| Gun Smoke / IPD No. 4808 / 1968 / 2 Players | [ Submit Changes ] |
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This may be the last Italian version game from this manufacturer, if it in fact was produced. Federico Croci, a collector in Italy, tells us that he has never seen this game there other than a picture or two in some operator's magazines.
The game pictured here had a paper tag tied to the bank reset relays that stated "Engineering Sample #5105".
Extra balls were counted on the backglass using what would have been the match numbers 1 thru 9 in a replay version. Extra balls were known as "kick-ups" because they entered the playfield through the flippers by being kicked-up from the out-hole. Kick-ups would have to be played off by the player who earned them before the game would advance to the next player.
The two ball guides, one on each side of the Ball Saver, are not present in the U.S. version of this game. They likely were added to guide the path of kick-up balls.
'Gun Smoke' is the first pinball machine by an American manufacturer to have the familiar round up-post between the flippers. Chicago Coin referred to this feature as the Ball Saver. The first known example is found on Rally's 1967 'Play boy'. An earlier, V-shaped form of this device was used by Gottlieb during the 1950's. An example is Gottlieb's 1950 'Knock Out'.
The Gun Smoke flash feature on the backglass was first used on Chicago Coin's 1967 'Twinky'.
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