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Gulfstream / IPD No. 1094 / October 23, 1972 / 1 Player

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7.7/10 (38 ratings/26 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

October 23, 1972

Model Number:

417

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

4,175 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Sports - Water Sports

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (3), Rollover buttons (3), Kick-out holes (2). Making all 4 corners of the Magic Square in center playfield before making any 3-in-a-line is operator-adjustable to award 1, 2, or 3 replays (replay mode) or 1, 2, or 3 additional balls (add-a-ball mode).

Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points.

Replay wheel maximum: 37

Sound: 3 chimes, knocker.

Design by:

Norm Clark

Art by:

Christian Marche

Notes:

'Gulfstream' was convertible to Replay or Add-A-Ball.

This 1-player game used a "split bank" of relays to track two separate playfield objectives: the 1-9 numbers and the S-P-E-C-I-A-L rollovers. The "split bank" was also used in 2-player games such as Williams' 1971 'Solids N Stripes' to track a single playfield objective separately for each player.

This game and its add-a-ball version Williams' 1973 'Tropic Fun' were the first Williams games to use their "gear" style of pop bumper cap.

Production Run Records for Gulfstream: 4175 total

Sample run: 93
Production Start Date: Oct-23-1972 / Production End Date: Dec-20-1972
First ship date: Dec-14-1972 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 1 shipped out with production games.

Production Run: 4082
Production Start Date: May-24-1973 / Production End Date: Jun-28-1973
First ship date: May-24-1973 / Last ship date: Jul-12-1973

Product History Record for Gulfstream:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 3181*
Quantity produced for export: 994*
Total quantity produced: 4175*
BOM: $231.88
Price to Distributor: $470.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, page 175
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 51
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 69
Pinball An Illustrated History External Link

, page 112
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 195
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, page 73

Documentation:

12 MB

PDF

Instruction Manual

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

7 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

13 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous, bleached)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

Images:
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Backglass 416x433	Illuminated Front View 324x568 [Daina Petit]	Backglass 799x936 [David Gersic]	Flyer 844x1087	Front View 768x1024 [Casey Davis]
Cabinet - Left 768x1024 [Casey Davis]	Cabinet - Right 768x1024 [Casey Davis]	Illuminated Playfield 768x1024 [Casey Davis]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Casey Davis]	Illuminated Middle Playfield 1024x768 [Casey Davis]
Illuminated Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Casey Davis]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 640x480 [Craig Weiss]	Playfield - Detail 640x480 [Craig Weiss]	Ball View 640x480 [Craig Weiss]	Illuminated Backglass - Detail 640x480 [Craig Weiss]
Backglass 1024x849 [Bob Graham]	Lower Backglass 1024x679 [Bob Graham]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 800x600 [Rick Stefonek]	Specials Lit 800x600 [Rick Stefonek]	Lower Playfield 800x600 [Rick Stefonek]
Ball Trough 800x600 [Rick Stefonek]	Cabinet - Left 800x600 [Rick Stefonek]	Cabinet - Right 800x600 [Rick Stefonek]	Cabinet - Front 655x600 [Rick Stefonek]	Backglass - Reverse 860x935 [Doug Fox]
Backglass 1024x1164 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Backglass 1024x1160 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass - Detail 1024x1484 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass - Detail 1024x782 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Instruction Card 1024x576 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Score Card - France 1024x532 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Right 729x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Left 1600x639 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 774x556 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Upper Playfield 1024x1367 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Lower Playfield* 1024x1536 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View* 1024x1597 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield* 1200x1600 [Kim Mitchell]	Backbox - Left* 749x1476 [Kim Mitchell]	Backbox - Right* 618x1280 [Kim Mitchell]
Serial Number* 1200x900 [Kim Mitchell]	Backbox Insert* 901x855 [Kim Mitchell]	Inside Backbox* 866x900 [Kim Mitchell]	Under Playfield* 837x1586 [Kim Mitchell]	Inside Cabinet* 1200x1600 [Kim Mitchell]

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