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Date Name  (Click to display that game) MFG Type Prod. Specialty Pl. Model Pics Rating
1957-02 Arrow Head Williams EM 1p 185 18 8.1
1938-11 Arrowhead Bally EM  Flipperless 1p 305 2  
1964-08 Arrowhead Keeney EM 2p 10 8.4
1961-07 Big Casino Gottlieb EM 1,600 1p 180 14 6.7
1974 Chance Playmatic EM  Mechanical Back... 1p 22 8.2
???? Clown Playmatic EM 1p 11  
1963-12 Colorama Keeney EM 2p 28 7.6
1985-06 Comet Williams SS 8,100 4p 540 53 7.7
1966-11 Dancing Lady Gottlieb EM 2,675  Mechanical Back... 4p 232 47 7.8
1938-11 Eureka Bally EM  Flipperless 1p 268 1  
???? Ferry-Boat Billares Cordob... EM 1p 27  
1934-01 Fleche D'Or Scott, Adickes ... PM  Table Top/Count... 1p  
1983-04 Joust Williams SS 402  Head-to-Head Pl... 2p 519 55 9.1
* indicates Project Date, not Manufacture Date1984-10* Lazer Lord Stern SS 1 4p 11  
???? Millón Billares Cordob... EM 1p 6  
???? Road Race Maresa EM 1p 3  
1957-05 Royal Flush Gottlieb EM 3,400 1p 133 9 7.9

Arrow Head / IPD No. 97 / February 19, 1957 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: Needs More Ratings!         8.1 / 10  (2 ratings)   [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: Williams Manufacturing Company (1944-1958) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: February 19, 1957
Model Number: 185
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: American West - Native Americans
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (3), Gobble holes (3). Three gobble holes light alternately and reward more points when lit. One to five games are awarded instantly by building up the Arrow Head bonuses and scoring a lit gobble hole after various levels of bonus are achieved. There is no match feature and no game over relay: the flippers stay live after all balls are played. This game can award one million points at a single time, which is unusual for a game of this vintage.

Replay wheel maximum: 47

Sound: 2 bells.

Design by: Harry Williams
Art by: George Molentin
Notes: The manufacturer’s original playfield drawing (not shown here) is dated 1/2/57 and has the signed initials HEW.

Two other EM games with a million-point award are Gottlieb's 1957 'Royal Flush' and Billares Cordoba's 'Ferry-Boat'.

The backglass artwork appears to have been inspired by the artwork of George Petty, as seen on a 1955 calendar, which is the earliest instance of this art for which we can find a date.

Two examples of this game pictured here each have four bumper caps, all are blue with white marbling, and blue skirts. Our manufacturer's flyer is a bit washed out but if the caps it shows are blue, we would expect them to appear darker in that image. The promotional photo shows colored caps and skirts that are lighter in color than the nearby passive bumpers and possibly are yellow. A third example, pictured here, has four red bumper caps with white marbling and two red and two yellow skirts. We have not confirmed the correct color used on production games.

Photos in: Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Files: 1 MB PDF Promotional Photo - Large Size [Williams Manufacturing Co.]
Images:
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Image # 3123: Arrow Head Overall
Overall

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[Larry Wolfe]
Image # 3124: Arrow Head Backglass
Backglass

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[Larry Wolfe]
Image # 3125: Arrow Head Playfield
Playfield

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[Larry Wolfe]
Image # 3126: Arrow Head Backglass
Backglass

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[Larry Wolfe]
Image # 4493: Arrow Head Flyer
Flyer

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Image # 18598: Arrow Head Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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Image # 68075: Arrow Head Promotional Photo
Promotional Photo

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[Duncan Brown]
Image # 71261: Arrow Head Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Wes Howe]
Image # 71262: Arrow Head Playfield
Playfield

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[Wes Howe]
Image # 71263: Arrow Head Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Wes Howe]
Image # 80111: Arrow Head Backglass
Backglass

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80112: Arrow Head Playfield
Playfield

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80113: Arrow Head Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80114: Arrow Head Playfield - Gobble Holes
Playfield - Gobble Holes

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80115: Arrow Head Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80116: Arrow Head Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80117: Arrow Head Illuminated Full View
Illuminated Full View

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[Eric Kurland]
Image # 80118: Arrow Head Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Eric Kurland]
 

Arrowhead / IPD No. 96 / November, 1938 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: October 29, 1938
Date Of Manufacture: November, 1938
Model Number: 305
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Flipperless [?]
Notable Features: 1, 2, 4, or 5 ball play (operator option). Trap holes (24). Short backbox. Coin slide on front of cabinet. Operates on single coin play only.
Notes: The version of this game that could operate either as single-coin or as multiple-coin is Bally's 1938 'Eureka'.

We previously showed a date of December 1938 for this game but a distributor ad in The Billboard, Nov-26-1938, page 142 stated "immediately delivery guaranteed".

Photos in: The Billboard, Nov-26-1938, page 142
The Billboard, Dec-3-1938, page 82
The Billboard, Dec-10-1938, page 90
Images:
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Image # 8241: Arrowhead Billboard Ad
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[Jack Atkins]
Image # 72067: Arrowhead Billboard Ad 
(The Billboard, Dec-3-1938, page 82)
Billboard Ad*

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[Rob Hawkins]
 
Source: BB 12/10/38 p90 [?]

Arrowhead / IPD No. 95 / August, 1964 / 2 Players
 
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Average Fun Rating: Needs More Ratings!         8.4 / 10  (2 ratings)   [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1934-1964)
Date Of Manufacture: August, 1964
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: American West - Native Americans
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Drop targets (2). Green score reels with white numbers. The pop bumpers take turns lighting one at a time in clockwise order, changing approximately every five seconds. The large playfield insert in the center of these bumpers changes color to match the bumper that is lit. The four top rollover lanes take turns lighting one at a time from left to right, then start over at the left again. They change approximately every five seconds and not necessarily in sync with the changing pop bumpers.

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player

Design by: Ed Krynski
Notes: Last pin game from this manufacturer.

We previously showed a date for this game of September 1962. However, the earliest ads we found for Arrowhead were a distributor ad in Billboard dated Aug-29-1964 page 50 and one in Cash Box Aug-29-1964 page 52 where both advertised this game as "New". A Cash Box magazine article of news briefs titled "California Clippings" and dated Nov-7-1964 page 112, states, "The first shipment of the new Arrowhead 2-player pin ball from J. H. Keeney arrived and was met with a very enthusiastic reception from the [California] operators." This places the date of release of his pinball machine in 1964.

