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| Manufacturer: | Pacent Novelty Manufacturing Company, of Utica, New York, USA (1936-1937) |
| Date Of Manufacture: | July, 1936 |
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) ![[?]](/graphic/question.gif) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Sports - Bowling |
| Specialty: | Flipperless
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| Notable Features: | 2 balls for 5 cents. Scoring bumpers (10). The bowling gutters are actually long outholes, and the manufacturer promoted them to operators as "the biggest outs ever placed on any game", saying that players liked them because it added to the thrill of the game. Convertible to 5-ball play by adding three more balls and changing the score card. The manufacturer flyer states that up to five people could play at the same time. Advertised as 42 inches long by 22 inches wide. Battery-powered. |
| Design by: | Raymond Kay |
| Notes: | This may be the first pinball machine designed with bumpers. Each bowling pin bumper has a long, thin rod attached and is mounted via a coil spring so that movement in any direction may be achieved. The Bolo bumper was developed by W. VonStoeser and was a prototype of the passive bumper found on pinball machines that followed.
According to Dick Bueschel's Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 2 , production of this game initially was jobbed out to suppliers all around Utica, New York, who not only made the components but assembled the games. These first games were non-payout and were introduced in Billboard magazine in July 1936. In September, Pacent leased a new, larger location and began making the games themselves under one roof. In December 1936, they began making Payout and Ticket versions. Demand for these games was so great that production could not keep up, and backorders grew.
We speculate that J.H. Keeney & Company may have noticed the demand as their reason for coming out in January 1937 with Keeney's 1937 'Ten Strike', a game that, like Bolo, used bowling pins for bumpers.
Bally President Ray Maloney, who had been looking for the next great idea, seized the opportunity and swiped the bumper concept from Bolo, improved it, patented the improvement, and began making Bally's 1936 'Bumper'. In a 1985 telephone interview, it was former New York operator Johnny Belotta who told Bueschel that Maloney swiped the bumper idea from Bolo and that nothing about it was published in the media at the time. The demand shifted to Bally's game from all directions at the same time that interest in Bolo had waned. Pacent filed for bankruptcy by mid-1937.
In 1960, inventor and pinball designer Harry Mabs contacted Cash Box magazine to state that it was he who invented the bumper, in 1934, on a game he identified as "Washington", on location in 1934 in Miami, Florida. He states he sold that game to Ray Maloney who, Mabs said, in turn made Bumper. We have included the magazine editorial where his comments appear. In it, he does not mention who manufactured his game and we infer a small quantity was made, local to the Miami area. Other than this editorial, we have found no information on a game called "Washington" to confirm that his invention was in fact a device that interacted with a round pinball and not, say, a coin (such as a coin pusher machine), or if the game was indeed a pinball machine and not an arcade game. Although we are hesitant to imagine from Mabs' comments that he could be inexact in what he conveys, we note that Mabs has also said he made the first game with flippers, which we know is a true statement only if conditions are applied to it. Mabs does not say when he sold his 1934 game to Maloney, and we do not know if Belotta, an operator in upstate New York, would have had knowledge about a game in Miami. Perhaps this Bolo game of July 1936 was not Maloney's sole inspiration for his December 1936 game, Bumper, but certainly a catalyst.
The photographs in this listing are of a game that is neither the payout or ticket version. |
| Photos in: |
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 , pages 110 and 113
The Billboard, Jul-18-1936, pages 84
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| Manufacturer: | Rally a.k.a. Rally Play Company, of Nice, France (1961-1969) |
| Date Of Manufacture: | 1964 |
| Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Sports - Hockey - Croquet |
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (4), Standup targets (4), Roto-target (1). The lower ends of the "H" and "E" top lanes each have a small metal nail embedded fully there, with only its small rounded head above the playfield for the ball to touch, effective in deflecting the ball's path as it exits this lane, presumably to prevent it from dropping directly into the lower playfield. The close-up pictures show each nail can be placed in the operator's choice of three pre-drilled positions.
The relays on this game are not identified with cardboard labels. Instead, their letter designations are stamped in yellow on the metal relay bracket, hidden behind the spring. Additionally, the schematic diagram does not show the color coding of the wires.
The line cord has a two-prong plug for 220v. The transformer has a tap to convert to 110v if needed. France later made mandatory three-prong plugs. Inside this game a two-prong service outlet was installed either by the factory or by an operator. We are told the basic soldering irons sold in France today have three-prong plugs but, unlike the USA, the ground prong is female, and this difference will allow these soldering irons to operate in this two-prong service outlet.
Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player.
Replay wheel maximum: 26
Sound: bell, knocker. |
| Notes: | The game being played on the backglass is known as croquet.
The locking metal back door slides downward to access the backbox. However, upon sliding downward, the barrel of the metal lock hits the wood frame of the backbox bottom thus preventing the door from a full removal, leaving it hanging in its service position. Reportedly, once the backbox insert is hinged outward for servicing, it is easy for the top edge of the door to damage the rotor wipers on the player unit and the match unit. To avoid this, the operator might risk bending the door outward (it's somewhat bendable, we are told) until the lock barrel clears the backbox frame, allowing the door to slide down fully and out of the way, or the operator might remove the lock. Either workaround is a possibly annoyance to the operator. |
| Documentation: | 635 KB | PDF | Schematic Diagram (French, continuous using stitched images, no color coding on the wires) | [Rally] |
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| Manufacturer: | Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | August, 1993 |
| Model Number: | 50017 |
| Common Abbreviations: | IJ |
| MPU: | Williams WPC (DCS) |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Production: | 12,716 units (confirmed) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Adventure - Fictional - Licensed Theme |
| Specialty: | Widebody
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| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Active pinballs (6), Standup targets (7), Kick-out holes (2), Ramps (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Captive ball (1), Autoplunger, Three video modes. Player-controlled tilting upper playfield. Maximum 1 buy-in ball per player (operator option).
Four multiball modes: 3-ball regular multiball, Quick multiball (2-ball), "Well of Souls" multiball (6-ball), "Eternal Life" wizard mode (6-ball).
Actual measured weight: 286 lbs (includes legs). |
| Toys: | Rotating idol head which releases the balls into play. |
| Concept by: | Mark Ritchie, Brian Eddy, Doug Watson |
| Design by: | Mark Ritchie, Doug Watson |
| Art by: | Doug Watson |
| Dots/Animation by: | Scott Slomiany, Eugene Geer |
| Mechanics by: | Jack Skalon |
| Music by: | Chris Granner |
| Sound by: | Rich Karstens |
| Software by: | Brian Eddy |
| Notes: | This game was part of Williams/Midway's "SuperPin" line of widebody games.
The first pinball game to use Williams' DCS sound system.
Features custom-recorded speech by actor John Rhys-Davies ("Sallah").
One of the jackpot awards during Quick Multiball is "The Fish of Tayles". Mark Ritchie confirmed to us that this is a reference to his previous game, Williams' 1992 'Fish Tales'.
Early Production games had at least three differences from production games. The mini-playfield has steel side rails instead of red plastic. The Super Jackpot insert background is black-and-white instead of all black. Three Jackpot symbols illuminate on the speaker panel below the DMD. These three lamps do not light up on production games because those games are not equipped with the lamps and the board to support them. In fact, the backbox insert is not drilled with the three holes. However, the software on production games still supports this missing prototype feature, so it is possible to modify a production game to have this feature by drilling the holes in the insert and installing the lamps and the board.
Early Production games have a large decorative plastic all along the back wall of the playfield, removed from later games. Reportedly, some game owners have obtained and re-installed this so-called "lost plastic".
Another player-controlled tilting mini-playfield is found on Premier's 1993 'Wipe Out'. |
| Marketing Slogans: |
"The Adventure Continues..."
"A SuperPin with Award-Winning Special Effects"
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Chicago Tribune August 8, 1993, pp. Sect. 13, p. 4:2,5:1,29:1.
Compressed Air December 1995, pp. 14--18. pp. (Backglass)
Popular Mechanics December 1994, pp. 63-5,123.
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| Rule Sheets: |
Indiana Jones Guide Version 2.3, by Adrian
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| Easter Eggs: | Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site) |
| Additional Media: | Promotional Video (at YouTube) (External site) |
| ROMs: | 399 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-3 (U6) | |
| | 399 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-4 (U6) | |
| | 399 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-5 (U6) | |
| | 402 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-6 (U6) | |
| | 425 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-7 | [Williams Electronic Games] |
| | 499 KB | ZIP | Sound ROM L-1 (U2) | |
| | 499 KB | ZIP | Sound ROM L-2 (U2) | |
| | 543 KB | ZIP | Sound ROM L-3 [U2] | [Williams Electronic Games] |
| Documentation: | 11 MB | PDF | English Manual | [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.] |
| | 1019 KB | PDF | Operators Handbook | [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.] |
| | 177 KB | TXT | Parts List | [www.pinlist.org] |
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| Manufacturer: | Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | May, 1995 |
| Model Number: | 50025 |
| Common Abbreviations: | NF |
| MPU: | Williams WPC Security (WPC-S) |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Production: | 4,540 units (confirmed) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Sports - Licensed Theme |
| Notable Features: | Flippers (3), Ramps (2), Automatic Plunger, Kickback. Unlimited buy-in balls per player (operator option). No pop bumpers.
