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Average Fun Rating: | 6.9/10 (26 ratings/20 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | December 30, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPU: | Williams System 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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: | Outer Space - Fantasy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty: | Not A Pinball Flipperless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Hypercannon fires up to 250 3/4" balls per minute at targets located around the outer edge of the playfield. No flippers. An alpha-numeric display in the lower playfield. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Steve Ritchie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Seamus McLaughlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound by: | Tim Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Software by: | Ed Suchocki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | The alternate art found on the front of the cabinet has been attributed to the idea of stencils going to two different cabinet makers. According to Williams production records, the initial sales forecast for Hyperball was 50,000 units. However, it was not long before that number had to be scaled back drastically, because the game was not selling as predicted. By this time, more cabinets (and backboxes) had already been made than what would be required for the final production run quantity. The backbox for this game was unique and required a short backglass. The excess backboxes would later be used for the production runs of Defender, Time Fantasy, and Firepower II. This 1981 arcade game has an alpha-numeric display in the lower playfield. These displays did not appear in production pinball machines until Wico's 1984 'Af-Tor' followed by Premier's 1985 'Chicago Cubs "Triple Play"'. The first Williams pin game to use alpha-numeric displays is Williams' 1986 'High Speed'. Programmer Ed Suchocki shares the following information about Hyperball: Steve Ritchie created the original logo for Hyperball. The back No Production Floor Records available for Hyperball. From Steve Kordek Lists #3 and #11: Production Start Date: Dec-30-1981 Production End Date: May-28-1982 Total quantity produced: 5,000 Product History Record for Hyperball: Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 3514* Quantity produced for export: 956* Total quantity produced: 4470* Price to Distributor: $2150.00 *These quantities may be sales estimates. Audited Sales History Accounting Record: Quantity sold: 4,444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
Arcade Treasures, page 133 The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981, page 208 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rule Sheets: |
Hyperball: What was it? Version 3.23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 16 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-2 | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-4 | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 KB | ZIP | Game ROM L-5 | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 3 MB | Instruction Manual and Drawing Set | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 MB | Parts Supplement | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Files: | 692 KB | Control Board Assembly Drawing (unofficial user contribution) | [Michael Tsigoudis] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 MB | Control Board Logic Diagram (unofficial user contribution) | [Michael Tsigoudis] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
465 KB | Original Playfield Sketch | [Steve Ritchie] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 KB | HTM | Switch Matrix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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