In The Pinball Compendium 1930s-1960s, designer Ed Krynski commented that, when he started at Keeney in 1956, their main product was the so-called "electronic uprights" (slot machines) which, he said, they exported to the UK in addition to stateside locations. Since 1961, we know Keeney had also been making bingo machines and gambling machines like Old Plantation which were disguised as pinball machines. Krynski stated the laws changed in the early 60s against gambling devices making it hard to continue in this product line and, after having testified in several court trials over these devices, he left Keeney and went to work for Gottlieb, a company known for eschewing gambling machines.

Krynski certainly was referring to the Eastland Bill (S-1658, for James Eastland, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, formally known as the Gambling Devices Act of 1962), signed by President Kennedy on October 18, 1962 and made effective 60 days later, on December 17, 1962. It outlawed the interstate transportation of gambling devices. As Krynski implied, undoubtedly Keeney was hit hard by this new legislation, as was Bally. Bally stopped making bingo machines as a result of this law and suffered a 40% drop in sales until the law was modified to allow them to export their bingo machines, and they restarted production of their bingo line in August, 1963. Keeney, for their part, initiated production of three flipper pinball machines in 1963, after not having made one since 1959.

According to Cash Box Jul-18-1964 page 48, Keeney sold their plant at 2600 West 50th Street and were in the process of moving into the building at 4309 West Lake Street, to be completely moved in by August 1. In the article, Keeney president J.A. (Art) Weinand had indicated that 'Colorama' was still in production, having started it in December 1963. Interestingly, Keeney advertised it as "All New" in August 1964 (per Cash Box Aug-29-1964 page 51) and on page 61 it is listed under 'New Equipment currently in Production' with annotation of (12/63). It appears that Keeney wanted distributors to know that continued advertising of Colorama over a period of several months did not mean a surplus of unsold games but meant a successfully long production of new units indicative of demand.

It is at an August 29 point in this timeline that we begin to see the first ads for 'Arrowhead'. However, these ads were placed by distributors and we find no advertisements for Arrowhead that were placed by Keeney. We also can find no manufacturer's flyer, manual, schematic, or any other Keeney documentation for this game.

In Cash Box dated Jan-9-1965 page 45, a columnist who had spoken to Weinand wrote, "Art hopes to accomplish a great deal in re-developing Keeney games domestic markets for amusement equipment in '65."

However, 'Arrowhead' is Keeney's last pinball machine, released without fanfare. We are unaware of any non-gambling "amusement equipment" that Keeney may have made after this game and it appears that Weinand preferred making gambling devices and exporting them like Bally did. We know that Keeney continued to produce electronic upright gambling machines into 1966, advertised in the UK by their distributor there. After that, we lose track of what this company did and for how long.

Incidentally, Art Weinand, whom we knew was the Sales Manager for Williams in 1955, Vice President of Williams in 1962, and President of Keeney in 1964, by May 1967 is once again employed at Williams Electronics per Cash Box.

Cash Box Feb-3-1968 pages 74-75 indicates that J. H. Keeney is still in business, having recently sent their product manager Harold T. Baker to the 24th Amusement Trades Exposition in London. It does not indicate what Keeney products were represented there.

We don't know the production run quantity for Arrowhead but because of the lack of manufacturer information about it and the fact that the two examples pictured in this listing are the only ones of which we know, it may have transpired that only sample games were produced for the usual recipient distributors before the run was killed, and consequently the manufacturer produced no advertising flyer, documentation, or announcements, leaving those distributors to sell off the few games they had.

If anyone knows of manufacturer advertisements for Arrowhead, or of manufacturer documentation such as a flyer, manual, schematic, or other, please contact us.

Photos in: Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
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Image # 100: Arrowhead Playfield
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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 101: Arrowhead Backglass
Backglass

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 46776: Arrowhead Backglass 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Backglass*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46777: Arrowhead Illuminated Backglass 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Illuminated Backglass*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46778: Arrowhead Playfield 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Playfield*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46779: Arrowhead Illuminated Playfield 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Illuminated Playfield*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46780: Arrowhead Insert is Green 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Insert is Green*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46781: Arrowhead Insert is Red 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Insert is Red*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46782: Arrowhead Insert is Blue 
(Photographed at the 2010 Pacific Pinball Expo.)
Insert is Blue*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 84114: Arrowhead Backglass
Backglass

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[Jeff Allen]
 

Big Casino / IPD No. 239 / July, 1961 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: [ 7 stars - Click for comments ]    6.7/10  (15 ratings/14 comments)        [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture: July, 1961
Model Number: 180
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 1,600 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Playing Cards
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (2). End-of-ball bonus is 5 points. No slingshots. Hitting a rollover lights corresponding card on backglass. Lighting all cards on backglass advances arrow on backglass to next letter in name. Advancing arrow to the last letter in name awards 1, 2, or 3 replays (operator adjustable, and can be set to award no replays). This is a carry-over feature. Lighting all three 1-2-3 rollovers awards a second match number to appear at end of game. Backglass has a "Score To Beat" window allowing the operator to place a card behind the backglass showing a suggested high score visible to the player. Wedge head.

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points.

Design by: Wayne Neyens
Art by: Roy Parker
Notes: Another game that allows the player to earn a second match number is Gottlieb's 1961 'Show Boat'.
Photos in: Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 121
Files: — KB ZIP Original Instruction Cards and Score Cards (Availability limited by copyright)     [D. Gottlieb & Company]
Images:
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Image # 224: Big Casino Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 225: Big Casino Backglass
Backglass

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 3557: Big Casino Backglass
Backglass

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[David Gersic]
Image # 4746: Big Casino Flyer
Flyer

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Image # 5300: Big Casino Instruction Cards
Instruction Cards

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[Scott Phillips]
Image # 10693: Big Casino Post Adjustment Chart
Post Adjustment Chart

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[Scott Phillips]
Image # 23806: Big Casino Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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Image # 23807: Big Casino Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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Image # 23808: Big Casino Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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Image # 23809: Big Casino Illuminated Lower Playfield
Illuminated Lower Playfield

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Image # 23810: Big Casino Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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Image # 23811: Big Casino Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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Image # 42776: Big Casino Blank Playfield
Blank Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 79766: Big Casino Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View

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[Ronald Blom]
 

Chance / IPD No. 4878 / 1974 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: Needs More Ratings!         8.2 / 10  (1 ratings)   [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: Playmatic, of Barcelona, Spain (1968-1987)
Date Of Manufacture: 1974
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Magic - Witchcraft
Specialty: Mechanical Backbox Animation [?]
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (9), Kick-out holes (2), Rollover button (1), Right-side drop lane with ball return gate, Up-post between flippers. Mechanical backbox animation (arrow moves clockwise). Ball landing in kick-out hole scores the value indicated by the backglass arrow. The bonus is a carry-over feature from game to game and can only be scored via the kick-out hole and the arrow in the right spot. The 1-point relay alternates between lighting the red pop bumper for 100 points when lit and opening/closing the ball return gate.