Four multiball modes: Regular multiball (3-ball), "Over the Edge" (2-ball), "No Limits" (3-ball), "Fear Fest" (3-ball), "Meet Your Maker" (4-ball wizard mode) |
| Toys: | Magnetic ball accelerator, Talking skull |
| Concept by: | Steve Ritchie |
| Design by: | Steve Ritchie, Greg Freres, Matt Coriale, Dwight Sullivan |
| Art by: | Greg Freres |
| Dots/Animation by: | Brian Morris, Scott Slomiany, Adam Rhine |
| Mechanics by: | Carl Biagi |
| Music by: | Dan Forden, Vince Pontarelli |
| Sound by: | Dan Forden |
| Software by: | Matt Coriale |
| Notes: | Voices of Greg Freres and Steve Ritchie are "Wise Guy" and "Skull"; Greg and Steve wrote the speech script together.
Pictured in this listing is a game, serial number 100824, with its skull toy having a curious yellow discoloration everywhere except the jawbone. The game came with an operators manual printed in German and its cabinet had been fitted with a ticker vender mechanism. Such mechanisms are banned in Germany, so the owner assumes the vender was added in Italy, where he obtained the game. He brought the game back to Germany and subsequently he met up with artist Greg Freres at a show there. Later, we asked Greg to comment on the discoloration of the skull. He replied:
I really don't know why the top part of the skull was discolored compared to the "jaw" portion. My assumption was that we may have tried to do a "wipe" technique on early parts (painting the part to create some visual interest and then wiping it off leaving a bit of a patina behind. This technique was usually reserved for parts that had texture built into the part. For instance, the skull entrance on EATPM used this wipe process to enhance the texture, or the climbing rock on No Fear also used this technique to give the rocks a more natural look. However, this No Fear skull was a smooth part to begin with so a wipe technique doesn't make much sense because there aren't any "nooks & crannies" for the paint to get left behind. BUT this skull has some slight texture in it...this lead me to believe that MAYBE this was an early part pulled off a temporary tool and that temp tool may not have been sanded to a smooth finish...MAYBE we were still experimenting with the idea of having the iconic NF skull symbol pushed more towards a real skull instead of a 3D representation of their logo (???) I also thought that MAYBE this skull was discolored from years inside a smoky bistro BUT why then wasn't the "jaw" section as discolored? That's why I started thinking we may have been experimenting and this one got left on a proto game.
Secondly, once it was brought to my attention that the game had a low serial number I noticed the translite was also an early translite, not the finished production translite. You probably already know the story about the ski outfit that Glenn Plake is wearing - production has a red and black combo vs the all yellow outfit that I painted on the illustration. I think about 200 translites were printed to cover the "sample" run, and then we fixed the art, re-ran the films, and printed the rest of the production translites with the new colors. So the fact that his game ALSO has the early translite leads me to believe that his game is possibly from the proto run - perhaps one of the first batch of games that ended up in Germany (or Europe).
Greg also pointed out to us that Williams certainly would not have added a ticket vender to the side of the cabinet. He is cautious to actually pronounce the skull’s yellow color as an authentic factory result, and we allow the possibility that the Italian distributor or operator (or whoever added the ticket vender) may have experimented with it. We also note that the serial number, while relatively low, is not within the first 200 made. Still, there is the Sample translite, and for the story interest alone do we show pictures of this game with its translite, skull, and ticket vender. |
| Marketing Slogans: |
"3rd Ball, down by a BILLION, Extra Ball is lit--NO FEAR"
"Plenty of...Air, Water, Dirt. Asphalt, Snow.but NO FEAR"
"NO FEAR: DANGEROUS SPORTS is extreme pinball"
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| Photos in: |
PinGame Journal pp. Number 41/42
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| Rule Sheets: |
No Fear Rulesheet Version 2.0, by Joseph W. DeVincentis
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| Easter Eggs: | Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site) |
| Additional Media: | Promotional Video (at YouTube) (External site) |
| ROMs: | 473 KB | ZIP | Export Game ROM V2.3 | [Williams Electronic Games] |
| Documentation: | 7 MB | PDF | English Manual | [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.] |
| | 193 KB | TXT | Parts List | |
| Files: | 119 KB | ZIP | Reproduction Score and Instruction Cards (Including Dutch & French) | [Inkochnito] |
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| Manufacturer: | Coffee-Mat Amusement Division, of Kenilworth, New Jersey,
USA [Trade Name: Coffee-Mat] |
| Model Number: | SB |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Outer Space - Space Fantasy |
| Specialty: | Cocktail Table
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| Notable Features: | 1 credit per coin. Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Slingshots (2), Captive balls (2), Standup targets (2), Spinning target (1) Kick-out hole (1). TMS 100 microcomputer, LED score displays. 3 or 5 ball play. High score is not retained when power to game is turned off.
