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NBA Fastbreak / IPD No. 4023 / March, 1997 / 4 Players

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Average Fun Rating:

7.7/10 (102 ratings/68 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated,
of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]

Date Of Manufacture:

March, 1997

Model Number:

50053

Common Abbreviations:

NBAF

MPU:

Williams WPC-95

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

4,414 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Sport - Basketball - Licensed theme

Specialty:

Mechanical Backbox Animation

Notable Features:

The mechanical backbox animation consists of a flipper in the lower right part of the backbox and a basket on the far left side. The game controls the backbox flipper sometimes when points are scored. For instance, after a set amount of pop bumper hits, during multiball, and during the Egyptian Soda and Hot Dog Mania modes. The exception is Pizza Power Shots mode. In this mode, the player tries to score as many points as possible in the backbox basket. This is done by flipping the backbox flipper at the right moment. A basket shot can be worth 1, 2 or 3 points, depending on the amount shown in the score display at the moment of hitting the basket switch.

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Notes:

Voice-over artist Tim Kitzrow provided the voice of the play-by-play announcer.

This game is equipped with four pinballs.

There are two versions of the playfield. Later versions of the playfield had two holes in the playfield below the aerial basketball hoop, each in the shape of a "racetrack oval", each placed between two posts that support a rubber ring. One hole was used to route an opto wire through while the other one was unused as far as we know. Earlier versions of the playfield did not have these holes and instead routed the opto wire up and behind the scoreboard. The difference is explained here.

Marketing Slogans:

"The Hottest Rookie of the Year!"
"They Shoot, You Score!"

Rule Sheets:

NBA Fastbreak Guide Version 1.1 (Mar/05/1998), by Jim N.

Easter Eggs:

Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site)

Additional Media:

Promotional Video (at YouTube) (External site)

Additional Media:

Promotional Video (at YouTube) (External site)

ROMs:

361 KB

ZIP

Game ROM V3.1

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

487 KB

ZIP

Sound Rom SU2 0.4

[Williams Electronic Games]

4 MB

ZIP

Sound ROM V1.0 [S2-6]

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

1020 KB

ZIP

Sound ROM V3.0 (German) [S2]

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

Documentation:

4 MB

PDF

Operations Manual (March 1997 Final, with schematics)

[Bally]

8 MB

PDF

Operations Manual (May 1997 Final, with schematics)

[Bally]

209 KB

TXT

Parts List

18 MB

PDF

WPC-95 Schematic Manual (July 1, 1997)

[Williams Electronic Games Inc.]

Service Bulletins:

12 KB

PDF

Service Bulletin #99

[Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]

Files:

9 MB

PDF

Linking Kit Installation Instructions (for Linking Kit #58030)

[Midway Mfg. Co.]

216 KB

PDF

Rubber Ring List

[Mike Gaspar and Williams Electronic Games]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer, Front 581x768	Flyer, Page 2 578x768	Flyer, Page 3 488x768	Backglass 1024x702 [Philippe Thibault]	Flyer, Front (Linked) 846x1093
Full Machine 550x877 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Left 500x542 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Right 500x530 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Front 500x337 [Allen Shope]	Cabinet Inside 500x375 [Allen Shope]
BackBox 500x681 [Allen Shope]	Backbox Electronics 500x667 [Allen Shope]	Playfield 500x667 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Underside 500x667 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]
Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]
Playfield Detail 350x467 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x667 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]
Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Playfield Detail 500x375 [Allen Shope]	Whitewood Drawing* 663x1024 [Bill Ung]
Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jasper van Eeden]	Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Jasper van Eeden]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [John Gray]	Instruction Card 640x480 [John Gray]	Backbox Insert - Reverse* 640x480 [John Gray]
Backglass 1024x694 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Right 686x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Left 1024x451 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1024x680 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View 674x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Linked Machines* 1200x1600 [Julius Johnson, Jr.]	Linked Audio/Visual Board Player 1* 1200x900 [Julius Johnson, Jr.]	Linked Audio/Visual Board Player 2* 1200x900 [Julius Johnson, Jr.]	Stripped Playfield - Later Production* 690x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Whitewood Playfield 528x937 [Benjamin Thoburn]

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