The playfield glass does not slide out but raises up in a metal frame. A spring latch on top of backbox holds the playfield glass in a vertical service position by latching into the right-side cigarette holder on the metal frame. Wedge head.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

Replay wheel maximum: 15

Sound: 2 bells, knocker

Images:
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Image # 15913: Chance Backglass
Backglass

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[Pinball World]
Image # 81634: Chance Flyer
Flyer

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[Tecnopinball]
Image # 83529: Chance Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83530: Chance Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83531: Chance Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83532: Chance Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83533: Chance Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83534: Chance Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83535: Chance Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83536: Chance Score Card
Score Card

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83537: Chance Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83538: Chance Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83539: Chance Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83540: Chance Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83541: Chance Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83542: Chance Cabinet - Coin Box
Cabinet - Coin Box

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83543: Chance Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Arnoud De Vos]
Image # 83555: Chance Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[Arnoud de Vos]
Image # 83556: Chance Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Arnoud de Vos]
Image # 83557: Chance Inside Cabinet - Large Bell and Knocker
Inside Cabinet - Large Bell and Knocker

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[Arnoud de Vos]
Image # 83558: Chance Inside Cabinet - Small Bell
Inside Cabinet - Small Bell

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[Arnoud de Vos]
Image # 83559: Chance Playfield Latched in Service Position
Playfield Latched in Service Position

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[Arnoud de Vos]
 
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Clown / IPD No. 5447 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Playmatic, of Barcelona, Spain (1968-1987)
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Circus/Carnival - Clowns - Happiness
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Kick-out hole (1), Ball saver post between flippers. Rotating Selector Arrow in playfield changes values of indicated features. The wedgehead backbox has a hook on its top that holds the hood-style playfield glass when raised.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

Sound: bells, knocker

Notes: The white rectangular sign near the center of the backglass is silk-screened with the words 'PRESS BUTTON' but we do not know what makes this light up, or when. We also do not know the significance of the five silkscreened beach balls that the one lady is juggling.

The Manufacturer Plate pictured in this listing has several numbers on it. We asked a collector in Spain to explain them, hoping to glean a Date of Manufacture and a unique Serial Number. His explanation indicates neither a DOM or S/N is shown there, as he believes this is what the plate says:

22-9-67 is the date for the approval of operation of this machine.

26-6-1971 is the last date the machine was inspected by the governing authority. Probably, they later changed the law and such inspections weren't reflected on the machine.

7193 is the number of machine inspected, in order, probably for that year. Those inspections weren't only made for pinballs, so 7100, for instance, could be another completely different machine than a pinball.

B32807 probably is the reference of the administrative dossier.


He, and we, invite corrections to this explanation.

Images:
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Image # 42149: Clown Illuminated Backglass
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Image # 42150: Clown Illuminated Playfield
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Image # 42151: Clown Illuminated Upper Playfield
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Image # 42152: Clown Illuminated Lower Playfield
Illuminated Lower Playfield

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Image # 42153: Clown Cabinet - Right
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Image # 42154: Clown Front View
Front View

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Image # 49641: Clown Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 49642: Clown Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 49643: Clown Manufacturer Plate
Manufacturer Plate

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 49644: Clown Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 49645: Clown Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Basil LeBlanc]
 
Source: Craigslist Long Island July 2009 [?]

Colorama / IPD No. 544 / December, 1963 / 2 Players
 
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Average Fun Rating: Needs More Ratings!         7.6 / 10  (3 ratings)   [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1934-1964)
Date Of Manufacture: December, 1963
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Pageantry
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (3). Lighting COLORAMA awards Special and this feature carries over from game to game. Green score reels with white numbers. Hard-Kote playfield finish. 3 or 5 ball play.

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player.

Replay wheel maximum: 20

Sound: 2 bells, knocker.

Design by: Ed Krynski
Notes: The schematic diagram refers to the knocker on this game as a "clapper". It indicates one bell is in the backbox and one bell is in the lower cabinet.

We previously showed a date of November 1963 for this game. However, the earliest Billboard ad we found was dated Dec-28-1963 page 34, where the manufacturer placed a small notice, advertising the game as "All New", advising customers to contact them or a distributor. In Cash Box dated Dec-28-1963 page 18, Keeney announced this game as available at distributors. Keeney also announced the game in a large Billboard ad in Jan-4-1964 page 30, shown in this listing. Billboard resale ads dated in 1966 give it a date of 12/63.

Keeney was a prolific manufacturer of electronic upright gambling machines for both domestic and export locations. They distributed Colorama to Europe through their distribution network there, and Cash Box magazine reports that by February 1964 this game was selling well in the USA, Europe, and Tokyo, and in that same month Keeney entered the German market with this game. In March, they were rushing "substantial shipments" to distributors in Europe through their new partner, Loewen Automaten, after a "power sales campaign" there. We note that the Eastland Bill had outlawed interstate transportation of gambling devices effective December 1962 and that Keeney initiated production of three flipper pinball machines in 1963, after not having made one since 1959.

Keeney kept advertising this game as "All New" in Cash Box up through August 29, 1964, the last ad from Keeney that we could find for Colorama. This long production run, starting December 1963, supports the success they had reported. The game continued to appear on the Cash Box list of "Manufacturers New Equipment Currently in Production" up to the issue dated Oct-3-1964 page 63.

Keeney had apparently continued to produce this game even through their August 1 move to a new manufacturing plant in the old O.D. Jennings building at 4309 West Lake Street.

We previously indicated that 'Colorama' was the last pin game from this manufacturer. However, that distinction belongs to Keeney's 1964 'Arrowhead' which was first advertised by distributors in both Billboard and Cash Box on the very same day that Keeney ceased advertising Colorama (August 29, 1964) and is the same day that Keeney showed its first and only listing for Arrowhead, and referred to it as "All New". Keeney provided no further advertising support for Arrowhead that we can find and it remains an obscure game. We cannot know how long that production run lasted. With the apparent production longevity of Colorama, perhaps Arrowhead was quietly quashed. We speculate that, while Arrowhead was clearly the last Keeney game to begin production, the long Colorama production run possibly made Colorama be the last pinball games out the door.

