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Slamdunk / IPD No. 4965 / 1988 / 4 Players
 
Date Of Manufacture: 1988
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 1 unit   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Sports - Basketball
Specialty: Re-themed Game [?]
Widebody [?]
Notable Features: Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (4), standup targets (4), 3-bank drop targets (1), Solitary drop target (1), Rollunder spinner (1), Horseshoe lane (1).
Notes: This is a re-themed game. It used to be Bally's 1980 'Space Invaders'. It was created for use in the 1988 Paramount Pictures R-rated movie "The Accused" in a pivotal scene where Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias is attacked on this pinball table.

This game was purchased in 2008 through an auction in southern California from the film's editor who had owned it for twenty years. It has matching serial numbers on the cabinet and backbox. The backbox was heavily damaged by water. Some of the game's paperwork was still in the cabinet.

The current game owner offers these additional details:

The translite is thinner plastic than a normal translite and is attached to the outside of a piece of clear plastic that replaced the normal glass. It was attached with black fabric tape at the edges. I also included some pictures of extra lights added behind the translite. The playfield glass was also replaced with plastic, probably for safety reasons during filming. If you look at the playfield photos you can see three spots about one inch in diameter in a triangle pattern. I think clear plastic rods about three inches long were glued to the playfield on those spots to support the plastic during filming. I am not positive about this, but I have one clear plastic rod that came with the machine and it is a good fit. It is a little bigger diameter than the marks on the playfield and matching area of the playfield plastic. If you look closely you can see that the playfield plastics are clear plastic with paper decals glued on the top. I guess you can't expect top quality in a movie prop. It has been very interesting so far and fun to look over such a unique piece of pinball history. The subject matter in the movie makes it a little difficult to explain to people the significance of this machine. However it was based on a real story that happened on a real pinball machine and this is what they chose as the movie prop for filming the scene. I hope people will understand that and not be offended by any restoration of this machine.

Images:
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Image # 37965: Slamdunk Backglass (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backglass*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37966: Slamdunk Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37967: Slamdunk Upper Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Upper Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37968: Slamdunk Upper Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Upper Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37969: Slamdunk Upper Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Upper Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 37970: Slamdunk Lower Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Lower Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37971: Slamdunk Upper Left Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Upper Left Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37972: Slamdunk Upper Right Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Upper Right Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37973: Slamdunk Middle Left Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Middle Left Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37974: Slamdunk Horseshoe Lane (Serial number ESI10457.)
Horseshoe Lane*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 37975: Slamdunk Middle Right Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Middle Right Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37976: Slamdunk Lower Left Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Lower Left Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37977: Slamdunk Flipper Area (Serial number ESI10457.)
Flipper Area*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37978: Slamdunk Lower Right Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Lower Right Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37979: Slamdunk Cabinet - Left (Serial number ESI10457.)
Cabinet - Left*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 37980: Slamdunk Cabinet - Right (Serial number ESI10457.)
Cabinet - Right*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37981: Slamdunk Front View (Serial number ESI10457.)
Front View*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37982: Slamdunk Manufacturer Advisory (Serial number ESI10457.)
Manufacturer Advisory*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37983: Slamdunk Translite - Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Translite - Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37984: Slamdunk Translite - Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Translite - Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 37985: Slamdunk Translite - Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Translite - Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37986: Slamdunk Translite - Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Translite - Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37987: Slamdunk Backbox Insert - Front (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backbox Insert - Front*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37988: Slamdunk Backbox Insert - Front Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backbox Insert - Front Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37989: Slamdunk Backbox Insert - Front Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backbox Insert - Front Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 37990: Slamdunk Backbox Insert - Front Detail (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backbox Insert - Front Detail*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37991: Slamdunk Backbox Insert - Back (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backbox Insert - Back*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37992: Slamdunk Inside Backbox (Serial number ESI10457.)
Inside Backbox*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37993: Slamdunk Inside Backbox (Serial number ESI10457.)
Inside Backbox*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37994: Slamdunk Inside Cabinet (Serial number ESI10457.)
Inside Cabinet*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 37995: Slamdunk Inside Cabinet (Serial number ESI10457.)
Inside Cabinet*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37996: Slamdunk Inside Cabinet (Serial number ESI10457.)
Inside Cabinet*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37997: Slamdunk Under Upper Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Under Upper Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37998: Slamdunk Under Middle Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Under Middle Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 37999: Slamdunk Under Lower Playfield (Serial number ESI10457.)
Under Lower Playfield*
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[Ron Johnson]
Image # 38000: Slamdunk Inside Coin Door (Serial number ESI10457.)
Inside Coin Door*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 38001: Slamdunk Backbox Serial Number (Serial number ESI10457.)
Backbox Serial Number*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 38002: Slamdunk Cabinet Serial Number (Serial number ESI10457.)
Cabinet Serial Number*
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[Ron Johnson]		 Image # 38003: Slamdunk Playfield with Movie Prop (A plastic cylinder found with this game was likely one of a few used on the playfield to support weight pressing down on the plastic playfield 'glass'. Serial number ESI10457.)
Playfield with Movie Prop*
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[Ron Johnson]		  
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