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Average Fun Rating: | 6.7/10 (26 ratings/22 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||
Manufacturer: | Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally] | |||||
Project Date: | October 06, 1978 | |||||
Date Of Manufacture: | November, 1979 | |||||
Model Number: | 1162-E | |||||
MPU: | Bally MPU AS-2518-35 | |||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||
Production: | 7,350 units (confirmed) | |||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
Theme: | Celebrities - Licensed - Music - Singing | |||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (7), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1), 4-in-line drop targets. A ball rollover in middle right playfield scores 5,000 points and returns the ball to the shooter lane. Actual measured weight: 224 lbs (includes legs). | |||||
Design by: | George Christian | |||||
Art by: | Dave Christensen | |||||
Notes: | We had understood from a Bally employee at a past Expo seminar that this game license had been a difficult one because singer Dolly Parton kept changing her mind about how she should be portrayed on the backglass, due to her crossover status at the time from country to pop. The Early Production cabinet side art in this listing depicts a bouffant-haired Dolly playing a guitar while the rest of the production run cabinets omit this image, making us wonder if this depiction had been rejected by the singer. Indeed, the flyer shows the singer standing next to the machine with a hairstyle more in line with her backglass portrayal than with the bouffant style that was removed from the cabinet. Believing it was Paul Faris who had spoken at that Expo, we asked him to comment for this listing. He replies:
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Photos in: |
Pinball Art, pages 94-95 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas), page 95 Pinball (Ciuffo), page 171 | |||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/698 (External site) | |||||
ROMs: | 8 KB | ZIP | ROMs | [Bally Mfg. Corp.] | ||
Documentation: | 9 MB | Installation and General Game Operating Instructions (with paginated schematics) | [Bally Mfg. Corp.] | |||
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