Photos in: Cash Box, Dec-28-1963, page 17
The Billboard, Jan-4-1964, page 30
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 74
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Documentation: 74 KB PDF Parts List [J. H. Keeney and Company]
  8 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [J. H. Keeney and Company]
Files: 212 KB PDF Cam Identification Charts [J. H. Keeney and Company]
Images:
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Image # 3319: Colorama Flyer
Flyer

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Image # 25599: Colorama Plexiglas Backglass
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[James Sohacki]
Image # 25600: Colorama Plexiglas Backglass - Reverse
Plexiglas Backglass - Reverse

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[James Sohacki]
Image # 28376: Colorama Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 28377: Colorama Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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Image # 28378: Colorama Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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Image # 28379: Colorama Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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Image # 28380: Colorama Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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Image # 28381: Colorama Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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Image # 28382: Colorama Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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Image # 28383: Colorama Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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Image # 28384: Colorama Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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Image # 48928: Colorama Playfield
Playfield

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[Bruce Brigham]
Image # 48929: Colorama Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Bruce Brigham]
Image # 48930: Colorama Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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[Bruce Brigham]
Image # 48931: Colorama Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Bruce Brigham]
Image # 48932: Colorama Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Bruce Brigham]
Image # 59851: Colorama Billboard New Game Announcement 
(The Billboard, Jan-4-1964, page 30)
Billboard New Game Announcement*

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[Rob Hawkins]
Image # 59852: Colorama Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 59853: Colorama Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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Image # 59854: Colorama Manufacturer's Certificate
Manufacturer's Certificate

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Image # 59855: Colorama Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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Image # 59856: Colorama Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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Image # 59857: Colorama Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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Image # 59858: Colorama Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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Image # 59859: Colorama Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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Image # 59860: Colorama Inside Cabinet - Front 
(The swinging plub bob tilt is missing. One of the fuses is missing from its holder.)
Inside Cabinet - Front*

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Image # 59861: Colorama Inside Front Door 
(The coin mechanisms have been removed from the two saddles.)
Inside Front Door*

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Comet / IPD No. 548 / June, 1985 / 4 Players
 
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Average Fun Rating: [ 8 stars - Click for comments ]    7.7/10  (84 ratings/65 comments)        [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: June, 1985
Model Number: 540
MPU: Williams System 9
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 8,100 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Happiness - Circus/Carnival - Rollercoasters - Fair
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (9), Kick-out holes (2), Drop target (1), Left crossover return lane, Mini-post screw between flippers. The drop target protects a stationary target. Corkscrew ramp in upper left playfield can be qualified to award extra ball and/or Special. The Cycle Jump ramp in upper right playfield can be qualified to award 1 million points.

Actual measured weight: 248 lbs (includes legs).

Design by: Barry Oursler
Art by: Python Anghelo
Software by: Brian Dolatowski, Bill Pfutzenreuter
Notes: Designer Barry Oursler told us how this game got named:

Comet wasn’t the original name. It was going to be 'Riverview', named after the amusement park that used to be across the river from Williams. After discussions with management and some of our big distributors, I changed the name and used one of the roller coaster names from that park. Comet was a common name for roller coasters, along with Cyclone and Hurricane. I figured I might as well keep the theme going.


Oursler also told us that artist Python Anghelo wanted the top rollover inserts to be 1-9-8-6 in recognition of Halley's Comet near-Earth fly-by in 1986.

Comet was the first solid-state machine to feature a one million point shot, using Steve Kordek's voice to announce "One Million!". An example of an electro-mechanical game with a million point shot is Williams' 1957 'Arrow Head'.

Bill "Pfutz" Pfutzenreuter told us that Brian Dolatowski was the original programmer. Brian finished all the rules, then left Williams for another job. Pfutz inherited the game, fixed a few bugs, and convinced management to give him more time to make the game better by adding more light shows and flasher effects.

Marketing Slogans: "It's 1-in-a-million!"
Photos in: Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 122
Pinball SnapshotsExternal Link, pages 56-60
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to PresentExternal Link, page 62
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Rule Sheets: Comet Rule Sheet (14/Jul/2004) by Robert Fellows  
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/548  (External site)
ROMs: 42 KB ZIP ROMs [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Documentation: 5 MB PDF Instruction Manual (English, with paginated schematics) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  600 KB PDF Manual Supplement for Game Adjustment Table (undated) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Files: 123 MB MP4 Flashing Million-Point Award [Lenny Esposito]
Images:
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Image # 509: Comet Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 510: Comet Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 4601: Comet Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4602: Comet Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 4603: Comet Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 4604: Comet Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 7190: Comet Cabinet - Front View 
(This image shows the top of the backbox.)
Cabinet - Front View*

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[Mike Messersmith]
Image # 17035: Comet Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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Image # 23801: Comet Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 23804: Comet Cabinet - Back
Cabinet - Back

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Image # 23805: Comet Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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Image # 25151: Comet Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[The Halifax Pinball Company]
Image # 25152: Comet Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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[The Halifax Pinball Company]
Image # 25153: Comet Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[The Halifax Pinball Company]
Image # 25154: Comet Illuminated Middle Playfield
Illuminated Middle Playfield

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[The Halifax Pinball Company]
Image # 25155: Comet Illuminated Lower Playfield
Illuminated Lower Playfield

800x600
[The Halifax Pinball Company]
Image # 25156: Comet Illuminated Ball View
Illuminated Ball View

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[The Halifax Pinball Company]
Image # 30120: Comet Left Playfield
Left Playfield

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30121: Comet Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30122: Comet Cycle Ramp
Cycle Ramp

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30123: Comet Cycle Ramp
Cycle Ramp

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30124: Comet Cork Screw
Cork Screw

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30125: Comet Cork Screw
Cork Screw

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30126: Comet Center Playfield
Center Playfield

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30127: Comet Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30128: Comet Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30129: Comet Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30130: Comet Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30131: Comet Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30132: Comet Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30133: Comet Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30134: Comet Behind Backglass
Behind Backglass

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30135: Comet Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30136: Comet Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30137: Comet Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30138: Comet Inside Front Door
Inside Front Door

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30139: Comet Inside Front Door
Inside Front Door

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30140: Comet Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30141: Comet Playfield
Playfield

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30142: Comet Playfield - Ball View
Playfield - Ball View

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 30143: Comet Ball Shooter Lane
Ball Shooter Lane

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[Vic Camp]
Image # 36560: Comet Blank Playfield
Blank Playfield

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36561: Comet Blank Playfield - Upper
Blank Playfield - Upper

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36562: Comet Blank Playfield - Middle
Blank Playfield - Middle

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36563: Comet Blank Playfield - Lower
Blank Playfield - Lower

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36564: Comet Blank Playfield - Reverse
Blank Playfield - Reverse

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36565: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36566: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36567: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36568: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36569: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36570: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36571: Comet Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

1024x768
[Mark Clayton]
 

Dancing Lady / IPD No. 635 / November, 1966 / 4 Players
 
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Average Fun Rating: [ 8 stars - Click for comments ]    7.7/10  (40 ratings/23 comments)        [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture: November, 1966
Model Number: 232
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 2,675 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Ballet - Dancing - Nightlife
Specialty: Mechanical Backbox Animation [?]
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Carousel roto-targets (5), Standup targets (4), Kick-out holes (2), Backbox animation (ballerina spins when motor turns).

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player.

Tilt penalty: ball in play.

