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Average Fun Rating: | 7.0/10 (10 ratings/10 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||
Manufacturer: | Mylstar Electronics, Incorporated (1983-1984) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||
Date Of Manufacture: | May, 1984 | |||||
Model Number: | 687 | |||||
MPU: | Gottlieb System 80A | |||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||
Production: | 2,350 units (confirmed) | |||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
Theme: | Playing Cards - Poker | |||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), 9-bank drop targets (1). No slingshots. Open-elbow inlanes allow ball to pas Actual measured weight: 229 lbs (includes legs). | |||||
Design by: | Ed Krynski | |||||
Art by: | David Moore | |||||
Notes: | 'Jacks to Open' was a remake of the 1-player EM game Gottlieb's 1977 'Jacks Open'. Note that the order in which the drop targets stand is different from 'Jacks Open'. John Trudeau, a fellow designer at Mylstar, provided us the following information: 'Jacks to Open' served as the test platform for the first alphanumeric displays, although they first appeared in production on Premier's 1985 'Chicago Cubs "Triple Play"'. We actually made ten complete 'Jack to Open' games with the alphanumeric display and a new backglass (having new art to fit the openings for the new digits). There was some management concern that it wouldn't make any difference in the cashbox. That turned out to be undetermined, since there really was no way to tell how much the game would have made without it, at the same location. But we did get some positive feedback because of the initials-entering capability it now had. And players in general liked the displayed messages too. | |||||
Photos in: |
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R | |||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/1282 (External site) | |||||
Additional Media: | Introduction to Prototype Alpha-Numeric Version (at YouTube) [the first 23 minutes] (External site) | |||||
ROMs: | 10 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Availability limited by copyright) | |||
10 KB | ZIP | ROMs (Availability limited by copyright) | [Mylstar Electronics, Inc.] | |||
Documentation: | 9 MB | Instruction Manual (Availability limited by copyright) | [Mylstar Electronics, Inc.] | |||
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