Internet Pinball Machine Database: Bally 'Gator'

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Gator / IPD No. 987 / June, 1969 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]

Project Date:

August 08, 1968

Date Of Manufacture:

June, 1969

Model Number:

838

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,120 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Adventure - Alligators - Water

Specialty:

Zipper Flippers

Notable Features:

Zipper flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (5), Slingshots (3), Ball return gates (3).

Design by:

Ted Zale

Art by:

Jerry Kelley

Notes:

The manufacturer produced the backglasses in both crystal glass and Plexiglas.

Production quantity includes Bally's 1969 'Alligator' which was just a change of name for Germany.

Same playfield layout as Bally's 1965 'Sheba' and Bally's 1966 'Campus Queen'.

In Cash Box Jun-28-1969 page 73, Bally announced delivery "this week" for this game .

Photos in:

The Billboard, Jun-26-1969, page 44
The Billboard, Jun-28-1969, pages 79 and 81
Cash Box, Jun-28-1969, page 73
Cash Box, Jul-5-1969, Part III pages 9 and 38
The Billboard, Jul-12-1969, page 52
Cash Box, Jul-19-1969, page 67
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, page 240
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/987 (External site)

Documentation:

2 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous)

[Bally Mfg. Corp.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer 875x1027	Backglass 394x341 [Dan Ferguson]	Playfield 480x640	Machine 610x990	Backglass 330x257
Backglass - Reverse 352x251	German Ad* 1024x1408 [Christian Jacobs]	Backglass Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Backglass 640x480 [John Gray]	Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]
Front View 480x640 [John Gray]	Cabinet - Right 640x480 [John Gray]	Backbox - Right 480x640 [John Gray]	Cabinet - Left 640x480 [John Gray]	Backbox - Left 480x640 [John Gray]
Inside Backbox 640x480 [John Gray]	Playfield Glass Raised 480x640 [John Gray]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [John Gray]	Lower Playfield 640x480 [John Gray]	Inside Cabinet 480x640 [John Gray]
Under Playfield 480x640 [John Gray]	Under Upper Playfield 640x480 [John Gray]	Under Lower Playfield 640x480 [John Gray]	Playfield - Detail 1024x683

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