Design by: Ed Krynski
Art by: Art Stenholm
Notes: Dancing Lady was the first pinball machine to have these features:
1) decagon score reels
2) score card holder with ball-in-play and game-over lights
3) playfield carousel roto-targets

Dancing Lady was the first Gottlieb machine to adopt these features already in use by other manufacturers:
1) triple coin chutes
2) all-stainless steel front molding (lock-down bar)
3) automatic ball-lift, a feature already in use by Bally, Chicago Coin, and Williams. Keeney also used it right up to their last game Keeney's 1964 'Arrowhead' in August 1964.

Sample games, like the one shown in the flyer, had a slightly shorter backbox and backglass than the production games. Additionally, the sample backglass had different colors around the score reels of each player, whereas the production backglass used a black color for all players. Most of the artwork appears to have been redrawn in the production glass. The A-B-C-D playfield outlane artwork of the sample game were also changed and recolored for the production game.

Photos in: Cash Box, Nov-19-1966, page 80 (sample game)
The Billboard, Dec-31-1966, page 51
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 84
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 65 (sample game)
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F (sample game)
Pinball Trader, Vol 1 No. 3, 1989, page 14 (sample game)
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 158
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/635  (External site)
Images:
(click to zoom)
Image # 4978: Dancing Lady Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4979: Dancing Lady Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 6133: Dancing Lady Backglass
Backglass

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[Riffhard]
Image # 6134: Dancing Lady Playfield
Playfield

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[Riffhard]
Image # 6135: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Riffhard]
Image # 8719: Dancing Lady Backglass
Backglass

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[Stephen M Schott]
Image # 8720: Dancing Lady Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Stephen M Schott]
Image # 8721: Dancing Lady Playfield
Playfield

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[Stephen M Schott]
Image # 8722: Dancing Lady Instructions and Score Card
Instructions and Score Card

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[Stephen M Schott]
Image # 8723: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Stephen M Schott]
Image # 8724: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Stephen M Schott]
Image # 17827: Dancing Lady Sample Game -  Backglass 
(Besides having multiple colors around the score reels, this glass, and the Sample backbox, were slightly shorter than the production version.)
Sample Game - Backglass*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18072: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18073: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18074: Dancing Lady Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18075: Dancing Lady Backbox Animation Unit 
(The animation unit is the silver cylindrical device mounted on the wood insert.)
Backbox Animation Unit*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18076: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18077: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 20928: Dancing Lady German Flyer 
(This flyer shows the slightly shorter backbox with the shorter and more colorful Early Production backglass.)
German Flyer*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 25048: Dancing Lady Sample Game - Shorter Backbox 
(Serial number '01099 S'.)
Sample Game - Shorter Backbox*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 25049: Dancing Lady Sample Game - Backbox Left 
(Serial number '01099 S'.)
Sample Game - Backbox Left*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 25050: Dancing Lady Sample Game - Serial Number 
(Serial number '01099 S'.)
Sample Game - Serial Number*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 25051: Dancing Lady Sample Game - German Pricing 
(Serial number '01099 S'.)
Sample Game - German Pricing*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 30298: Dancing Lady Playfield - Downfield View
Playfield - Downfield View

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30414: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30415: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30416: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30417: Dancing Lady Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30418: Dancing Lady Carousel Roto-targets
Carousel Roto-targets

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 34722: Dancing Lady Sample Game -  Backglass 
(Besides having multiple colors around the score reels, this glass, and the Sample backbox, were slightly shorter than the production version.)
Sample Game - Backglass*

982x768
[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34723: Dancing Lady Sample and Production Backboxes 
(Besides having multiple colors around the score reels, the Sample backglass and backbox were slightly shorter than the production version. Most of the artwork appears to have been redrawn in the production glass.)
Sample and Production Backboxes*

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[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34770: Dancing Lady Sample Game - Outlane Detail 
(The A-B-C-D playfield outlane artwork of the sample game were changed and recolored for the production game.)
Sample Game - Outlane Detail*

1024x1365
[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34771: Dancing Lady Production Game - Outlane Detail 
(The A-B-C-D playfield outlane artwork of the sample game were changed and recolored for the production game.)
Production Game - Outlane Detail*

1024x1365
[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34772: Dancing Lady Sample Game - Lower Playfield 
(The A-B-C-D playfield outlane artwork of the sample game were changed and recolored for the production game.)
Sample Game - Lower Playfield*

1024x768
[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34773: Dancing Lady Production Game - Lower Playfield 
(The A-B-C-D playfield outlane artwork of the sample game were changed and recolored for the production game.)
Production Game - Lower Playfield*

1024x768
[Marcel Roth]
Image # 42823: Dancing Lady Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 42824: Dancing Lady Illuminated Backglass - Detail
Illuminated Backglass - Detail

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 69920: Dancing Lady Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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Image # 69921: Dancing Lady Backbox Animation
Backbox Animation

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Image # 69922: Dancing Lady Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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Image # 69923: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Front 
(The style of lockdown bar shown here is not the original one for this game.)
Cabinet - Front*

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Image # 69924: Dancing Lady Illuminated Front View 
(The style of lockdown bar shown here is not the original one for this game.)
Illuminated Front View*

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Image # 69925: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Full View 
(The style of lockdown bar shown here is not the original one for this game.)
Cabinet - Full View*

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Image # 69926: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Bottom
Cabinet - Bottom

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Image # 69927: Dancing Lady Cabinet - Rear
Cabinet - Rear

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Image # 69928: Dancing Lady Inside Coin Door
Inside Coin Door

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Image # 69929: Dancing Lady Inside Cabinet - Front
Inside Cabinet - Front

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Source: Photo [?]

Eureka / IPD No. 791 / November, 1938 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: July 29, 1938
Date Of Manufacture: November, 1938
Model Number: 268
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Flipperless [?]
Notable Features: 1, 2, 4, or 5 ball play (operator option). Trap holes. Short backbox. Coin slide on front of cabinet. Operates on single coin or multiple coins (operator option).
Notes: Bally reissued this game as Bally's 1947 'Eureka' but with a full-size backbox and a deeper cabinet.

The single-coin only version is Bally's 1938 'Arrowhead'.

Photos in: The Billboard, Nov-12-1938, page 82
Images:
(click to zoom)
Image # 8237: Eureka Billboard Ad
Billboard Ad

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[Jack Atkins]
 

Ferry-Boat / IPD No. 5638 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: No ratings on file         [ Be first to rate this game! ]
Manufacturer: Billares Cordoba (Antonio Cordoba), of Barcelona, Spain
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Boats - Travel - Water
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (3), Rollover buttons (3), Messenger ball (1). Top rollover scores 1 million points when lit. The backbox attaches to the cabinet using four bolts.
Notes: Circa late 1950's or early 1960's. We have multiple reports from Spain that this game is made by Billares Cordoba of Barcelona.

