | ZIP | Sound Samples | [Dirk Tjalsma] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | ![[ 7 stars - Click for comments ]](stars/7stars.png){kind=small} 6.7/10 (8 ratings/7 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | May, 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Model Number: | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production: | 900 units (confirmed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Theme: | American Places - Travel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3, between the flippers), Gobble holes (2). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design by: | Wayne Neyens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art by: | Roy Parker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | Featured in 11 photos in the booklet included with the album "TOMMY" by the London Symphony Orchestra with Guest Soloists. The packaging also includes a diagram of the playfield (though modified slightly). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos in: |
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s, front cover and page 88 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | No ratings on file [ Be first to rate this game! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Data East Pinball, Incorporated (1986-1994) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production: | 2 units (confirmed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Theme: | Kabuki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art by: | Markus Rothkranz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music by: | Brian Schmidt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound by: | Brian Schmidt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | This is one of only two Kabuki pinball machines in existence. The other is at the Namco headquarters in Japan. Kabuki was never intended to be a production game. Rather, this game was a gift to lift the spirits of the chairman of NAMCO who was trying to fight off a very painful and aggressive form of cancer. Data East made two playfields and two translites for Kabuki. After the first game was made and sent to Japan, the remaining "extras" were obtained by Herb Silvers. Data East (now Sega) gave him permission to build the second machine that is shown here. The sound system consisted of several short sound effects plus a very long sample of Kabuki music. Built from a Data East 1994 'The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard'. Joe Kaminkow stated at the Chicago Expo 2012 that the artwork for this game was done by Markus Rothkranz. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 6.8 / 10 (1 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Data East Pinball, Incorporated (1986-1994) | ||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | July, 1994 | ||||||||
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | ||||||||
| Production: | 1 unit (confirmed) | ||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||
| Design by: | Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula, Lonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr. | ||||||||
| Art by: | Markus Rothkranz | ||||||||
| Dots/Animation by: | Jack Liddon, Lyman F. Sheats Jr. | ||||||||
| Mechanics by: | Ed Cebula, Joe Balcer, John Borg | ||||||||
| Music by: | Brian Schmidt | ||||||||
| Sound by: | Brian Schmidt | ||||||||
| Software by: | Lyman F. Sheats Jr. | ||||||||
| Notes: | Made as a movie prop, same playfield layout as Tommy, playfield art painted directly onto board, plastic art painted directly onto clear plastics. Ruleset included only multiball and tommy ramp rule. | ||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | No ratings on file [ Be first to rate this game! ] | |||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | R.G. Kollmorgen, of Coldwater, Michigan (1935) | |||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | 1935 | |||||||||||||
| Type: | Pure Mechanical (PM) | |||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||
| Theme: | Sports - Baseball | |||||||||||||
| Specialty: | Bagatelle | |||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | Artwork shows an image of Detroit Tigers pitcher Tommy Bridges. Game measures 24 inches long, 14 inches wide, and 3 inches high. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | The upper playfield indicates "Patented July 30, 1935 By R.G. Kollmorgen" Robert G. Kollmorgen's 2008 obituary states "In 1935, he invented and patented the Tommy Bridges Pitchers Battle Baseball Game Board. Ten thousand game boards were sold at J. L. Hudson’s in Detroit. He obtained five additional contracts from other baseball stars of the era to produce other game boards. Due to World War II, materials became unavailable and no more game boards were produced." In the Files section of this listing, is Patent 96,384 [DESIGN FOR A GAME BOARD] filed December 17, 1934. Granted July 30, 1935 to Herman C. Guetschoff, Inventor. The document does not reference an Assignor or any other name. The drawing in the patent looks very much like the game pictured in this listing except it shows an unidentified baseball player poised to swing a bat. We note Tommy Bridges was a pitcher. | |||||||||||||
| Photos in: |
Baseball Games Home Versions of the National Pastime, 1860s-1960s, page 57 | |||||||||||||
| Files: | 63 KB | Patent D96,384 [DESIGN FOR A GAME BOARD] | ||||||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | 8.0/10 (109 ratings/67 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Data East Pinball, Incorporated (1986-1994) | |||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | January 08, 1994 | |||||
