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Cosmic Venus / IPD No. 5711 / October, 1978
 
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Date Of Manufacture: October, 1978
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 1 unit   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Dinosaurs - Outer Space - Space Fantasy
Notable Features: 1 ball per play. Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), 10-bank drop targets (1), Spinning target (1). Dropping the ten drop targets in sequence scores extra ball. All targets must be dropped before they reset.
Notes: This was a custom-made game for the Hollywood movie "Tilt". The backglass and playfield are original creations while the cabinet was reused (very probably from Williams' 1975 'Triple Strike').

Design by: Michael Sehnert
Cabinet art by: movie company artist John O'Connor
All other art by: Michael Sehnert, Delana Bettoli

In creating this game, Michael "Pinball" Sehnert shipped the playfield art, drawn on paper, to Williams Electronics where the playfield and its plastic light shields were silkscreened. Michael then assembled the playfield components and wired its underside.

During the filming of the 1979 movie, because the game had no MPU, Michael was positioned behind a wall behind the backbox, hidden from view, where he remotely operated with wires the LED score displays, in concert with the playing of the game during filming.

Without an MPU, there is no ball counter, thus the game is 1 ball per play. The backglass shows copyright 1975 but the game did not finish its initial assembly until October 1978.

At Pacific Pinball Expo 2012, Sehnert advised us that he has since added to this game a custom-built 680012 MPU which now drives the two existing score displays and the ball count and timer displays. We retain the images we already have, which best depicts the game as it appeared in the movie.

Images:
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Image # 50519: Cosmic Venus Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Vincent Giovannone]
Image # 50520: Cosmic Venus Playfield
Playfield

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[Vincent Giovannone]
Image # 50521: Cosmic Venus Backglass
Backglass

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50522: Cosmic Venus Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50523: Cosmic Venus Playfield
Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50524: Cosmic Venus Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50525: Cosmic Venus Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50526: Cosmic Venus Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50527: Cosmic Venus Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50528: Cosmic Venus Illuminated Lower Playfield
Illuminated Lower Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50529: Cosmic Venus Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50530: Cosmic Venus Backbox - Left 
(The game 'Astrologic' is in the background.)
Backbox - Left*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50531: Cosmic Venus Cabinet - Left 
(The game 'Rudy Durand's TILT' is in the foreground, and 'Astrologic' is in the background.)
Cabinet - Left*

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50532: Cosmic Venus Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50533: Cosmic Venus Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50534: Cosmic Venus Cabinet - Rear
Cabinet - Rear

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50535: Cosmic Venus Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50536: Cosmic Venus Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50537: Cosmic Venus Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50538: Cosmic Venus Model 2
Model 2

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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 50539: Cosmic Venus Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Jay Stafford]
 
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