All pictures in this listing are of the same game. The pictures showing the game unlit were added in 2010. Following them, the pictures showing the game illuminated were added in 2022. The red pop bumper housings seen in these pictures are not original and are from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer. The lower apron is missing. The long flippers are not original to this game as they partially block the outlanes. See Billares Cordoba's 'Millón' for the properly-sized flippers.

The game pictured here is located in Spain.

Three other EM games with a million-point shot are:

Billares Cordoba's 'Millón'
Williams' 1957 'Arrow Head'
Gottlieb's 1957 'Royal Flush'.

Images:
(click to zoom)
Image # 47297: Ferry-Boat Backglass
Backglass

1200x1007
[Barney Swain]
Image # 47298: Ferry-Boat Playfield 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer). The messenger ball is missing from the center playfield channel. The long flippers are not original to this game. The lower apron is missing.)
Playfield*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47299: Ferry-Boat Upper Playfield 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer).)
Upper Playfield*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47300: Ferry-Boat Lower Playfield - Apron Removed 
(The long flippers are not original to this game.)
Lower Playfield - Apron Removed*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47301: Ferry-Boat Cabinet - Full View
Cabinet - Full View

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47302: Ferry-Boat Cabinet - Front View 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer). The messenger ball is missing from the center playfield channel. The long flippers are not original to this game. The lower apron is missing.)
Cabinet - Front View*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47303: Ferry-Boat Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47304: Ferry-Boat Under Upper Playfield
Under Upper Playfield

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47305: Ferry-Boat Under Lower Playfield
Under Lower Playfield

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47306: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet 
(The solenoid needed to step the unit seen here at the right rear corner is missing from its bracket at the top of the unit.)
Inside Cabinet*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47307: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47308: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet 
(The solenoid needed to step the unit seen here at the right rear corner is missing from its bracket at the top of the unit.)
Inside Cabinet*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47309: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet - Detail 
(The solenoid needed to step this unit is missing from its bracket at the top.)
Inside Cabinet - Detail*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47310: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet - Detail 
(The solenoid needed to step this unit is missing from its bracket at the top.)
Inside Cabinet - Detail*

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 47311: Ferry-Boat Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 82170: Ferry-Boat Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

1200x900
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82171: Ferry-Boat Illuminated Playfield 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer). The long flippers are not original to this game. The lower apron is missing. )
Illuminated Playfield*

1200x1600
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82172: Ferry-Boat Illuminated Upper Playfield 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer). )
Illuminated Upper Playfield*

1200x900
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82173: Ferry-Boat Illuminated Playfield - Detail 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer).)
Illuminated Playfield - Detail*

1200x1600
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82174: Ferry-Boat Cabinet - Right 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer). The long flippers are not original to this game. The lower apron is missing. )
Cabinet - Right*

1200x1154
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82175: Ferry-Boat Cabinet - Service Position
Cabinet - Service Position

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 82176: Ferry-Boat Illuminated Front View 
(The red pop bumper housings are not original to this game (from Recreativos Franco, a different manufacturer). The long flippers are not original to this game. The lower apron is missing. )
Illuminated Front View*

923x1600
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82177: Ferry-Boat Under Illuminated Playfield
Under Illuminated Playfield

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[Barney Swain]
Image # 82178: Ferry-Boat Under Illuminated Upper Playfield
Under Illuminated Upper Playfield

1200x1600
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82179: Ferry-Boat Under Illuminated Lower Playfield
Under Illuminated Lower Playfield

1200x900
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82180: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

1200x1600
[Barney Swain]
Image # 82181: Ferry-Boat Inside Cabinet - Rear
Inside Cabinet - Rear

1200x1600
[Barney Swain]
 
Source: pictures [?]

Fleche D'Or / IPD No. 6835 / January, 1934 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: No ratings on file         [ Be first to rate this game! ]
Manufacturer: Scott, Adickes & Cie, of Paris, France (1932-1934)
Date Of Manufacture: January, 1934
Type: Pure Mechanical (PM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Table Top/Counter Game [?]
Notable Features: 10 balls for 25 centimes. Trap holes (9). Seven metal non-scoring cones in a V-formation, suggesting an arrowhead. No outhole. Cabinet measures 33 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 10 1/2 inches high.
Notes: "Flèche d'Or" means "Golden Arrow" of which five of them appear in the playfield art. The game name appears in the upper ball arch in capital letters as FLECHE D'OR. A 1934 manufacturer's ad showed this game on a metal stand.
Photos in: Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2External Link, page 106
Source: liveauctioneers Sep2021 [?]

Joust / IPD No. 1316 / April, 1983 / 2 Players
 
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Average Fun Rating: Needs More Ratings!         9.1 / 10  (7 ratings)   [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: April, 1983
Model Number: 519
MPU: Williams System 7
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 402 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Head-to-Head Play [?]
Notable Features: Flippers (4), Kick-out holes (2), 3-bank drop targets (4), 2-in-line drop targets (2), Spinning targets (2). After both players have drained all balls, each has 30 seconds to play an unlimited number of balls.

This is a head-to-head game where two players at opposite ends of the playfield compete in simultaneous play. Each player has flipper buttons which control only those flippers facing the opponent. Play begins by one player pressing the flipper buttons.

Design by: Barry Oursler
Art by: Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
Software by: Cary Kolker
Notes: Originally named 'Conflict'. The 'Joust' name was used for a video game released in 1981.

The game pictured in the flyer has an apron colored blue and red. The ends of its legs are squared off. We do not know how many games left the factory with these features, as most of the games we see have black and red aprons, with legs rounded at the ends.

Pictured in this listing is an Early Production game with serial number XP0223. It has the blue/red apron and squared legs.

Also included in this listing is a pictorial comparison of two games from Quebec, Canada having several production differences between them. For ease of comparison, we have arbitrarily assigned them as Game 'A' and Game 'B' without trying to suggest which game was made first. Game play is slightly different from each other: Just before the last 30-second unlimited ball mode starts, one game has all lights go out (including GI's), while the other game has only the insert lights going out for about 5 seconds before the unlimited ball mode starts.

We have labeled the images that accompany this list to correspond with each item listed.

Game 'A' has blue/red aprons with squared leg ends. Serial number 625510.
1a) Certain inserts are clear and faceted.
2a) The metal mini-post next to the spinning target has a different size of screw thread and does not fit Game 'B'.
3a) Egg Multiplier uses four plastic posts.
4a) Lock-down hasps have wide handles.
5a) Three fuses inside front door.
6a) Sound board has unused connector pins.
7a) Power supply board has a fourth fuse.
8a) Screw heads are visible on the wood-grain area of cabinet.
9a) The square bar under the lockdown bar attaches to notches cut into the inside wall of the cabinet. The outside wall of the cabinet is undisturbed.

