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Manufacturer: | Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams] | |||||
Date Of Manufacture: | March 18, 1971 | |||||
Model Number: | 390 | |||||
Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||
Production: | 3,006 units (confirmed) | |||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
Theme: | Dancing - Happiness - Music | |||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), Kick-out hole (1), Right outlane ball return gate, Up-post between flippers. Doodle Bug scoring animation below playfield moves a captive ball repeatedly across a point-scoring rollover button. A gap exists between the flipper and adjacent slingshot disallowing cradling the ball with an energized flipper. 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score depends on the version: Early Production game is 1,999,990 points. Regular Production game is 199,990 points. Exceeding this score lights Over The Top on the backglass for the remainder of the game. Sound: 1 small bell, 1 wooden box chime, and a knocker. Replay wheel maximum is 37 replays. Backglass measures 22 1/2 inches wide, 25 1/2 inches high, and 3/16 inches thick. | |||||
Design by: | Norm Clark | |||||
Art by: | Christian Marche | |||||
Notes: | The add-a-ball version of this game is Williams' 1971 'Love Bug'. Also released in a 4-player version as Williams' 1970 'Dipsy Doodle'. An earlier game having a captive ball scoring feature similar to the Doodle Bug is Bally's 1938 'Paramount'. A solid-state game having this feature is Williams' 1981 'Solar Fire'. The common "Over The Top" backbox version has four actual score reels plus one dummy reel. The 100,000 digit is a silkscreened "1" that is lit from behind when earned. The playfield has a light red background with a dark red circle at each outlane and under the pop bumpers. The backbox pictured in the manufacturer's flyer has an actual score reel for the 100,000 position, as evidenced by the part number visible just underneath the "1" on the reel. This game has five actual score reels plus one dummy reel. Its playfield art is the light red background with the dark red circles. Pictured in this listing is a production game from France with an actual score reel in the 100,000 position, just like the flyer game. It has a silkscreened 1,000,000 light in place of the words "Over The Top" although the bulb sockets to light it were not fully wired by the factory. There are no match numbers on the glass or on the backbox insert. The playfield is pink and has large circles in a light shade of purple at the outlanes and under the pop bumpers. The cabinet has serial number 65420 and its pink color has faded white. We believe this game to be Early Production and have marked it as such. An operator later added a yellow rollover button to its playfield to help advance the 1-2-3-4 target sequence. The current owner added a large bell and knocker as there were none, and replaced some 1970's Gottlieb-style pop bumper caps with ones similar to what was used in production. No paperwork accompanied this game except for its Instruction Card and Score Card shown here. We show additional playfield pictures of the same game shot with a different camera showing darker shades of color, but the owner confirms the playfield is actually pink with light purple circles. | |||||
Photos in: |
Pinball Portfolio, page 98 Slot Machines and Coin-Op Games, page 56 The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981, page 29 The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 185 Collector's Guide to Vintage Coin Machines 2nd Edition, page 107 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F | |||||
Documentation: | 63 KB | Catalog Supplement "Y" With New Parts & Units ("Doodle Bug" Assembly) | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | |||
696 KB | Instruction Manual | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||
416 KB | Schematic Diagram (paginated) | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||
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