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Sky Kings / IPD No. 2196 / April, 1974 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]

Project Date:

October 04, 1973

Date Of Manufacture:

April, 1974

Model Number:

995

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,000 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Parachuting - Sports - Skydiving

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Mushroom bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Messenger balls (2), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1). End-of-ball bonus. The wood framing the backglass is wider at the bottom than at the top.

Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points.

Replay wheel maximum: 25

Sound: 3 chimes

Design by:

Jim Patla

Art by:

Dick White

Notes:

Same playfield design as Bally's 1974 'Champ'.

This listing includes images of a game with serial number 3100, which exceeds the highest expected production run serial number, based on information provided by Bally.

Photos in:

The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 59
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z

Documentation:

3 MB

PDF

Coin Chute Schematics

[Bally Manufacturing Corp.]

613 KB

PDF

Playfield Chart from 1976 Parts Catalog

[Bally Manufacturing Corp.]

6 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous)

[Bally Manufacturing Corp.]

Files:

4 MB

PDF

Installation and General Game Operation Instructions

[Bally Manufacturing Corp.]

333 KB

PDF

Reproduction Spinner Graphics

[John NoLastName]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 467x527	Playfield 478x561 [Russ Jensen]	Playfield 492x709 [Russ Jensen]	Flyer, Front 821x1075	Flyer, Back* 963x822
Backglass 1024x1120 [Christopher Wolf]	Playfield - Ball View 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Playfield - Ball View 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Vic Camp]
Center Playfield 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Left 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Backbox - Right 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Inside Backbox 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Inside Cabinet 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Upper Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Paperwork 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Backglass* 730x600	Playfield* 800x600	Cabinet - Right* 800x600
Cabinet - Front* 772x600	Playfield 1024x1365 [Jesse Kujawa]	Illuminated Playfield 1024x1365 [Jesse Kujawa]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jesse Kujawa]	Playfield - Ball View 1024x768 [Jesse Kujawa]
Illuminated Ball View 1024x693 [Jesse Kujawa]	Cabinet - Left 1024x562 [Jesse Kujawa]	Backbox - Left 489x1193 [Jesse Kujawa]	Backbox - Right 610x1402 [Jesse Kujawa]	Illuminated Backglass* 1200x1600 [Jay Stafford]
Illuminated Playfield* 1200x1600 [Jay Stafford]	Backglass - Reverse 1200x1416 [John Gray]

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