Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'The Machine: Bride of Pin·bot'

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The Machine: Bride of Pin·bot / IPD No. 1502 / February 11, 1991 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

February 11, 1991

Model Number:

50002

Common Abbreviations:

TM:BOP

MPU:

Williams WPC (Alpha Numeric)

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

8,100 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Fantasy - Outer Space - Robots

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshot in the pop bumper area, Ramps (2), Spinning target (1), 2-ball Multiball. Upper level bagatelle mini-playfield. Two elevated chicane lanes on the right side have interwoven paths. Plunger lane has elevated skill shot to drop ball to a kicker which kicks the ball into the pop bumper area. The woman's head in the upper playfield rotates to show different faces.

Heartbeat Ramp (the center ramp) is a dual-path ramp which diverts the ball either to the right inlane or to the plunger lane, depending on the ball's path in the mini-playfield.

One Diamond Plate playfield version shown in this listing reportedly has these differences from those made later in production:
yellow billion shot
yellow 1 billion when lit (big wheel)
yellow 500 k (big wheel)
yellow lites extra ball (left loop)
yellow extra ball (small wheel)
yellow lite jackpot (small wheel)
yellow one more time (between flippers)
yellow 500 k (right loop)

Concept by:

Python Anghelo

Design by:

John Trudeau, Python Anghelo

Art by:

John Youssi, Python Anghelo

Mechanics by:

Joe Joos Jr., Jack Skalon, Zofia Bil

Music by:

Dan Forden

Sound by:

Jon Hey, Rich Karstens

Software by:

Brian Eddy

Notes:

This 1991 machine has alphanumeric displays and the Williams "W" logo on the speaker grilles. A licensed conversion kit changed these items. See Dutch Pinball's 2014 'The Machine: Bride of Pin·bot 2.0'.

Stephanie Rogers (http://www.hipchick.com) plays the voice of The Machine.

10/27/2010 A user reports that ROM version L-7 has a multi-player bug in it and is not recommended. The error is: If any player joins the billionaire's club, after they drain and their bonus is collected, the machine will reset. L-6 does not contain this bug.

Artist John Youssi provided us the following information:

I painted the backglass based on a rough sketch Python gave me. I re-sketched the whole thing, adding detail while tightening it up. Python was the artist for the cabinet while Kevin O'Connor inked only. I remember Python doing all the art except for the backglass. Plus it all looks like his style.

We saw Kevin O'Connor's name listed among the Team Credits on a playfield plastic near the left flipper, although he only inked the playfield. He confirms this information to us:

Looking at the playfield, I sort of recall dreading to ink all those circles in the middle and thinking how insanely intricate Python's pencil was, but that's it - inking only. I had great respect for Python's artistic ability and felt honored to be trusted with part of the production of his project. Python was big on giving everyone credit.

Production data for Bride of Pinbot:
Production Start Date: Feb-11-1991
Production End Date: Jun-29-1991
Production Run Quantity: 8100
First ship date: Feb-16-1991
Last ship date: after May-21-1991, records missing.

Marketing Slogans:

"Here Comes the Bride!"
"Watch Her Turn Heads!"

Photos in:

Smithsonian 23(10), January 1993, pp. 96-103. pp. (Backglass)
The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, page 235
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

Rule Sheets:

The Machine Bride of Pinbot Guide Version 1.1.2 (Jun/10/1995), by Keefer

Easter Eggs:

Available at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site)

ROMs:

141 KB

ZIP

Game ROM L-7

[Williams Electronic Games]

417 KB

ZIP

Revision L-4 Game ROM

[Williams Electronic Games]

126 KB

ZIP

Revision L-5 Game ROM

[Williams Electronic Games]

126 KB

ZIP

Revision L-6 Game ROM

[Williams Electronic Games]

88 KB

ZIP

ROM L-8 Billionaire Club Bug Fix

[Williams Electronics]

290 KB

ZIP

Sound ROMs

[Williams Electronic Games]

Documentation:

3 MB

PDF

Operations Manual

[Williams Electronic Games]

182 KB

TXT

Parts List

Files:

222 KB

JPG

Head Service Instructions sheet

[Williams Electronic Games]

1 MB

ZIP

Manual Page 3-16

[Williams Electronics]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 973x685	Playfield 200x450	Flyer - Front 887x1153	Flyer - Back 887x1153	Backglass 616x503 [Steve Nordseth]
Cabinet - Full View 660x1105 [Steve Nordseth]	Cabinet - Right 655x748 [Steve Nordseth]	Cabinet - Left 655x749 [Steve Nordseth]	Upper Playfield 655x451 [Steve Nordseth]	Playfield 654x872 [Steve Nordseth]
Lower Playfield 1024x1073 [Christopher Wolf]	Upper Playfield 1024x1108 [Christopher Wolf]	Backbox - Right 217x573 [Marty Wilke]	Cabinet - Front 473x311 [Marty Wilke]	Under Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]
Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Illuminated Backglass 800x600 [Phil Hauser]	Illuminated Backglass - Detail 800x600 [Phil Hauser]	Playfield* 640x853 [Ciske Vreuls]	Upper Playfield* 640x480 [Ciske Vreuls]
Playfield - Detail* 640x853 [Ciske Vreuls]	Playfield - Detail* 640x480 [Ciske Vreuls]	Cabinet - Left* 367x410 [Ciske Vreuls]	Cabinet - Right* 421x451 [Ciske Vreuls]	Cabinet - Serial Number* 640x480 [Ciske Vreuls]
Diamond Plate Marking* 640x480 [Marc Cohen]	Yellow Heart Insert* 800x600 [Marc Cohen]	Lower Playfield* 680x1024 [Vincent Giovannone]	Backglass 1013x970 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass - Detail 1024x1512 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Backglass - Detail 977x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1024x480 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front - Single Coin Chute 1024x728 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield 1172x1112 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield 1200x1495 [Mark Steinman]
Upper playfield 1200x847 [Mark Steinman]	Middle playfield 1200x934 [Mark Steinman]	Illuminated Backglass* 1200x810 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1200x1430 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View* 682x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Original Art Print* 1200x911 [James Loflin]	Illuminated Front View 1025x1600 [Andre Kürten]

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