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Average Fun Rating: | 7.3/10 (35 ratings/27 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Atari, Incorporated (1976-1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | March, 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPU: | Atari Generation/System 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 5,124 units (approximate) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Celebrities - Fictional - Licensed Theme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty: | Widebody | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), Star rollovers (5), Spinning targets (2), 5-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1), Free ball return lane. The long left lane that returns ball to the top of playfield has a U-turn in it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Steve Ritchie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | George Opperman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound by: | Eugene Jarvis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Software by: | Eugene Jarvis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | Designer Steve Ritchie told us that the quantity of 5,124 games was given to him by an Atari Marketing/Sales guy a long time ago. Steve presumes it to be the Atari sales number for this game (indicating the quantity sold) which is not necessarily the quantity of games produced. Comments from Steve Ritchie: Eugene wrote all the sounds for Superman and one of his amazing programs that created some sounds by introducing bugs to the program. He later created G-wave, an incredible breakthrough at the time. Recording music and sound on silicon was not an option in 1977. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arcade Treasures, page 95 Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas), pages 16 and 93 Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 79 Pinball (Zsolnay), page 59 Collector's Guide to Vintage Coin Machines 2nd Edition, page 108 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballmagic.com/superman.htm (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 5 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 KB | ZIP | ROMs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 5 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 2, Side A) - Schematic Diagram | [Atari, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 2, Side B) - Schematic Diagram | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 3, Side B) - Wiring and Schematic Diagrams | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 MB | Illustrated Parts Catalog (1PC-110, 1st Printing) | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 MB | Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual (TM-110, 1st printing) | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 MB | Schematics (paginated, bleached, missing Index page 1A and pages 4A, 4B) | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Files: | 3 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 1, Side A) - Index to all sheets | [Atari, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 1, Side B) - Interconnect Diagram | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 3, Side A) - Wiring Diagrams | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 4, Side A) - Playfield Harness Routing | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 MB | Drawing Package (Sheet 4, Side B) - Display Harness Lamp Socket Assembly | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
481 KB | RAM/RO | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 MB | Score Cards | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 MB | JPG | Self-Test and Accounting Instructions (located on cash box lid) | [Atari, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
534 KB | Supplement to TM-110 - About The Battery-Powered Memory (undated) | [Atari, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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