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Suspense / IPD No. 2469 / May 14, 1969 / 2 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: May 14, 1969
Model Number: 361
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 2,303 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Notable Features: Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (6), Kick-out holes (2), Captive ball spinner. The flipper buttons each perform in two stages. Pressing a flipper button only halfway activates only the 2-inch flipper closest to it while fully pressing the button also simultaneously activates the two center 3-inch flippers, making three flippers be activated at the same time. Using staged flipping, the player can separately operate the left and right halves of each pair of flippers. 3 or 5 ball play.

The center playfield bonus ladder is incremented only by the ball in play hitting either of two Advance Bonus standup targets. It can only be collected by the captive ball spinner landing on BONUS. It cannot be collected at the outhole. Once collected, it starts over at 100 points. This is an automatic carry-over feature from ball to ball and from player to player, allowing either player to collect this bonus regardless of which player increased its value. This bonus ladder also is operator-adjustable to allow carry-over from game to game. If set for Liberal, the bonus ladder does not reset to 100 points at start of a new game and stays at its higher value until collected. If set to Conservative, the bonus ladder does reset to 100 points at start of a new game.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points per player.

Design by: Norm Clark
Art by: Christian Marche
Notes: This game is operator-adjustable to add-a-ball play.

Last game with captive ball spinner above playfield. In all subsequent games, this device was placed below the playfield.

Photos in: The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960sExternal Link, page 203
Slot Machines and Coin-Op GamesExternal Link, page 55
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball An Illustrated HistoryExternal Link, page 113
Documentation: 2 MB PDF Instruction Manual [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  2 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Images:
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Image # 2352: Suspense Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 2353: Suspense Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 4367: Suspense Flyer
Flyer

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Image # 14113: Suspense Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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Image # 21579: Suspense Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Jim Southwell]
Image # 21580: Suspense Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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[Jim Southwell]
Image # 21581: Suspense Illuminated Lower Playfield
Illuminated Lower Playfield

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[Jim Southwell]
Image # 34724: Suspense Backglass
Backglass

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[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34725: Suspense Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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[Marcel Roth]
Image # 34726: Suspense Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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[Marcel Roth]
 

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