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Safe Cracker / IPD No. 3782 / March, 1996 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated,
of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]
Date Of Manufacture: March, 1996
Model Number: 90003
Common Abbreviations: SC
MPU: Williams WPC-95
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 1,148 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Cops and Robbers - Money
Specialty: Payout Machine [?]
Notable Features: Safe Cracker has a playfield which is noticeably narrower and shorter than a standard pinball machine. The backbox has doors that swing open to simulate a bank safe, revealing the backglass. The backglass image and lights combine to provide an interactive board game where the player acts like a bank robber. The backbox has a token launcher, dispensing any of twenty different tokens when certain goals are achieved (see Rule Sheet in this listing). Time-based game.
Toys: Although the flyer indicates a quantity of only ten tokens were made, Bally issued twenty tokens, 19 gold, 1 silver.
Concept by: Pat Lawlor
Design by: Pat Lawlor
Art by: John Youssi
Dots/Animation by: Adam Rhine, Brian Morris
Mechanics by: John Krutsch, Carl Biagi
Music by: Dan Forden
Sound by: Dan Forden
Software by: Matt Coriale, Dean Grover
Notes: Pat Lawlor told us that a few handsful of "prototype" tokens were made for use during development of Safe Cracker until the final set of tokens was ready.
Marketing Slogans: "Safecracker.The Winning Combination."
"The Age of Change"
Photos in: The Complete Pinball BookExternal Link, page 262
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Rule Sheets: Safe Cracker Rulesheet (Oct/29/1996), by M. Coriale  
Easter Eggs:Available at Cows and Easter Eggs  (External site)
Additional Media:Promotional Video (at YouTube)  (External site)
ROMs: 362 KB ZIP Game ROM V1.8 [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  362 KB ZIP Game ROM V1.8 (No Percentaging) [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  1007 KB ZIP German Sound ROM V2.4 [S2] [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  994 KB ZIP Sound ROM V1.1 [S2] [Midway Mfg. Co.]
Documentation: 11 MB PDF English Manual [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  897 KB PDF Operators Handbook [Midway Mfg. Co.]
  217 KB TXT Parts List
  18 MB PDF WPC-95 Schematic Manual (July 1, 1997) [Williams Electronic Games Inc.]
Service Bulletins: 8 KB PDF Service Bulletin #90 [Williams Electronic Games, Inc.]
Images:
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Image # 2967: Safe Cracker Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 2970: Safe Cracker Machine
Machine

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Image # 2971: Safe Cracker Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 2972: Safe Cracker Time clock
Time clock

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Image # 3968: Safe Cracker Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 3969: Safe Cracker Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 9620: Safe Cracker Lit Playfield
Lit Playfield

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Image # 9621: Safe Cracker Lit Backglass
Lit Backglass

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Image # 11095: Safe Cracker Flyer, Front fold out flap
Flyer, Front fold out flap

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Image # 11096: Safe Cracker Flyer, Front (flap closed)
Flyer, Front (flap closed)

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Image # 20956: Safe Cracker Backglass
Backglass

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20957: Safe Cracker Playfield
Playfield

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20958: Safe Cracker Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20959: Safe Cracker Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20960: Safe Cracker Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20962: Safe Cracker Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20963: Safe Cracker Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20964: Safe Cracker Backbox Doors
Backbox Doors

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20965: Safe Cracker Backbox Sign
Backbox Sign

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20966: Safe Cracker Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20967: Safe Cracker Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 20968: Safe Cracker Full View
Full View

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[Fernando Bigi]
Image # 24904: Safe Cracker Backbox Sign
Backbox Sign

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[Oscar Van Driel]
Image # 24905: Safe Cracker Coin Entrance
Coin Entrance

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[Oscar Van Driel]
Image # 24906: Safe Cracker Poster 
(Dimensions: 22 inches by 28 inches.)
Poster*

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[Oscar Van Driel]
Image # 28697: Safe Cracker Prototype Playfield - Detail 
(Two of these four inserts have different words on the production playfield.)
Prototype Playfield - Detail*

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Image # 28698: Safe Cracker Prototype Playfield - Detail 
(Unlike the production playfield, these inserts have no words on them.)
Prototype Playfield - Detail*

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Image # 30735: Safe Cracker Token Mech (Inside backbox)
Token Mech (Inside backbox)

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[Tobias Galéus]
Image # 30736: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Tobias Galéus]
Image # 35563: Safe Cracker Bare Playfield
Bare Playfield

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Image # 36184: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Vincz Stevens]
Image # 36185: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Vincz Stevens]
Image # 49029: Safe Cracker Promotional Display - Front
Promotional Display - Front

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[Federico Croci]
Image # 49030: Safe Cracker Promotional Display - Back
Promotional Display - Back

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[Federico Croci]
Image # 49556: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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Image # 59302: Safe Cracker Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 59303: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 59304: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 71508: Safe Cracker Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Francois Corthesy]
Image # 71552: Safe Cracker Complete Token Set
Complete Token Set

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[Fred Nicolas]
Image # 71553: Safe Cracker Prototype Token
Prototype Token

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[Fred Nicolas]
 

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