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Apollo / IPD No. 77 / June 19, 1967 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

June 19, 1967

Model Number:

331

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

3,100 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Space Exploration

Specialty:

Mechanical Backbox Animation

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumper (1), Slingshots (2), Rollover buttons (11), Standup targets (7), Right outlane ball return gate. Bagatelle in backglass.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

Design by:

Norm Clark

Art by:

Art Stenholm

Notes:

The add-a-ball version of this game is Williams' 1967 'Blast Off'.

The promotional photos for both 'Apollo' and 'Blast Off' show the playfield posts were yellow in color. All of the playfields pictured here have red posts. We presume they came from the factory that way but we don't know when in production a change of color would have occurred.

Manufacturer data for Apollo:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 1812*
Quantity produced for export: 1288*
Total quantity produced: 3100*
Price to Distributor: $375.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in:

The Billboard, Jun-24-1967, page 67
Pinball Portfolio External Link

, pages 105-106
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 108
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s External Link

, page 193
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 160
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/77 (External site)

Documentation:

514 KB

PDF

Manual (OCR-searchable)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

2 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous, bleached)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

7 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous, slight damage)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

Files:

1 MB

PDF

Promotional Photo - Large Size

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Illuminated Front View 415x621	Cabinet - Front View 375x583 [Daina Petit]	Instruction Card 1024x552	Modified for 5-digit Scoring - Italy 800x600 [vecchiflipper]	Backglass 1200x1099 [Mike Kapeller]
Illuminated Front View 1200x1600 [Mike Kapeller]	Playfield 972x1296 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]	Illuminated Playfield 972x1296 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]	Backbox - Left 588x1050 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]	Backbox - Right 572x1276 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]
Cabinet - Left 974x906 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]	Cabinet - Right 1200x900 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]	Cabinet - Front 1200x803 [Maurizio Iannuzzelli]	Billboard Photo* 1200x580 [Rob Hawkins]	Flyer 1200x1534
Press Release 1200x1534	Promotional Photo 1200x1487 [Duncan Brown]

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