| Model Number: | 500-5528-01 | |||||
| MPU: | DataEast/Sega Version 3 | |||||
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||
| Production: | 4,700 units (confirmed) | |||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
| Theme: | Celebrities - Fictional - Licensed Theme - Musical | |||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Multiball (6). Flipper blinders extend from under metal apron to cover flipper area from player's view. Unlimited buy-in balls per player (operator option). | |||||
| Toys: | Captain Walker's airplane, Raising/Lowering mirror. | |||||
| Design by: | Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula, Lonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr. | |||||
| Art by: | Kurt Andersen, Markus Rothkranz | |||||
| Dots/Animation by: | Kurt Andersen, Jack Liddon | |||||
| Music by: | Brian Schmidt | |||||
| Sound by: | Brian Schmidt | |||||
| Software by: | Lonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr., John Carpenter | |||||
| Notes: | 10 pre-production prototypes were made for promotional use in conjunction with the off-Broadway productions. These prototypes had six pop bumpers. The game made its debut at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas in October of 1993, one of these games fell off the truck and was destroyed. Another was used in the 1993 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, this special machine was rigged for "autoplay" and had no backbox, electronics were cabinet-mounted. Reportedly, these prototypes may have had EM chime units. Pictured in this listing is a game with 3 pop bumpers and which has a playfield matching the one in the manufacturer’s flyer, showing the Union Jack with fat white stripes and the hard-to-read Acid Queen inserts, two details that were changed for production games. The entrance to the VUK has two unused drilled holes not found in production. The inside of the cabinet is tagged ‘S/N P7.103’ and the upper playfield has a plain white airplane with markings on it. We contacted Eric Winston, one of the Data East tech engineers who brought Tommy to life, for his comments. He did not specifically recall this game or the white airplane but he did say that the 'P' on the airplane meant 'prototype' and the 545-5483-00 is a part number, and the signature below it would be Ed Cebula who would sign off on the part. He did not know if the serial number P7.103 meant a prototype but after seeing the bare metal habitrails on this playfield instead of chromed production ones, he offered his best belief that the serial number was a 'cabinet prototype number'. Considering also the white airplane, the Acid Queen inserts, and the pre-production Union Jack, Eric said that everything points to believing this is a prototype game. We note the manufacturer sticker on the back of the game shows a serial number 103046 which is early in the run but not the earliest number. The green tag on the cabinet front may be from an operator. This tag carries Dutch language and a date of '07 februari 1994'. The game is located in the Netherlands. We have categorized this game with its 3 pop bumper design as a prototype. Another 3 pop bumper prototype game presented here (serial number 102959) and located in Germany shows its upper left flipper mounted higher than in production games. The owner states a second hole is underneath the flipper to accommodate the flipper shaft if relocated. Like the aforementioned prototype game, the entrance to the VUK has two unused drilled holes not found in production. This game has a white flipper blinder instead of black. The Date of Manufacture sticker is stamped as Jan 07 1994, a day earlier than the start of production as indicated on a company document that we have. On this sticker, we see an earlier date of Jan 04 1994 had been present. Production games can be found with one of two different color schemes on the playfield surrounding the VUK hole. One version shows unpainted wood just below the hole and white paint just above the hole. The other version shows black paint both above and below this hole. We previously listed the Manufacture Date as January, 1994 (no day specified). This game was produced from Jan-8-1994 to Apr-9-1994. We previously indicated a production run quantity of 3,500 units. | |||||
| Marketing Slogans: |
"See it, feel it, touch it, play it, BUY IT!" "Tommy, a name that means pinball." | |||||
| Photos in: |
The Complete Pinball Book, pages 57, 113, and 125 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z | |||||
| Rule Sheets: |
The Who's Tommy Guide Vaerion 1 (Mar/2/1994), by Dave Stewart | |||||
| Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2579 (External site) | |||||
| Easter Eggs: | Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site) | |||||
| Additional Media: | Example of Prototype Game Play (at YouTube) [14:24] (External site) | |||||
| ROMs: | 260 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (3.00 Holland) | |||
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| Documentation: | 6 MB | English Manual | ||||
| 3 MB | Manual (Preliminary) | [Data East USA] | ||||
| Files: | 170 KB | Instruction Card | [Data East (Stern)] | |||
| 192 KB | ZIP | Reproduction Instruction Card | [Volker] | |||
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| Manufacturer: | Unknown Manufacturer | ||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | ||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||
