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Alpine Club / IPD No. 63 / February, 1965 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronic Manufacturing Corporation (1958-1967) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: February, 1965
Model Number: 310
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 1,200 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Sports - Snow Skiing - Vacationing
Notable Features: Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Rollover buttons (12), Kick-out holes (2), Standup target (1), Right outlane ball return gate. Illuminated backglass marquee. Drop-down cabinet. Backglass light animation (mountain climber ascends mountain). Scoring A-B-C-D-E in sequence advances the climber up the mountain. When climber is almost at the summit, the climber lamp flashes. Climber reaching summit briefly lights a flag there, a replay is scored, and the animation resets to light the climber back to the beginning of the climb. This is a carryover feature from game to game. Rollover buttons light one-at-a-time starting at the bottom button. Hitting a lit button lights the one above it. Hitting the top rollover button when lit lights target. Hitting lit target opens gate, scores 300 points, and increases kick-out hole value.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

Replay wheel maximum: 20

Sound: bell, knocker.

Design by: Steve Kordek
Art by: Art Stenholm
Notes: The add-a-ball version is Williams' 1965 'Ski Club'.

The reverse side of the backglass shows the mountain climber is silkscreened fourteen times. However, the backbox insert shows only ten lamps were provisioned in the stepping mechanism to light the climber. This shows a decision was made by Williams to eliminate four steps in this carry-over feature. While this decision likely was made before production began, if anyone has a Sample or Early Production game, please let us know, so we can see whether it has ten or fourteen steps of animation.

Near each upper flipper is a playfield hole where a lamp should be. There are no lamp sockets wired to these holes. Under the playfield, the end-of-stroke switch for each flipper required the space where the light socket would be.

'Alpine Club' was the first Williams game to have these features:

• a hinged door on the front of the backbox for easy access to the backglass or to change bulbs.
• a backglass marquee for advertising.
• an automatic ball lift.
• a one-piece lockdown bar.
• the now-familiar plastic rectangular ball shooter escutcheon.
• a coin return flap.
• a new coin door designed to accommodate nickels, dimes, and quarters in a single slot. Prior to this, each denomination required it's own coin slot. This new design required a larger coin acceptor and a larger coin door than before. To accommodate the larger door, the front of the wood cabinet was extended downward. This drop-down cabinet style was used on subsequent games through mid-1966 when its use ended during the production run of Williams' 1966 'A-Go-Go'.

Manufacturer data for Alpine Club:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 873*
Quantity produced for export: 327*
Total quantity produced: 1200*
Price to Distributor: $360.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in: Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 66
The Complete Pinball BookExternal Link, pages 66-68, 190.
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/63  (External site)
Documentation: 511 KB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous, bleached) [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
  14 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (paginated, overlapping, damaged but complete) [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
Files: 70 KB PDF Adjustment Sheet [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
  2 MB PDF Coil Chart [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
  93 KB PDF Converting Slug Rejectors to 2 Coin Play or 1 Coin Play [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
  7 MB PDF Original Cabinet Artwork 1962-1965 (see page 24 for this game) [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
  82 KB PDF Post Adjustment Sheet [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
  1010 KB PDF Promotional Photo - Large Size [Williams Electronic Mfg. Co.]
Images:
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Image # 63: Alpine Club Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 64: Alpine Club Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 65: Alpine Club Backglass
Backglass

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 4451: Alpine Club Flyer - Front
Flyer - Front

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Image # 5296: Alpine Club Flyer - Back
Flyer - Back

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Image # 21530: Alpine Club Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 38351: Alpine Club Backglass 
(Serial number 19514.)
Backglass*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 38352: Alpine Club Playfield 
(The right outlane ball return wireform in this image is not original to this game. Serial number 19514.)
Playfield*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46370: Alpine Club Cabinet - Left 
(Portions of the blue areas of the cabinet have been touched up. Serial number 19514.)
Cabinet - Left*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46371: Alpine Club Cabinet - Front 
(Portions of the blue areas of the cabinet have been touched up. Serial number 19514.)
Cabinet - Front*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46372: Alpine Club Inside Coin Door 
(Serial number 19514.)
Inside Coin Door*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46373: Alpine Club Inside Coin Door - Coin Mech Removed 
(Serial number 19514.)
Inside Coin Door - Coin Mech Removed*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46374: Alpine Club Under Playfield 
(Serial number 19514.)
Under Playfield*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46375: Alpine Club Inside Cabinet 
(Serial number 19514.)
Inside Cabinet*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46376: Alpine Club Inside Backbox 
(Serial number 19514.)
Inside Backbox*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46377: Alpine Club Behind Backglass 
(Serial number 19514.)
Behind Backglass*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46378: Alpine Club Left Side Missing Lamp Socket 
(Under the playfield, the flipper end-of-stroke switch required the space where the light socket would be. Serial number 19514.)
Left Side Missing Lamp Socket*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 46379: Alpine Club Right Side Missing Lamp Socket 
(Under the playfield, the flipper end-of-stroke switch required the space where the light socket would be. Serial number 19514.)
Right Side Missing Lamp Socket*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 49927: Alpine Club Illuminated Backglass 
(Serial number 22236.)
Illuminated Backglass*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 49928: Alpine Club Illuminated Playfield 
(The two white posts below the flippers were added after the game left the factory. Serial number 22236.)
Illuminated Playfield*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 49929: Alpine Club Illuminated Upper Playfield 
(Serial number 22236.)
Illuminated Upper Playfield*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 49930: Alpine Club Illuminated Lower Playfield 
(The two white posts below the flippers were added after the game left the factory. Serial number 22236.)
Illuminated Lower Playfield*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 49931: Alpine Club Cabinet - Left 
(The two white posts below the flippers were added after the game left the factory. Serial number 22236.)
Cabinet - Left*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 49932: Alpine Club Cabinet - Right 
(Serial number 22236.)
Cabinet - Right*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 49933: Alpine Club Cabinet - Front View 
(The two white posts below the flippers were added after the game left the factory. Serial number 22236.)
Cabinet - Front View*

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[Cédric Bérenger]
Image # 68061: Alpine Club Promotional Photo
Promotional Photo

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[Duncan Brown]
 

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