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Ali / IPD No. 43 / March, 1980 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

Stern Electronics, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1977-1984) [Trade Name: Stern]

Date Of Manufacture:

March, 1980

Model Number:

119

MPU:

Stern M-200 MPU

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

2,971 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Sports - Boxing - Licensed Theme

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), Kick-out holes (4), 3-bank drop targets (2), Spinning targets (1), Horseshoe lane (1). On/off switch for optional background fight tones.

Design by:

Harry Williams

Art by:

Bob Timm

Notes:

Artist Bob Timm told us he did both the backglass and playfield for this game while he was at Ad Posters. He said cabinet art was always done at the cabinet maker and, as far as he knew, none of the game artists had anything to do with it.

Stern programmer Alan McNeil told us that this game did terribly in sales.

We note that 21 units of this production run were made as knock-down games. Stern exported other models in this way to Leisure and Allied Industries of Australia to be made into complete machines. The backglass may or may not carry licensing information.

If anyone locates an Ali machine with licensing information on the backglass and/or an LAI metal plate on the back of the cabinet, please contact us with your photographs.

Manufacturer data for Ali:
Production Start Date: 3/20/80
Production End Date: 5/2/80
Quantity produced - full games: 2950
Quantity produced - knock-down games: 21
Total Quantity Produced: 2971

Marketing Slogans:

"The K. O. Action of Ali!"

Photos in:

Pinball Art External Link

, page 110
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 61
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 185
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, page 170

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/43 (External site)

ROMs:

6 KB

ZIP

Game ROMs

[Stern Electronics, Inc.]

6 KB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset

Documentation:

23 MB

PDF

Manual - some pages out of sequence

[Stern Electronics, Incorporated]

145 KB

PDF

Playfield Parts Diagram

Images:
(click to zoom)

Playfield 394x542 [Russ Jensen]	Backglass 422x427	Flyer, Front 606x787	Flyer, Page 2 609x787	Flyer, Page 3 609x785
Flyer, Page 4 605x785	Flyer, Page 5 605x779	Flyer, Page 6 606x779	Front View 1024x1424	Front View 1024x1379
Playfield 1024x1074	Upper Playfield 1024x755	Middle Playfield 1024x755	Lower Playfield 1024x755	Backglass 1024x850
Illuminated Backglass 1200x1631	Cabinet - Left 900x1200

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