| Specialty: | Converted Game Flipperless | ||||||||
| Notable Features: | Spring Bumpers (15). | ||||||||
| Notes: | This looks like a conversion of a Stoner game, possibly Stoner's 1938 'Chubbie'. It is unknown who did the conversion, or when. | ||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | No ratings on file [ Be first to rate this game! ] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | H. C. Evans & Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1935-1948) [Trade Name: Evans] | ||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | February, 1941 | ||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | ||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||
| Specialty: | Not A Pinball Gun Game | ||||||||
| Notes: | A distributor ad in The Billboard, Feb-22-1941, page 86 advertised this game as "Now Delivering". Manufacturer's ad price when new: $145.00 | ||||||||
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The Billboard, Mar-15-1941, page 90 The Billboard, Mar-22-1941, pages 68 and 86 The Billboard, Mar-29-1941, page 97 | ||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | No ratings on file [ Be first to rate this game! ] | |||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Nuova Bell Games, of Bologna, Italy (1985-1988) | |||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | June, 1988 | |||||||||||||
| Model Number: | 10103 | |||||||||||||
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||
| Theme: | Warfare | |||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (14), Kicker lane (1), Vertical Up-kicker (1). Left ramp raises up. An entire bank of 5 standup targets lowers into playfield. | |||||||||||||
| Design by: | Tommy Walker, Paul Daniel | |||||||||||||
| Art by: | Solfè, Adriano Nardi | |||||||||||||
| Sound by: | Jeff Douglas | |||||||||||||
| Software by: | Peter Stano | |||||||||||||
| Owners List URL: | http://utenti.lycos.it/cristianocorti/uboat65.html (External site) | |||||||||||||
| ROMs: | 33 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | [Nuova Bell Games] | ||||||||||
| Documentation: | 751 KB | Italian Manual | ||||||||||||
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| Average Fun Rating: | 7.7/10 (70 ratings/54 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Date: | September 06, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Of Manufacture: | May, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Model Number: | 1027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production: | 10,005 units (confirmed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Theme: | Licensed Theme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (8), Star rollovers (8), Flip flags (4), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1). End-of-ball bonus. One of the standup targets is recessed. Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points per player. Replay wheel maximum: 25 Sound: 3 chimes, knocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design by: | Greg Kmiec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art by: | Dave Christensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | 'Wizard' was inspired by the 1975 Hollywood movie 'Tommy' and included likenesses of Roger Daltrey and Ann-Margret on the backglass. This was the last Bally EM game to have its knocker located in the lower cabinet. It was moved to the backbox in subsequent EM games. The Double Bonus playfield insert shown in the flyer is the color green, while actual playfields shown in this listing and elsewhere can have this insert as either green or blue. The reason for the two different colors is unknown to us. Wizard was the first pinball machine to use flip flags. Patent 4,037,842 [TARGET DEVICE FOR PINBALL GAMES] filed May 8, 1975. Granted July 26, 1977 to Jeffrey D. Breslow. Assignee is Marvin Glass & Associates, Chicago, Illinois. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos in: |
The Complete Pinball Book, pages 88 and 178 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z Pinball 1 Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 241Pinball! (Sharpe) pages 94 and 178 Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) , page 97The Detroit Free Press April 17, 1977, pp. 8D. pp. (PF, BG-detail) GQ 61, November 1991, pp. 200, 202. pp. (Backglass) Baby Boomer Collectibles 2(9), June 1995, pp. cover,50-54. pp. (Flyer) Pinball Art , page 92Pinball Portfolio , pages 128-131Pinball An Illustrated History , page 22Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 112 Arcade Treasures , page 85Pinball (Ciuffo) , page 3Mad Dog and His Art, pages 49-51, 53-56 The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 204 The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 , page 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Documentation: | 401 KB | Instruction Cards | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 576 KB | Playfield Chart from 1976 Parts Catalog | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 MB | Schematic Diagram (continuous) | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 529 KB | Schematic Diagram - Coin Chute Circuit Type #10 | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Files: | 5 MB | Installation and General Game Operation Instructions | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 MB | PNG | Reproduction Schematic, Redrawn and Color-coded | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 MB | Score Care and Score Card Inserts | [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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