Game 'B' has blue/red aprons with rounded leg ends. Serial number 623689.
1b) Certain inserts are opaque and not faceted.
2b) The metal mini-post next to the spinning target has a different size of screw thread and does not fit Game 'A'. (image not shown)
3b) Egg Multiplier uses three plastic posts and one metal one.
4b) Lock-down hasps have narrow handles.
5b) No fuses inside front door.
6b) Sound board does not have unused connector pins.
7b) Power supply board has a soldered wire, instead of a fourth fuse, that seems factory-original.
8b) Screw heads are visible on the inside of cabinet, not on the outside.
9b) The square bar under the lockdown bar attaches to notches cut into the inside wall of the cabinet. However, the picture shows the notches were originally cut completely through the cabinet wall then pieces of the cut-out cabinet were glued back in place to be flush with the outside cabinet wall. Almost as if they goofed and never meant to cut completely through the cabinet. This suggests experimentation.


There was suggestion that two production runs of Joust had occurred and with the same number of games produced in each run. We asked designer Barry Oursler about that. He replies:

There was NEVER a second Joust game. There would have been another Joust-type game if it had sold well enough. But as you know, nothing sold well between 1983-1985. We may have made some rule changes to the game after it was on test for a while, but I don’t recall any physical changes, other that the colors, like you mentioned.

Photos in: Cash Box, Jul-2-1983, part 3 page 3
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 129
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
ROMs: 60 KB ZIP Game ROM L-2 [Williams Electronics]
Documentation: 7 MB PDF English Manual [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
Images:
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Image # 1245: Joust Overall view
Overall view

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Image # 3713: Joust Flyer, Front and Back
Flyer, Front and Back

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Image # 3714: Joust Flyer, Inside
Flyer, Inside

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Image # 4514: Joust Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4515: Joust Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 4516: Joust Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 4517: Joust Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 14039: Joust Playfield - Player 1
Playfield - Player 1

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[Chauvin Family]
Image # 14040: Joust Playfield - Player 2
Playfield - Player 2

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[Chauvin Family]
Image # 14041: Joust Cabinet
Cabinet

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[Chauvin Family]
Image # 14042: Joust Cabinet
Cabinet

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[Chauvin Family]
Image # 14043: Joust Full View
Full View

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[Chauvin Family]
Image # 34387: Joust Playfield 
(This is a regular production game.)
Playfield*

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[Vincent Giovannone]
Image # 34388: Joust Playfield - Player 1 
(This is a regular production game.)
Playfield - Player 1*

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[Vincent Giovannone]
Image # 34389: Joust Playfield - Player 1 
(This is a regular production game.)
Playfield - Player 1*

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[Vincent Giovannone]
Image # 58574: Joust Lockdown Bar Removed 
(The three lockdown bar locking latches are visible.)
Lockdown Bar Removed*

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 58575: Joust Playfield Support Bar
Playfield Support Bar

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 58576: Joust Inside Player 1 Door Panel
Inside Player 1 Door Panel

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 58577: Joust Inside Player 2 Door Panel
Inside Player 2 Door Panel

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 58578: Joust Inside Cabinet 
(The support bar is in its stored position.)
Inside Cabinet*

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 58579: Joust Transformer Board 
(Viewed through the open Player 1 door.)
Transformer Board*

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 58580: Joust Transformer Board 
(Viewed through the open Player 2 door.)
Transformer Board*

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[Chris Hibler]
Image # 60990: Joust Early Production - Player 1 Playfield 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Player 1 Playfield*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60991: Joust Early Production - Player 2 Playfield 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Player 2 Playfield*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60992: Joust Early Production - Player 1 Apron 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Player 1 Apron*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60993: Joust Early Production - Player 2 Apron 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Player 2 Apron*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60994: Joust Early Production - Jewel Inserts 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Jewel Inserts*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60995: Joust Early Production - Jewel Inserts 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Jewel Inserts*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60996: Joust Early Production - Jewel Inserts 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Jewel Inserts*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60997: Joust Early Production - Spinner 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production - Spinner*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60998: Joust Early Production Cabinet - Full View 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production Cabinet - Full View*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 60999: Joust Early Production Cabinet - Coin Door 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production Cabinet - Coin Door*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 61000: Joust Early Production Cabinet - End Art 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production Cabinet - End Art*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 61001: Joust Early Production Cabinet - Squared Leg 
(Serial number XP0223.)
Early Production Cabinet - Squared Leg*

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[Steve Charland]
Image # 61002: Joust Comparison 1a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 1a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61003: Joust Comparison 1b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 1b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61004: Joust Comparison 2a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 2a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61005: Joust Comparison 3a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 3a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61006: Joust Comparison 3b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 3b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61007: Joust Comparison 4a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 4a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61008: Joust Comparison 4b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 4b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61009: Joust Comparison 5a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 5a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61010: Joust Comparison 5b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 5b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61011: Joust Comparison 6a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 6a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61012: Joust Comparison 6b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 6b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61013: Joust Comparison 7a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 7a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61014: Joust Comparison 7b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 7b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61015: Joust Comparison 8a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 8a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61016: Joust Comparison 8b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 8b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61017: Joust Comparison 9a 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 625510.)
Comparison 9a*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 61018: Joust Comparison 9b 
(See the listing Notes for explanation. Serial number 623689.)
Comparison 9b*

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[Claude Veilleux]
Image # 63762: Joust Playfield
Playfield

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63763: Joust Apron
Apron

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63764: Joust Cabinet Side
Cabinet Side

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 69552: Joust Original Apron Artwork 
(Artist is Constantino Mitchell.Black-and-white inking on illustration board.Dimensions are 12 inches by 18 inches.)
Original Apron Artwork*

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[Constantino Mitchell]
 

Lazer Lord / IPD No. 6588 / October, 1984 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Stern Electronics, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA
(1977-1984) [Trade Name: Stern]
Project Date: October, 1984
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 1 unit   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Fantasy
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), 3-bank drop targets (1), Standup targets (7), Spinning targets (2), Star rollovers (2), Kick-out hole (1).
Design by: Joe Joos Jr.
Notes: The backglass name looks like one word 'LazerLord" while the copyright notice on the backglass lower left corner shows it as two words, 'Lazer Lord', as does its Instruction Card.

The designer's name is shown on the playfield between the flippers.

Same playfield layout as Stern's 1980 'Quicksilver' but with different artwork and, reportedly, has subtle differences in some angles of the playfield components.

This 1984 'Lazer Lord' was a prototype narrow-body machine and never went into production. Stern's 1982 'Orbitor 1' was the last production pinball machine manufactured by Stern Electronics, Incorporated.

