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Apollo 13 / IPD No. 3592 / October, 1995 / 6 Players

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Manufacturer:

Sega Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1994-1999) [Trade Name: Sega]

Date Of Manufacture:

October, 1995

Model Number:

Common Abbreviations:

A13

MPU:

Sega/Stern Whitestar

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Disaster - Space

Notable Features:

Multiball, 13 balls at once - the largest multiball of any pinball machine!

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (9), Kickout Holes (2), Ramp (1), Spinning target (1), Up-post between flippers. Rotating moon grabs balls via an electromagnet and carries the ball up to the playfield glass and down into a hole where it is dropped beneath the playfield. Shaker motor inside cabinet for earthquake-like effects. Trough at top left of playfield hold eight balls. 13-ball multiball. Up-post between flippers prevents ball drains for the first 30 seconds of the multiball.

Toys:

Moving rocket to shoot pinballs into. Balls are then either held or dropped below the playfield.

Design by:

Joe Kaminkow, Joe Balcer

Art by:

Jeff Busch, Marc Raneses

Dots/Animation by:

Jack Liddon, Kurt Andersen, Marc Raneses

Mechanics by:

Joe Balcer, John Borg, Rob Hurtado

Music by:

Brian Schmidt

Sound by:

Brian Schmidt

Software by:

Lonnie D. Ropp, Orin Day

Notes:

Artist Marc Raneses told us that Jeff Busch did the backglass and playfield art. As Jeff's art assistant, Marc did the screen print production for the playfield and cabinet. He also did "some dots".

Game requires the more expensive non-magnetizable balls to function properly.

Per Orin Day, a 128x32 DMD was used for Apollo 13 and subsequent games. Previous games used 192x64 displays.

Marketing Slogans:

"Sega Pinball, the Revolution Has Begun."
"I Believe this will be Our Finest Hour."
"`Apollo 13 the Pinball' is on the Launch Pad with All Systems Go!"
"Reliability.We Are Go!"
"Launch Control, this is Sega Pinball.Apollo 13 is Go For Launch!"
"Earnings.We're Go!"
"Quality Control.Go Flight!"
"The First Game in the Universe with 13 Ball Multiball!"

Photos in:

Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F

Rule Sheets:

Apollo 13 Rulesheet Version 1.0 (May/17/1996), by Steve Lane

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/3592 (External site)

Easter Eggs:

Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site)

ROMs:

2 MB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset

2 MB

ZIP

ROMs

[Sega Pinball, Inc.]

Documentation:

2 MB

PDF

"Sample Game" Manual

[Sega Pinball, Inc.]

10 MB

PDF

Manual

[Sega Pinball, Inc.]

Files:

128 KB

BIN

CPU Version 2.03

[Sega Pinball, Inc.]

512 KB

BIN

Display Version 2.01

[Sega Pinball, Inc.]

290 KB

PDF

Instruction Card Multi-language

[Sega Pinball, Inc.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer, Front 603x787	Flyer, Back 603x787	German Flyer 588x829	Instruction Card 543x289	Cabinet - Full View 550x853 [Allen Shope]
Cabinet - Left 500x504 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet - Right 500x517 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet - Front 500x296 [Allen Shope]	Backbox and Topper 500x670 [Allen Shope]	Playfield 500x667 [Allen Shope]
Playfield - Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]
Playfield - Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 500x667 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield - Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]
Under Playfield 500x758 [Allen Shope]	Illuminated Playfield 932x1784 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Middle Playfield 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 1000x740 [Kevin Wayte]	Moon Lander 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]
Rocket and Ball Lock 1000x1493 [Kevin Wayte]	8 Ball Trough 600x896 [Kevin Wayte]	Moon Ball Grab 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Countdown LED Display 900x877 [Kevin Wayte]	Shooter Lane 600x495 [Kevin Wayte]
Illuminated Translite 1000x831 [Kevin Wayte]	Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Cabinet 640x480 [John Gray]	Spinner - Front 621x467 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Spinner - Reverse 621x467 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Translite 1024x768 [Esa Saajasto]	Upper Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [Esa Saajasto]	Cabinet - Left 1024x768 [Esa Saajasto]	Playfield - Ball View 1000x600 [Dominique Rambault]
Playfield - Ball View 1000x588 [Dominique Rambault]	Playfield - Ball View 1000x600 [Dominique Rambault]	Illuminated Translite 1024x737 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Dot Matrix Display 1200x607 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1200x645 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Diverter 1200x1498 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1200x1493 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Instruction Card 1200x723 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1200x714 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1200x859 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Cabinet - Front View 690x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]

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