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| Average Fun Rating: | Needs More Ratings! 5.9 / 10 (5 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Atari, Incorporated (1976-1983) |
| Date Of Manufacture: | November, 1976 |
| MPU: | Atari Generation/System 1 |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) ![[?]](/graphic/question.gif) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Adventure |
| Specialty: | Widebody
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| Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (7), Standup targets (4). |
| Concept by: | Bob Jonesi |
| Design by: | Bob Jonesi |
| Art by: | George Opperman |
| Mechanics by: | Bob Jonesi |
| Sound by: | Fred Yates, Eugene Jarvis |
| Software by: | Fred Yates, Eugene Jarvis |
| Notes: | 'The Atarians' was the first game by this manufacturer.
First Solid State widebody game.
First pin game to use inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Atari referred to them as "magnetic sensor switches" in their documentation.
Eugene Jarvis informs us that Fred Yates was the original programmer and sounds guy. Eugene was his apprentice and finished up the game after Fred left.
Mark Ritchie stated at the Chicago Expo 2012 that half of the production run came back to the factory because Atari had received a bad batch of plywood used to make them. |
| Photos in: |
The Coin Slot, Vol 3 No. 1, Fall 1986, page 74
Pinball! (Sharpe) page 148
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
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| ROMs: | 3 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (not working) | |
| | 1 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (working bootleg) | |
| | 4 KB | ZIP | ROMs | |
| Documentation: | 45 MB | PDF | Illustrated Parts Catalog (March-10-1978, with price list, high-res paginated schematics) | [Atari, Inc.] |
| | 1 MB | PDF | Operation, Maintenance, and Service Manual (1977, with low-res paginated schematics) | [Atari, Inc.] |
| | 7 MB | PDF | Pinball Troubleshooting Guide (1st Printing, includes parts list for PBS-1) | [Atari Inc.] |
| Service Bulletins: | 60 KB | PDF | Customer Service Bulletin B-A004 (undated, adding posts to playfield) | [Atari Inc.] |
| Files: | 2 MB | PDF | Customer Service Notice (May 10, 1977, new Atarian boards) | [Atari Inc.] |
| | 315 KB | PDF | Interconnect and Wiring Diagrams (March 78, Section H Sheets 1A, 1B, paginated) | [Atari Inc.] |
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