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Operation: Thunder / IPD No. 1721 / March, 1992 / 4 Players

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Average Fun Rating:

7.6/10 (47 ratings/33 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Premier Technology (1984-1996) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

March, 1992

Model Number:

732

Common Abbreviations:

MPU:

Gottlieb System 3

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

2,513 units (approximate)

Serial Number Database:

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

Notable Features:

Flippers (3), Pop Bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Drop-Targets (8), Vari-Target (1), Spinning target (1), Holes (4)

Toys:

Domed Power Plant in upper right corner, contains spinning turntable that vaults ball around targets and against the side of a pop bumper.

Design by:

Ray Tanzer

Art by:

David Moore, Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell

Sound by:

Craig Beierwaltes, Dave Zabriskie

Software by:

Bob Wilson, Jon Norris

Notes:

The last Gottlieb machine to use Alphanumeric displays. All Gottlieb machines after Operation Thunder used dot-matrix displays.

Marketing Slogans:

"TOP SECRET: Gottliebs NEW _Smart Switch_(TM) are the Operators Secret Weapon to Annihilate old Mechanical Switch Problems."

Photos in:

Chicago Tribune April 5, 1992, pp. Sect. 5, p.1:2. pp. (PF-partial)

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/1721 (External site)

Additional Media:

Example of Play (at YouTube) [11:00] (External site)

ROMs:

499 KB

ZIP

PinMAME Romset (Availability limited by copyright)

499 KB

ZIP

ROMs (Availability limited by copyright)

[Premier Technology]

Documentation:

2 MB

PDF

Manual (Availability limited by copyright)

[Premier Technology]

Files:

67 KB

ZIP

Reproduction Score and Instruction Cards (Availability limited by copyright)

[Inkochnito]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer, Front 884x1150	Flyer, Back 884x1150	Playfield 480x640 [Kiwi]	Cabinet - Right 535x415 [Kiwi]	Playfield 1024x1571 [Kevin Wayte]
Inside Backbox 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]	Inside Backbox 800x784 [Kevin Wayte]	Behind Translite 640x589 [Kevin Wayte]	Inside Cabinet 800x536 [Kevin Wayte]	Display Tubes 800x510 [Kevin Wayte]
Score Displays 800x536 [Kevin Wayte]	Upper Playfield 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]	Middle Playfield 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]	Lower Playfield 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]	Ball Lock 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]
Drop Targets - 3 Bank 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Drop Targets - 5 Bank 1000x670 [Kevin Wayte]	Power Plant Dome 800x536 [Kevin Wayte]	Inside Power Plant 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]	Powerplant Turntable 800x557 [Kevin Wayte]
Left Ramp 800x536 [Kevin Wayte]	Vertical Upkicker Wireform 1024x686 [Kevin Wayte]	Ball Diverter 800x536 [Kevin Wayte]	Jackpots 640x429 [Kevin Wayte]	Hidden Spinner 900x603 [Kevin Wayte]
Vari-Target 800x536 [Kevin Wayte]	Shooter Lane 600x896 [Kevin Wayte]	Cabinet - Full View 1200x1600 [Jasper Van Eeden]	Playfield 1200x1600 [Rafael Luque]	Upper Playfield 1200x900 [Rafael Luque]
Middle Playfield 1200x900 [Rafael Luque]	Lower Playfield 1200x900 [Rafael Luque]	Cabinet - Front View 735x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	NOS Plastics Set 1180x789 [Martin Wiest]	Whitewood Playfield* 1200x2224
Whitewood Playfield* 1200x2188

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