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Dragon / IPD No. 729 / October, 1978 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company (1977-1983)
[Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

October, 1978

Model Number:

419

MPU:

Gottlieb System 1

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

6,538 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Fantasy

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshot (1), Vari-targets (2), Spinning target (1). The spinning target has a dragon image on one side and a fire image on the other side. When it spins, it appears the fire is coming from the dragon's mouth.

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

This game was also made as a 4-player EM version Gottlieb's 1978 'Dragon'.

We previously showed a production run quantity of 6,550 units.

Quantity produced - domestic: 2,553
Quantity produced - export: 3,985
Total quantity produced: 6,538

Photos in:

Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 142

Documentation:

2 MB

PDF

English Manual (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer, Front 884x1150	Flyer, Back 884x1150	Backglass 412x383	Illuminated Backglass 439x407	Cabinet - Front View 680x996 [Adriaan van Roeden]
Backglass 530x642 [Kendrick Reed]	Backglass - Reverse 576x664 [Kendrick Reed]	Backglass 466x444	Upper Playfield 636x437	Middle Playfield 602x390
Lower Playfield 633x462	Cabinet - Front 415x279	Cabinet - Left 458x438	Cabinet - Right 472x457	Instruction Card 640x480 [John Gray]
Spinner Image 666x420 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Spinner Image 666x420 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Illuminated Front View 1024x1695 [Chris McKendry]	Cabinet - Left* 1024x412 [Rich Castline]	Cabinet - Right 1024x433 [Rich Castline]
Backbox - Left 552x1085 [Rich Castline]	Backbox - Right 456x1010 [Rich Castline]	Playfield Detail 1024x768 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Backglass 1024x1040 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Backglass 1024x1040 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Cabinet - Left 1024x436 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1024x722 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front View 806x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]

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