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Target Alpha / IPD No. 2500 / November, 1976 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

November, 1976

Model Number:

392

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

7,467 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Outer Space Fantasy

Notable Features:

Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), 10-bank drop targets (1), 5-bank drop targets (1), Standup targets (2).

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

First Gottlieb game convertible from replay to add-a-ball operation.

This playfield was produced by Gottlieb for the following electro-mechanical games :
a 1-player replay version called Gottlieb's 1975 'El Dorado',
a 1-player add-a-ball version called Gottlieb's 1975 'Gold Strike',
a 1-player add-a-ball version for Italy called Gottlieb's 1975 'Lucky Strike',
a 4-player replay version called Gottlieb's 1976 'Target Alpha',
a 4-player replay version for France called Gottlieb's 1976 'Canada Dry', and
a 2-player replay version called Gottlieb's 1977 'Solar City'.

Also later produced as a 4-player solid-state game Premier's 1984 'El Dorado City of Gold'.

We have increased our confirmed production run quantity of 7,285 to include 182 Sample games produced in 1976 that were not part of the former quantity per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics.

Of the 7,285 Production games made, Malvasio indicates that 3,343 were made in 1976 and 3,942 were made in 1977.

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, pages 46 and 254
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 1 External Link

, page 233
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 152
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 217
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, page 79

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2500 (External site)

Documentation:

219 KB

PDF

Schematics (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

292 KB

PDF

Setup Manual (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 610x429	Cabinet - Front View 284x541	Cabinet - Front View 338x435 [Daina Petit]	Playfield 550x434	Flyer 884x1153
Instruction Card 1024x705 [Pat & Betty Blote]	Backglass 446x398 [Harry Peck]	Playfield 446x595 [Harry Peck]	Cabinet - Front View 450x1059 [Harry Peck]	Cabinet - Left 445x591 [Harry Peck]
Cabinet - Right 448x586 [Harry Peck]	Backglass 400x403 [Bruno Durand]	Backbox - Left 448x336 [Craig Yarbrough]	Backbox - Right 336x448 [Craig Yarbrough]	Under Playfield 336x448 [Craig Yarbrough]
Inside Cabinet 336x448 [Craig Yarbrough]	Inside Backbox 336x448 [Craig Yarbrough]	Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Backbox 536x758 [Vic Camp]	Backglass 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Cabinet - Right 1024x505 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Upper Playfield 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Upper Playfield 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Middle Playfield 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Lower Playfield 966x684 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Lower Playfield 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1024x1536 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Pop Bumper 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Right 670x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Cabinet - Front - Coined for Francs 1024x749 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass - Reverse 936x633 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Backglass 1200x1029 [Joel Iott]	Illuminated Front View* 1200x1800

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