We distinguish this 1984 narrow body prototype game from the 1982 widebody whitewood having the same name but with a different playfield design, see Stern's 1982 'Lazer Lord'.

In 2017, Duncan Brown had provided his knowledge and research to explain these two different and obscure games having the same name:

It's pretty clear that in 1982, while they were trying (and failing) to sell many Iron Maidens or Orbitor 1s, Stern was working on their next game, LazerLord. They were building up a whitewood in a leftover Viper cabinet (a completely normal series of events), and had already gotten sample backglasses produced.

In the November 1982 Replay Magazine, on page 37, is an article headlined "Stern Shuttles To The Suburbs" detailing how they were selling their Diversey Pkwy building, and had consolidated all operations in their URL subsidiary's building in Elk Grove. It includes a line that starts "Stern has ceased all pinball manufacturing..." I believe that's just when they made it official, by not setting up a pinball production line in Elk Grove, but the decision had been made months earlier... thus the last date of June on the whitewood's ROM labels.

I don't have at hand my late-1984 Replay Magazines, but in early 1984 they were clearly on the downswing, with their VP resigning in April, and a May story detailing the sale of the Seeburg assets in March. In the March 1985 issue on page 18 is an article titled "Stern Liquidates, But Gary Stern Opens Carrin Electronics".

Stern absolutely showed a game called "LazerLord" at a trade show. That was the reason for the existence of the flyer (shown in this listing). The flyer uses the tagline "Pinball Is Back!!!" and has their Elk Grove Village address, along with a crappy photo that clearly matches the complete-with-artwork narrow body version of the game. While I don't have the issue of Replay with a report on the fall 1984 trade show to prove it, I think it's pretty obvious from the clues that's when it was.

So the theory that, in a desperate move as the company was faltering, Stern tried to release a pinball using existing parts (their stash of LazerLord glasses, and the already-engineered Quicksilver design), would seem to be correct.

So this explains the two dates, 1982 and 1984, and the two different games with the same name.

1982 is when they were developing the [whitewood] game, and probably would have released it later that year if they hadn't exited the pinball business.

1984 is when they tried to sell a [narrow body] game by re-using existing parts, but a game that required no engineering, because they had no pinball designers on staff by that point.

They are two totally different games. The 1982 whitewood was the original LazerLord idea by Joe Joos, the 1984 game is just a reused game design, with the LazerLord art package applied to it.

Anyone who has ready access to late-1984 Replay or PlayMeter Magazines, who can nail down that last little bit of proof on this? I'll eventually find it if nobody else does, but my copies of those magazines are in storage elsewhere at the moment.

Photos in: Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 155
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Images:
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Image # 9161: Lazer Lord Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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[Duncan Brown]
Image # 9162: Lazer Lord Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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[Duncan Brown]
Image # 62860: Lazer Lord Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 62861: Lazer Lord Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 62862: Lazer Lord Backglass - Illuminated Displays 
(The correct color of the score displays is reflected in the playfield glass.)
Backglass - Illuminated Displays*

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Image # 62863: Lazer Lord Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 62864: Lazer Lord Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 62865: Lazer Lord Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 62866: Lazer Lord Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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Image # 62867: Lazer Lord Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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Image # 62868: Lazer Lord Cabinet - Full View
Cabinet - Full View

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Millón / IPD No. 6218 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Billares Cordoba (Antonio Cordoba), of Barcelona, Spain
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Rollover buttons (3), Standup target (1). Top rollovers scores 1 million points when lit. A metal cigarette holder is mounted to the left-side of cabinet.
Notes: There is no game name on the backglass, playfield, or lower apron. A date of 1956 for this game has not been confirmed by us.

Three other EM games with a million-point shot are:

Billares Cordoba's 'Ferry-Boat'
Williams' 1957 'Arrow Head'
Gottlieb's 1957 'Royal Flush'

Images:
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Image # 63685: Millón Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 63686: Millón Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 63687: Millón Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 63688: Millón Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 63689: Millón Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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Image # 63690: Millón Ball Lift And Shooter Knobs
Ball Lift And Shooter Knobs

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Source: pictures [?]

Road Race / IPD No. 5317 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Maquinas Recreativas Sociedad Anonima, of Madrid,
Spain
[Trade Name: Maresa]
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Auto Racing
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Rotating arrow bumper. Wedge head.
Notes: A copy of Gottlieb's 1969 'Road Race'.
Images:
(click to zoom)
Image # 38193: Road Race Backglass
Backglass

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[Miguel Manzaneque]
Image # 38194: Road Race Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Miguel Manzaneque]
Image # 76093: Road Race Flyer
Flyer

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[Gerry Halle]
 
Source: pictures [?]

Royal Flush / IPD No. 2034 / May, 1957 / 1 Player
 
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Average Fun Rating: [ 8 stars - Click for comments ]    7.9/10  (8 ratings/7 comments)        [ Add Your Rating! ]
Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture: May, 1957
Model Number: 133
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 3,400 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Cards/Gambling
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Gobble holes (2), Roto-target (1). Metal cigarette holders on side woodrails. Gobble holes score 1 million points when lit.
Design by: Wayne Neyens
Art by: Roy Parker
Notes: Gottlieb's first 1-player to have the match feature.

The backglass carries Gottlieb's famous phrase: Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs!

The BOM for this replay game is dated 1-12-57.

We previously showed a date for this game of March 11, 1957. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Two other EM games with a million-point award are Williams' 1957 'Arrow Head' and Billares Cordoba's 'Ferry-Boat'.

An Extended Play version of this game was made as Gottlieb's 1957 'Royal Flush (Extended Play Prototype)'.

Photos in: Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 35
The Complete Pinball BookExternal Link, page 173
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2034  (External site)
Images:
(click to zoom)
Image # 4722: Royal Flush Flyer
Flyer

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Image # 5321: Royal Flush Score Card
Score Card

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[Scott Phillips]
Image # 5529: Royal Flush Playfield 
(The colors of the pop bumper platters are not original to this game.)
Playfield*

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[Clay Harrell]
Image # 5530: Royal Flush Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Clay Harrell]
Image # 12555: Royal Flush Backglass
Backglass

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[Raphael Lankar]
Image # 12556: Royal Flush Playfield 
(The post below the flippers is not original to this game. The card holder may not be original as well, based upon its bright yellow color.)
Playfield*

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[Raphael Lankar]
Image # 25728: Royal Flush Backglass
Backglass

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[Jim Stahlecker]
Image # 25729: Royal Flush Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Jim Stahlecker]
Image # 57685: Royal Flush Inside Cabinet 
('Dave'Ocean View Amusement Park, Norfolk, VA.Photographed March 18, 1964 by S.H. Ringo.Used with permission.)
Inside Cabinet*

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[The Virginian-Pilot]
 

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