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Rapid Fire / IPD No. 3568 / April, 1982 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: February 11, 1982
Date Of Manufacture: April, 1982
Model Number: 1282
MPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 5,000 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Space Alien Combat
Specialty: Not A Pinball [?]
Flipperless [?]
Notable Features: Cannonball game, no flippers.
Design by: Jim Patla, Dennis Nordman
Art by: Kevin O'Connor
Notes: Dennis Nordman told us that he designed the cabinet, created the "force-field" idea, and built the molds for the tanks. Kevin O'Connor told us he did the complete art package for this game.

'Rapid Fire' was Bally's response to Williams' 1981 'Hyperball'. The pre-production working name of this game was 'Cross Fire' as evidenced in Bally's "Numerical List of Machines".

At Chicago Expo 2009, former President of Williams Electronics Michael Stroll said that at the time of this game's making, Williams referred to it as "Operation Xerox".

Jim Patla told us that the rush to get this game to market meant that it was produced in only 6 weeks (instead of a normal one year's time) but there were problems with the gun assembly. Patla estimated that it fired at 14 balls per second which in the course of steady use caused gun failure on location. He wanted a spare gun to be included in the cash box of each shipped game but management didn't agree, saying that that would be acknowledging that the game had troubles.

Leftover cabinets from this production run were used in producing the following games:

'Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball', May 1982
'Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition'', October 1982
'Centaur II', June 1983

Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/3568  (External site)
ROMs: 12 KB ZIP ROMs [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Documentation: 4 MB PDF Operations Manual [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 2893: Rapid Fire Backglass
Backglass
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 		 Image # 2894: Rapid Fire Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View
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 		 Image # 4148: Rapid Fire Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 4149: Rapid Fire Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 21054: Rapid Fire Backglasses
Backglasses
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Image # 21055: Rapid Fire Playfield
Playfield
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 		 Image # 21056: Rapid Fire Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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 		 Image # 21057: Rapid Fire Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right
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 		 Image # 21058: Rapid Fire Cabinet - Front (The Credit/Bonus button is missing from this game.)
Cabinet - Front*
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 		 Image # 21059: Rapid Fire Player Control Panel (The Credit/Bonus button is missing from this game.)
Player Control Panel*
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Image # 49405: Rapid Fire Cabinet - Full View
Cabinet - Full View
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[Maximilian Wegner]		 Image # 62118: Rapid Fire Backglass
Backglass
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[Jon Owens]		 Image # 62119: Rapid Fire Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse
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[Jon Owens]		  
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