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Disco Fever / IPD No. 686 / June 15, 1978 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: June 15, 1978
Model Number: 483
MPU: Williams System 3
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 6,006 units   (approximate)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Happiness - Dancing
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), 3-bank drop targets (1), 2-bank drop targets (1), Horseshoe lane (1), Rollunder (1). The flippers are the curved "banana" flippers.

Actual measured weight: 224 lbs (includes legs).

Design by: Tony Kraemer
Art by: Christian Marche
Sound by: Randy Pfeiffer
Software by: Randy Pfeiffer
Notes: The fourth Solid State game produced by Williams and the second to feature electronic sound.

Tom Cahill, former Service Manager for Williams, told us that Disco Fever was the first game Williams engineered to have speech. A talking prototype was presented at the Chicago AMOA show. Production games did not have speech.

Williams' 1979 'Time Warp' is the only other Williams game produced with the curved "banana" flippers. Their first game to have them, the 2-player Jai Alai, only got as far as the prototype stage and never went into production.

Williams Daily Production Logs indicate a 4-player replay game named 'Super Jai Alai', approved for 300 sample games but none made, was deleted from the Log on Apr-3-1978, the same day that an approved 300 units of 'Disco Fever' first appeared on the Log. This is not a coincidence as both games had banana flippers, which means a decision was made to re-theme the game before production.

Production Run Records for Disco Fever: 6006 total (records inexplicably change from 6007)

Sample run: 300
Production Start Date: Jun-15-1978 / Production End Date: Jul-7-1978
First ship date: Jun-16-1978 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 1 shipped out with production games.

Production Run: 5706 (if not 5707)
Production Start Date: Aug-14-1978 / Production End Date: Nov-2-1978
First ship date: Aug-14-1978 / Last ship date: Nov-8-1989

Product History Record for Disco Fever:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 3285*
Quantity produced for export: 2725*
Total quantity produced: 6010*
Price to Distributor: $1235.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in: Pinball ArtExternal Link, pages 108-109
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 85
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/686  (External site)
ROMs: 54 KB ZIP Game ROM L-1 [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  1 KB ZIP Sound ROM [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Documentation: 4 MB PDF English Manual (August 1978) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  2 MB PDF Instruction Cards and Score Cards [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  3 MB PDF Manual Amendment (16P-482-110, September 1978, CPU Board changes) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  4 MB PDF Schematics (paginated) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Files: 1 KB ZIP soundPROM 512x8 [Williams]
Images:
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Image # 4459: Disco Fever Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4460: Disco Fever Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 4461: Disco Fever Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 4462: Disco Fever Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 6487: Disco Fever Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Mark Orthner]
Image # 6488: Disco Fever Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Mark Orthner]
Image # 16645: Disco Fever Illuminated Backglass 
(The upper left corner of backglass indicates Highest Score is presented.)
Illuminated Backglass*

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[John Yates]
Image # 16646: Disco Fever Playfield
Playfield

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[John Yates]
Image # 16647: Disco Fever Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[John Yates]
Image # 16648: Disco Fever Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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[John Yates]
Image # 16649: Disco Fever Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[John Yates]
Image # 16650: Disco Fever Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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[John Yates]
Image # 16651: Disco Fever Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[John Yates]
Image # 16652: Disco Fever Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[John Yates]
Image # 16653: Disco Fever Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[John Yates]
Image # 16654: Disco Fever Inside Front Door
Inside Front Door

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[John Yates]
Image # 16655: Disco Fever Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[John Yates]
Image # 16656: Disco Fever Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[John Yates]
Image # 16657: Disco Fever Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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[John Yates]
Image # 16658: Disco Fever Behind Backglass
Behind Backglass

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[John Yates]
Image # 16659: Disco Fever Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[John Yates]
Image # 16660: Disco Fever Inside Backbox - Detail
Inside Backbox - Detail

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[John Yates]
Image # 16661: Disco Fever Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View

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[John Yates]
Image # 16662: Disco Fever Illuminated Full View
Illuminated Full View

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[John Yates]
Image # 43863: Disco Fever Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43864: Disco Fever Side Lane
Side Lane

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43865: Disco Fever Right Inlane
Right Inlane

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43866: Disco Fever Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43867: Disco Fever Score Card
Score Card

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43868: Disco Fever Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43869: Disco Fever Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43870: Disco Fever Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43871: Disco Fever Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43972: Disco Fever Playfield - Ball View
Playfield - Ball View

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Image # 43973: Disco Fever Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left

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Image # 43974: Disco Fever Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right

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Image # 43975: Disco Fever Backbox - Rear
Backbox - Rear

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Image # 43976: Disco Fever Cabinet - Rear
Cabinet - Rear

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Image # 43977: Disco Fever Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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Image # 43978: Disco Fever Inside Front Door
Inside Front Door

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Image # 43979: Disco Fever Behind Backglass
Behind Backglass

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Image # 43980: Disco Fever Backbox Insert
Backbox Insert

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Image # 43981: Disco Fever Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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Image # 43982: Disco Fever Ball Shooter
Ball Shooter

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Image # 43983: Disco Fever Tilt Mechanisms
Tilt Mechanisms

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Image # 55865: Disco Fever Banana Flippers
Banana Flippers

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[Rick Pittman]
Image # 69318: Disco Fever Stripped Playfield
Stripped Playfield

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[Hansjoer Reiter]
Image # 69319: Disco Fever Plastics Set
Plastics Set

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[Hansjoer Reiter]
 

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