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River Boat / IPD No. 1965 / September 15, 1964 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronic Manufacturing Corporation (1958-1967) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: September 15, 1964
Model Number: 299
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 1,650 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: American History - Cards/Gambling - Riverboats
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Rollover buttons (2), Swinging target (1), Rollunder (1). Backglass light animation (playing cards light up). Reverse wedge head.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

Replay wheel maximum: 20

Sound: 2 bells, knocker

Design by: Norm Clark
Notes: Manufacturer data for River Boat:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 1005*
Quantity produced for export: 645*
Total quantity produced: 1650*
Price to Distributor: $330.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.
Photos in: Cash Box, Oct-17-1964, page 101
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960sExternal Link, page 167
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball PortfolioExternal Link, pages 43-45
Pinball An Illustrated HistoryExternal Link, page 108
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 144
Documentation: 3 MB PDF Instructions Envelope and Content (no schematic) [Williams Electronic Mfg. Co.]
  1 MB PDF Schematic
Files: 7 MB PDF Original Cabinet Artwork 1962-1965 (see page 8 for this game) [Williams Electronic Mfg. Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 1871: River Boat Backglass
Backglass
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 		 Image # 1872: River Boat Playfield (On this playfield, the green posts located to the left of the pop bumpers were inadvertently switched with the yellow posts on each side of the upper right green target.)
Playfield*
384x546
[Russ Jensen]		 Image # 4308: River Boat Flyer
Flyer
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 		 Image # 29376: River Boat Upper Playfield (The pop bumper caps are not original to this game.)
Upper Playfield*
800x570
 		 Image # 29377: River Boat Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
800x600
 
Image # 29378: River Boat Apron
Apron
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 		 Image # 29380: River Boat Cabinet - Front (Cabinet is repainted but is included here to show coin door and other features.)
Cabinet - Front*
800x789
 		 Image # 29382: River Boat Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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 		 Image # 37845: River Boat Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass
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[David Dutton]		 Image # 37846: River Boat Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield
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[David Dutton]
Image # 47916: River Boat Backbox - Front
Backbox - Front
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[Mark Clayton]		 Image # 47917: River Boat Playfield
Playfield
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[Mark Clayton]		 Image # 47918: River Boat Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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[Mark Clayton]		 Image # 60690: River Boat Cash Box Ad (Cash Box, Oct-17-1964, page 101)
Cash Box Ad*
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[Rob Hawkins]		 Image # 60691: River Boat Backglass (The owner advised us this backbox has not been repainted but was detached for mechanical repair.)
Backglass*
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[Lee Wilk]
Image # 60692: River Boat Backbox - Left (The owner advised us this backbox has not been repainted but was detached for mechanical repair.)
Backbox - Left*
608x1221
[Lee Wilk]		 Image # 60693: River Boat Backbox - Right (The owner advised us this backbox has not been repainted but was detached for mechanical repair.)
Backbox - Right*
1024x1365
[Lee Wilk]		 Image # 60694: River Boat Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Lee Wilk]		 Image # 60695: River Boat Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
1024x768
[Lee Wilk]		  
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