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Future Spa / IPD No. 974 / December, 1979 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: March 20, 1979
Date Of Manufacture: December, 1979
Model Number: 1173-E
MPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 6,400 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Fitness - Fantasy - Relaxation
Specialty: Widebody [?]
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshot (1), Spinning targets (2), Kick-out hole (1), Star rollover (1), 4-in-line drop targets, Left kicker lane, Left outlane detour gate.
Design by: George Christian
Art by: Paul Faris, Dave Christensen
Notes: 'Future Spa' was the first game from this manufacturer to use continuous background sound. The first pinball machine from any manufacturer to do this was Williams' 1978 'Flash'.

Patent 4,257,604 [IN-LINE DROP TARGETS] filed June 4, 1979. Granted March 24, 1981 to Irwin J. Grabel and Glenn R. Andersen. Assignee is Bally Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois.

Bally's new sound board for this was previously tested on a few specially modified Bally's 1979 'Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom'. See that listing for more information.

In the book Pinball Snapshots, Paul Faris tells the author that with the deadline for this game approaching, Dave Christensen was not going to be able to finish the playfield in time to work on the glass. So, Paul painted the backglass while Dave finished the playfield.

The penciled drawings of the backglass and playfield, shown in this listing, were made by Dave Christensen. The backglass drawing shows the pre-production name (the working title) for this game was 'Bon Vivant'. Also shown is his black line drawing. It uses cut and taped letters and numbers to do the mock-up for some of the insert values.

The manufacturer flyer shows a cabinet having a strong red color. We show pictures of a cabinet attributed to Renault that also have this red cabinet. We also show pictures of a pink-colored cabinet. We don't know if color fade is responsible for this pink color. Pictures attributed to Schneider show severe cabinet fade.

Photos in: Silver Knight pp. April/May 1995
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 81
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 155
Pinball SnapshotsExternal Link, pages 12, 94-98
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 149
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball (Ciuffo), pages 118-119
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/974  (External site)
ROMs: 10 KB ZIP ROMs [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Documentation: 4 MB PDF English Manual (some schematic pages are cut off at the binding) [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Files: 7 MB MP4 Backglass Light Show [Federico Croci]
Images:
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Image # 4211: Future Spa Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4212: Future Spa Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 4213: Future Spa Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 4214: Future Spa Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 10862: Future Spa Backglass
Backglass

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[Bruno Durand]
Image # 13472: Future Spa Backglass Detail
Backglass Detail

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[Bruno Durand]
Image # 18410: Future Spa Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Mark Schneider]
Image # 18411: Future Spa Playfield
Playfield

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[Mark Schneider]
Image # 18412: Future Spa Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Mark Schneider]
Image # 18413: Future Spa Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Mark Schneider]
Image # 18414: Future Spa Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Mark Schneider]
Image # 18415: Future Spa Front View
Front View

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[Mark Schneider]
Image # 27030: Future Spa Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[John Gray]
Image # 27031: Future Spa Behind Backglass
Behind Backglass

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[John Gray]
Image # 27032: Future Spa Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[John Gray]
Image # 30119: Future Spa Names of Both Artists
Names of Both Artists

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[Steve Brown]
Image # 30359: Future Spa Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail

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[Bruno Durand]
Image # 30636: Future Spa Backglass - Reverse Detail 
(Special decal on game name for prism effect.)
Backglass - Reverse Detail*

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Image # 30637: Future Spa Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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Image # 30638: Future Spa Full View
Full View

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Image # 30701: Future Spa Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 30702: Future Spa Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 30703: Future Spa Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 30704: Future Spa Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 36710: Future Spa Blank Playfield
Blank Playfield

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36711: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Reverse
Blank Playfield - Reverse

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36712: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Upper
Blank Playfield - Upper

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36713: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Lower
Blank Playfield - Lower

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36714: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36715: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36716: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36717: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36718: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36719: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 36720: Future Spa Blank Playfield - Detail
Blank Playfield - Detail

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[Mark Clayton]
Image # 43123: Future Spa Original Backglass Artwork - Framed  
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Dimensions 28 inches wide by 26 inches high.)
Original Backglass Artwork - Framed *

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[Mark Andresen]
Image # 43124: Future Spa Original Backglass Artwork - Framed - Detail 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 26 inches high.)
Original Backglass Artwork - Framed - Detail*

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[Mark Andresen]
Image # 43125: Future Spa Original Playfield Artwork - Framed  
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Dimensions 28 inches wide by 43 inches high.)
Original Playfield Artwork - Framed *

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[Mark Andresen]
Image # 43126: Future Spa Original Playfield Artwork - Framed - Detail 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 43 inches high.)
Original Playfield Artwork - Framed - Detail*

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[Mark Andresen]
Image # 43127: Future Spa Original Playfield Artwork - Framed - Detail 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 43 inches high.)
Original Playfield Artwork - Framed - Detail*

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[Mark Andresen]
Image # 43717: Future Spa Illuminated Backglass - Detail
Illuminated Backglass - Detail

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[Dave Petersen]
Image # 63656: Future Spa Backglass
Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63657: Future Spa Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63658: Future Spa Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63659: Future Spa Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63660: Future Spa Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 70360: Future Spa Black Line Drawing 
(Artist is Dave Christensen.Ink/felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 28 by 44 inches.)
Black Line Drawing*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 70361: Future Spa Black Line Drawing - Detail 
(Artist is Dave Christensen.Ink/felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 28 by 44 inches.)
Black Line Drawing - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 70362: Future Spa Black Line Drawing - Detail 
(Artist is Dave Christensen.Ink/felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 28 by 44 inches.)
Black Line Drawing - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 70363: Future Spa Black Line Drawing - Detail 
(Artist is Dave Christensen.Ink/felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 28 by 44 inches.)
Black Line Drawing - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 70364: Future Spa Black Line Drawing - Detail 
(Artist is Dave Christensen.Ink/felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 28 by 44 inches.)
Black Line Drawing - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 70365: Future Spa Black Line Drawing - Detail 
(Artist is Dave Christensen.Ink/felt pen on sepia Mylar.Dimensions 28 by 44 inches.)
Black Line Drawing - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 71255: Future Spa Original Backglass Artwork - Unframed 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Dimensions 28 inches wide by 26 inches high.)
Original Backglass Artwork - Unframed*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 71256: Future Spa Original Backglass Artwork - Unframed - Detail 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 26 inches high.)
Original Backglass Artwork - Unframed - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 71257: Future Spa Original Backglass Artwork - Unframed - Detail 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 26 inches high.)
Original Backglass Artwork - Unframed - Detail*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 71258: Future Spa Original Playfield Artwork - Unframed 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Dimensions 28 inches wide by 43 inches high.)
Original Playfield Artwork - Unframed*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 71259: Future Spa Original Playfield Artwork - Unframed - Designer Signature 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 43 inches high.)
Original Playfield Artwork - Unframed - Designer Signature*

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[James Loflin]
Image # 71260: Future Spa Original Playfield Artwork - Unframed - Artist Signature 
(Artist is David Christensen.Colored pencil on drafting paper.Full dimensions are 28 inches wide by 43 inches high.)
Original Playfield Artwork - Unframed - Artist Signature*

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[James Loflin]
 
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