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Four Million B.C. / IPD No. 935 / May, 1971 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: November 08, 1970
Date Of Manufacture: May, 1971
Model Number: 906
Common Abbreviations: 4MilBC,4MBC,FMBC
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 3,550 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Dinosaurs - Historical
Specialty: Zipper Flippers [?]
Notable Features: Zipper flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Rollover buttons (3), Standup targets (2), Captive ball kick-out hole (1), Multiball (2 or 3), Captive ball walker with carry-over feature, Left outlane kicker, Ramp skill shot, Ball return gate. The kick-out hole has a motorized Flash Bonus for variable awards. Upper right gate delivers ball to a four-step captive ball alley before returning it to play. This feature carries over from game to game.

Maximum displayed point score is 99,990 points per player.

Replay wheel maximum: 25

Sound: 1 bell, knocker.

Design by: Ted Zale
Art by: Dick White
Notes: A special version was produced for Germany with the same project number and project release date. The schematic part number for the US version was W-1042-92a and was W-1042-93a for the German version.

A gun game with a similar theme is Midway's 1968 '1 Million B.C.'.

No overt connection was made evident between this 1971 pinball machine and the 1966 British movie One Million Years B.C. other than by those who would recognize the backglass art from the dinosaur fight in the movie.

There was also a Hollywood movie One Million B.C. from 1940.

Photos in: Game Room Magazine pp. Volume2 Issue 12
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 143
Pinball 1External Link Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 236
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 25
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball PortfolioExternal Link, page 67
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 83
Pinball PerspectivesExternal Link, pages 10, 88-92
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 186
Pinball Trader, Vol 2 No. 4, March-April 1988, page 8
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, pages 77 and 118
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/935  (External site)
Additional Media:Example of Play (at YouTube) [03:35]  (External site)
Documentation: 473 KB PDF Manual Addendum for German Machines [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  502 KB PDF Playfield Chart from 1973 Parts Catalog [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  7 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Files: 710 KB PDF Installation And General Game Operation Instructions (OCR searchable) [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  407 KB TIF Instruction Card [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  118 KB TIF Plays Per Quarter Card [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  413 KB TIF Replays Card [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 912: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Front View
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Image # 913: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Front View
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[Daina Petit]
Image # 4025: Four Million B.C. Flyer, Front
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Image # 4026: Four Million B.C. Flyer, Back
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Image # 6151: Four Million B.C. Backglass
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[Riffhard]
Image # 7385: Four Million B.C. Instruction and Score Card
Instruction and Score Card

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Image # 9758: Four Million B.C. Upper Playfield
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[Chris Knight]
Image # 9759: Four Million B.C. Middle Playfield
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[Chris Knight]
Image # 9760: Four Million B.C. Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Chris Knight]
Image # 9761: Four Million B.C. Playfield - Ball View
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[Chris Knight]
Image # 9762: Four Million B.C. Backglass
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[Chris Knight]
Image # 10402: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Front
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[John Do]
Image # 10404: Four Million B.C. Upper Playfield
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[John Do]
Image # 11980: Four Million B.C. German Backglass
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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 11981: Four Million B.C. German Playfield
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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 13235: Four Million B.C. Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[R.Philippen]
Image # 13236: Four Million B.C. Inside Cabinet
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[R.Philippen]
Image # 23640: Four Million B.C. Backglass
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Image # 23641: Four Million B.C. Backglass - Reverse
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Image # 24890: Four Million B.C. German Ad 
(From the German operator magazine Automaten Markt, October 1971.)
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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 24891: Four Million B.C. German Ad 
(From the German operator magazine Automaten Markt, August 1971. The photograph is the reversed image of the cover of the 1971 record album 'Survival' by the rock band Grand Funk Railroad.)
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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 30380: Four Million B.C. Illuminated Backglass
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Image # 30381: Four Million B.C. Playfield
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Image # 30382: Four Million B.C. Playfield
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Image # 30383: Four Million B.C. Upper Playfield
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Image # 30384: Four Million B.C. Middle Playfield
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Image # 30385: Four Million B.C. Playfield - Detail
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Image # 30386: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Left
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Image # 30387: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Right
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Image # 30388: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Front
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Image # 30389: Four Million B.C. Cabinet - Rear
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Image # 30390: Four Million B.C. Inside Cabinet
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Image # 30391: Four Million B.C. Inside Backbox
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Image # 32773: Four Million B.C. Raised Playfield Glass
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[John Gray]
Image # 32774: Four Million B.C. Under Lower Playfield
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[John Gray]
Image # 32775: Four Million B.C. Under Upper Playfield
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[John Gray]
Image # 52453: Four Million B.C. Playfield
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[Mark Steinman]
Image # 52454: Four Million B.C. Upper Playfield
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[Mark Steinman]
Image # 52455: Four Million B.C. Middle Playfield
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[Mark Steinman]
Image # 52456: Four Million B.C. Lower Playfield
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[Mark Steinman]
Image # 52457: Four Million B.C. Instruction Card
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[Mark Steinman]
 
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