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Indianapolis 500 / IPD No. 2853 / June 06, 1995 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated,
of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]
Date Of Manufacture: June 06, 1995
Model Number: 50026
Common Abbreviations: I5,I500
MPU: Williams WPC Security (WPC-S)
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 2,249 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Sports - Auto Racing
Notable Features: Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Multiball, Autoplunger, digital game in DMD. Unlimited buy-in balls per player (operator option).
Toys: Spinning car shakes machine.
Design by: Dennis Nordman
Art by: Dan Hughes, Paul Barker
Dots/Animation by: Adam Rhine, Brian Morris
Mechanics by: Win Schilling, Armando Zuniga
Music by: Chris Granner
Sound by: Chris Granner
Software by: Mike Boon, Craig Sylla
Notes: Included in this listing is an image of Dan Hughes' original backglass artwork for this game, sketched before it was determined whether this would be a Williams or a Bally game.

We were alerted to two examples of an alternate cabinet art version (not pictured here), located in the Netherlands, and one example (pictured here) located in Canada. The right side of these cabinets, for instance, did not show a gradation from orange to yellow behind the race cars but had instead a solid red color there, and the black color in the area of the backbox hinge had a solid yellow border color. Upon closer comparison to the more common cabinet, the race car tires appeared to be a darker blue, and even the playfield's blue color seemed to be darker, if not royal purple.

Mark Weyna explained much about what we saw:

There was a BUNCH of color changing going on with the playfield and cabinet very late in the development. The backglass pretty much stayed the same. The changes were based on our German distributor commenting on the color scheme and relating it to "baby colors" which started a wave of color changing.

I have a cabinet test panel on Masonite that is the full red with more purplish tires. My own Indy 500 game was the photoshoot machine for the brochure, which was a VERY early sample run game, and it has the orange to yellow treatment. Also, to add to the confusion, the Indy's seem to have faded more than other cabinets of the era... There where also at least two playfield color versions - I have a rich red to purple NOS playfield and my game (photoshoot, remember) is more orange to lighter blue towards the bottom.

I think the protos were done one way, the sample run done another way (like my game), and the production games were a third version.

Photos in: The Pinball Compendium 1982 to PresentExternal Link, page 207
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Rule Sheets: Indianapolis 500 Rulesheet Version 2 (Jul/30/1995), by Cameron Silver  
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2853  (External site)
Easter Eggs:Available at Cows and Easter Eggs  (External site)
Additional Media:Promotional Video (at YouTube)  (External site)
ROMs: 363 KB ZIP Belgium Game ROM V1.1 [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  363 KB ZIP Game ROM V1.1 [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  493 KB ZIP Sound ROM V1.0 [S2] [Midway Mfg. Co.]
Documentation: 7 MB PDF English Manual [Midway Manufacturing Company]
  860 KB PDF Operator Handbook [Midway Manufacturing Co.]
  191 KB TXT Parts List
Images:
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Image # 2715: Indianapolis 500 Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 3929: Indianapolis 500 Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 3930: Indianapolis 500 Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 6888: Indianapolis 500 Backglass
Backglass

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[Philippe Thibault]
Image # 12061: Indianapolis 500 Full Machine
Full Machine

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12062: Indianapolis 500 Cabinet Front
Cabinet Front

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12063: Indianapolis 500 Cabinet Left
Cabinet Left

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12064: Indianapolis 500 Cabinet Right
Cabinet Right

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12065: Indianapolis 500 Cabinet Inside
Cabinet Inside

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12066: Indianapolis 500 BackBox
BackBox

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12067: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Underside
Playfield Underside

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12068: Indianapolis 500 Backbox Electronics
Backbox Electronics

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12069: Indianapolis 500 Playfield 
(Note that this playfield has a custom decal at the rear of the playfield.)
Playfield*

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12070: Indianapolis 500 Lower Right Playfield
Lower Right Playfield

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12071: Indianapolis 500 Lower Left Playfield
Lower Left Playfield

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12072: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12073: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12074: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12075: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12076: Indianapolis 500 Center Playfield
Center Playfield

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12077: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail 
(Note that this playfield has a custom decal at the rear of the playfield.)
Playfield Detail*

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12078: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12079: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12080: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12081: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12082: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 12083: Indianapolis 500 Playfield Detail
Playfield Detail

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[Allen Shope]
Image # 30212: Indianapolis 500 Upper Playfield - Plastics Removed
Upper Playfield - Plastics Removed

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[Keith Elwin]
Image # 30213: Indianapolis 500 Lower Playfield - Plastics Removed
Lower Playfield - Plastics Removed

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[Keith Elwin]
Image # 32709: Indianapolis 500 Original Backglass Artwork (Photographic Copy) 
(Artist is Dan Hughes.Printed on Kodak professional paper.Dimensions 26 1/2 inches by 18 1/2 inches.Dan made this photographic copy of his original marker sketch and presented it to Dennis Nordman for approval.)
Original Backglass Artwork (Photographic Copy)*

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[Dennis Nordman]
Image # 36500: Indianapolis 500 Promotional Hanging Sign 
(Sign measures 17 by 22 by 1/18 inches.)
Promotional Hanging Sign*

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Image # 41460: Indianapolis 500 Sample Game - Blue Playfield 
(Serial number is 53326 100261.  Manufactured 6/16/95.)
Sample Game - Blue Playfield*

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[David Messerly]
Image # 54213: Indianapolis 500 Promotional Poster 
(Measures 24 inches by 36 inches.)
Promotional Poster*

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[Harold Balde]
Image # 63760: Indianapolis 500 Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 74155: Indianapolis 500 Alternate Playfield Purple Color 
(Purple instead of blue.)
Alternate Playfield Purple Color*

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Image # 74156: Indianapolis 500 Alternate Cabinet Art - Right
Alternate Cabinet Art - Right

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Image # 74157: Indianapolis 500 Alternate Cabinet Art - Left
Alternate Cabinet Art - Left

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Image # 74158: Indianapolis 500 Alternate Cabinet Art - Front
Alternate Cabinet Art - Front

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