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Viking / IPD No. 2737 / July, 1980 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: December 04, 1979
Date Of Manufacture: July, 1980
Model Number: 1198
MPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 2,600 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Historical
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), Standup targets (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), 4-in-line drop targets (1), Spinning target (1), Star rollover (1). Bounce-back outlanes allow the player to nudge a draining ball back into play.
Design by: Jim Patla
Art by: Kevin O'Connor
Notes: Unlike other Bally electronic pinball games, their documentation for this game shows the model number only as 1198, not 1198-E.

At the 2004 Texas Pinball Festival, O'Connor stated he designed the artwork for this game, delivered to him as a whitewood, because he was reading Frans Gunner Bengtsson's "The Long Ships" at the time. The backglass is O'Connor's vision of King Harald's Christmas feast.

The character in green (with a beard) to the left of the fighters is a self-portrait by Kevin. Brook Shields (popular at the time) is drawn as a background character on the right.

Photos in: Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 110
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 175
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2737  (External site)
ROMs: 10 KB ZIP ROMs [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Documentation: 4 MB PDF English Manual [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
  4 MB PDF German Manual
Images:
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Image # 3914: Viking Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 3915: Viking Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2
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 		 Image # 3916: Viking Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3
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 		 Image # 3917: Viking Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 10577: Viking Machine
Machine
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Image # 13516: Viking Backglass Detail
Backglass Detail
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[Bruno Durand]		 Image # 14415: Viking Blank Playfield
Blank Playfield
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[Philippe Thibault]		 Image # 16383: Viking Playfield Detail 1
Playfield Detail 1
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[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16384: Viking Playfield Detail 2
Playfield Detail 2
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[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16385: Viking Playfield Detail 3
Playfield Detail 3
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[Frank Ersfeld]
Image # 16386: Viking Playfield Detail 4
Playfield Detail 4
1024x768
[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16387: Viking Playfield Detail 5
Playfield Detail 5
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[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16388: Viking Playfield Detail 6
Playfield Detail 6
1024x768
[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16603: Viking Playfield
Playfield
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[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16663: Viking Illuminated Machine
Illuminated Machine
1024x1365
[Frank Ersfeld]
Image # 16664: Viking Illuminated Backbox
Illuminated Backbox
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[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 16665: Viking Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield
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[Frank Ersfeld]		 Image # 30493: Viking Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail
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[Bruno Durand]		 Image # 48602: Viking Backglass (Serial number EVI 1360.)
Backglass*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 48603: Viking Backbox - Left (Serial number EVI 1360.)
Backbox - Left*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 48604: Viking Cabinet - Left (Serial number EVI 1360.)
Cabinet - Left*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66985: Viking Backglass
Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66986: Viking Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66987: Viking Upper Playfield (The spinning target is not original to this game. The manufacturer used white rubbers, not black as seen here.)
Upper Playfield*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66988: Viking Lower Playfield (The manufacturer used white rubbers, not black as seen here.)
Lower Playfield*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 66989: Viking French Instruction Card
French Instruction Card
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66990: Viking Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66991: Viking Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66992: Viking Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 66993: Viking Cabinet - Front View (The spinning target is not original to this game. The manufacturer used white rubbers, not black as seen here.)
Cabinet - Front View*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 66994: Viking Cabinet - Full View (The spinning target is not original to this game. The manufacturer used white rubbers, not black as seen here.)
Cabinet - Full View*
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		  
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