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Time Warp / IPD No. 2568 / September 21, 1979 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: September 21, 1979
Model Number: 489
MPU: Williams System 6
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 8,875 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Mythology - World History
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), Standup targets (2), 5-bank drop targets (1), 3-bank drop targets (1).

Banana flippers on many of the games produced.

Actual measured weight: 227 lbs (includes legs).

Design by: Barry Oursler
Art by: Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
Sound by: Paul Dussault
Software by: Paul Dussault
Notes: The inclusion of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man on the backglass may be the only depiction of male nudity from a pinball machine manufacturer.

The manufacturer's flyer shows that the slingshots next to the flippers each use three posts while the manual's playfield diagram shows four posts each. Presumably all production games used three posts each. We found this comment by Jim Tolbert in his Service Center column in the Jan/Feb 1980 issue of Amusement Review:

If you have a Time Warp and are experiencing a problem with the ball hanging up between the wire of the bottom left inside rollover and the rubber of the left kicker, it's because the post designed to go there was left out in production. If you look at the playfield diagram for this game, you'll see that it calls for four posts. You can remedy this omission by putting in a post or more simply, by using a finishing nail to pull the rubber out just a bit. There is no problem with the right side rollover since the angle is different.

Production Run Records for Time Warp:
Production Start Date: Sep-21-1979 (may not include sample games)
Production End Date: Nov-30-1979
Production Run Quantity: 8875
First ship date: Unknown
Last ship date: Unknown

Product History Record for Time Warp:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 3435*
Quantity produced for export: 4865*
Total quantity produced: 8300*
Price to Distributor: $1334.50
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in: Macleans 93, April 14, 1980, pp. 47,48.
The Complete Pinball BookExternal Link, pages 48-49
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 155
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2568  (External site)
ROMs: 55 KB ZIP Game ROM L-2 [Williams Electronics]
Documentation: 5 MB PDF English Manual (no schematics) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  474 KB PDF Manual Amendment (WMA486-1, undated, revised Master Display Board drawings) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  8 MB PDF Selected Schematic Pages [Williams Electronics]
Files: 495 KB PDF Game Adjustment And Diagnostic Procedures (dated Sept 1979) [Williams Electronics]
  1 KB ZIP L3 Gamerom
Images:
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Image # 4570: Time Warp Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 4571: Time Warp Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 7015: Time Warp Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 7016: Time Warp Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 13672: Time Warp Playfield
Playfield
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[John LeBihan]
Image # 13673: Time Warp Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[John LeBihan]		 Image # 13674: Time Warp Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield
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[John LeBihan]		 Image # 13680: Time Warp Front View
Front View
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[John LeBihan]		 Image # 18835: Time Warp Backglass
Backglass
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18836: Time Warp Playfield
Playfield
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[John Yates]
Image # 18837: Time Warp Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18838: Time Warp Ball View
Ball View
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18839: Time Warp Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18840: Time Warp Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18841: Time Warp Front
Front
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[John Yates]
Image # 18842: Time Warp Inside Front Door
Inside Front Door
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18843: Time Warp Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18844: Time Warp Behind Backglass
Behind Backglass
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18845: Time Warp Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18846: Time Warp Under Playfield
Under Playfield
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[John Yates]
Image # 18847: Time Warp Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet
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[John Yates]		 Image # 18848: Time Warp Front View
Front View
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[John Yates]		 Image # 44819: Time Warp Backglass
Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 44820: Time Warp Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 44821: Time Warp Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 44822: Time Warp Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 44823: Time Warp Playfield (The wireforms usually located just behind the flippers are missing from this playfield.)
Playfield*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 44824: Time Warp Banana Flippers (The wireforms usually located just behind the flippers are missing from this playfield.)
Banana Flippers*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 48601: Time Warp Backglass
Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 61486: Time Warp Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 61487: Time Warp Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		  
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