1 replay for reaching each of these score thresholds:
100,000 points
300,000 points
500,000 points
Sounds: six electronic
Tilt penalty: ball in play. |
| Notes: | A score exceeding 1,599,000 points reverts to 1,500,000.
Mark Shubel was a Program Manager for Numax Electronics of Hauppauge, New York, a defense contractor that made missile components and weapon systems. They also made pinball machine electronics for Coffee-Mat Amusement Division, and Mark states their first commercial product was Coffee-Mat's 1976 'Wipe-Out'. He has provided the images shown here, including the manufacturer plate showing serial number 00210. We have no date for this game but we know it was made prior to 12/23/1978, the earliest date on Mark’s hand-written list of high scores achieved.
This manufacturer has issued a flyer for this game showing this cabinet style:
Game Status Indicators on Playfield Card Holder
Score displays, Player Up, Ball in Play, Credit, Tilt, Match, Game Over lights are shown on card holder.
Three red or yellow lights on each side of cabinet’s top surface.
Dual-slot coin door is made of steel with lock on right side.
Advertised as 42 inches long, 30 1/4 inches wide, 40 inches high with optional pedestal base, 28 3/4 inches high without pedestal base, and weighs 170 lbs.
A Coffee-Mat flyer (not shown here) shows these features.
A Century Consolidated Industries flyer also shows these features.
See also Century Consolidated Industries Company's 1978 'Star Battle'.
We don’t know the relationship between Coffee-Mat and Century Consolidated Industries Company, but their ‘Star Battle’ games are practically identical. From Mark Shubel’s information above, it appears Coffee-Mat preceded CCI. Each company put out flyers advertising this game.
Coffee-Mat also made coffee machines. |
| Files: | 829 KB | PDF | General Instructions | [Coffee-Mat Amusement Division] |
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| Manufacturer: | Premier Technology (1984-1996) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | October, 1993 |
| Model Number: | 738 |
| Common Abbreviations: | WO |
| MPU: | Gottlieb System 3 |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Production: | 2,150 units (confirmed) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (7), 4-bank drop targets (1), Vertical up-kicker (1). Ball-lift simulates a ski-lift. Player-controlled tilting slalom. 3-ball multiball. |
| Design by: | Ray Tanzer |
| Art by: | David Moore, Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell |
| Dots/Animation by: | Rand Paulin |
| Music by: | Duane Decker |
| Sound by: | Craig Beierwaltes |
| Notes: | Another player-controlled tilting mini-playfield is found on Williams' 1993 'Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure'. |
| Marketing Slogans: |
"Captures the Thrills Chills and Spills of Skiing in Pinball"
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| Photos in: |
Compressed Air December 1995, pp. 14--18. pp. (PF)
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, page 175
The Complete Pinball Book, page 235
Pinball Snapshots, pages 247-250
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
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| ROMs: | 760 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Availability limited by copyright) | |
| | 760 KB | ZIP | ROMs (Availability limited by copyright) | [Premier Technology] |
| Documentation: | 4 MB | PDF | English Manual (Availability limited by copyright) | [Premier Technology] |
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| Manufacturer: | Coffee-Mat Amusement Division, of Kenilworth, New Jersey,
USA [Trade Name: Coffee-Mat] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | 1976 |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Sports - Water Sports |
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (7), Ball kicker lanes (2), Star rollover (1), Right outlane ball return gate.
Sound: 2 chimes.
Tilt penalty: ball in play.
Slam penalty: all credits are "Wiped-Out". |
| Notes: | The electronics package for this game was developed by Numax Electronics of Hauppauge, New York, a defense contractor that made missile components and weapon systems. It used an Intel 8080 microprocessor. This game was Numax's first commercial product. |
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