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Average Fun Rating: | 7.5/10 (15 ratings/11 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | November 23, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPU: | Bally MPU A084-91786-AH06 (6803) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 1,598 units (approximate) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | American Places - Travel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Mushroom bumpers (2), 3-in-line drop targets. Upper set of slingshots. Truck running lights on top of backbox. No pop bumpers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Dan Langlois, Steve Kirk, Jim Patla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Pat McMahon, Greg Freres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mechanics by: | Greg Tastad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music by: | Chris Granner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound by: | Chris Granner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Software by: | Rehman Merchant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | Released as a modified version of the prototype Bally Midway's 1988 'Ramp Warrior'. Pat McMahon did the backglass art. Greg Freres did the artwork for the playfield and plastics. This was the first game following the merger of Williams and Bally/Midway; if you examine the right side of the playfield above the ball launch, you will find a yellow traffic merge sign with the text "Williams/Bally Merge". This Bally game used Williams' System 11B sound board (D-11581) for its sounds and music. Reportedly, the upper flippers are Bally mechanisms, the lower flippers are Williams mechanisms, and there are various other Williams parts. According to artist Greg Freres and James T. Hawes, technical writer for Williams, artist Pat McMahon intended the truck driver in the backglass to be Joe Dillon, Williams' Sales VP and, later, General Manager. This game uses pinballs that are 1 inch in diameter, instead of the standard 1 1/16 inch. Otherwise, the balls get stuck in the wire ramps. Because the manual, parts manual, and available service bulletins do not reference ball size, we wondered if the smaller ball was a design intention or was a field solution to a problem. We asked Jim Patla to explain and he replies: Here is the story on the 1" balls, we had all the samples ready for the trade show and all we were waiting for was the wire ra We have seen one or two reports of production games with wire ramps that flawlessly pas Duncan Brown told us that Steve Kirk explained to him that he placed his personal design number on the backglass of every one of his games (in the order in which they were designed). Here are the ones we know: Stars has SK-1 on the jet wing. Nine Ball has SK-3 on the wizard’s cap. Meteor has SK-5 on one of the rockets. Pinstar's Gamatron has SK-9 on a launching rocket. The prototype game, Ramp Warrior, has SK-13 on the truck's license plate while the production game, Truck Stop, shows this license plate laying crumpled in the street. We don't know what games belonged to SK-2, -4, -6, -7, -8, -10, -11, and SK-12. Production Run Records for Truck Stop: Production Start Date: Nov-23-1988 Production End Date: Feb-28-1989 Production Run Quantity: approximately 1598, records adjusted from 1606 without notation. First ship date: Nov-28-1988 Last ship date: Aug-8-1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marketing Slogans: |
"Fuel up your profits" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, page 97 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2667 (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 93 KB | ZIP | Rom Files Version P3 | [Bally Midway] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 KB | ZIP | ROMs (version P2) | [Midway Mfg. Co.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 7 MB | English Manual | [Midway Manufacturing Co.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 MB | Parts Manual (Dated January 13, 1989) | [Midway Manufacturing Co.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service Bulletins: | 1 MB | Service Bulletin Book 1989 (includes Truck Stop SB01, SB02, SB03) | [Williams/Bally/Midway] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Files: | 523 KB | German Pinball Test and Settings Instructions Card | [Bally Wulff] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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