| Fireball / IPD No. 4116 / October, 1976 / 4 Players | [ Submit Changes ] |
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This is the same playfield layout as Bally's 1977 'Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy', Bally's 1978 'Galaxy Ranger' and Bally's 1978 'Evel Knievel', but with different artwork. Note below that this home game was sold with three different manufacturer model numbers, with the last model 614-5000 having a different generation of CPU and power supply.
Series I: (Using CPU board 0606-00905, power supply board 0606-00906C)
606-1000 Fireball
614-1000 Evel Knievel
614-3000 Fireball
Series II: (Using CPU board 0614-00913)
614-2000 Captain Fantastic
614-4000 Galaxy Ranger
614-5000 Fireball
The pictures shown here of individual circuit boards came from a Series I Fireball, Model 606-1000, game serial number 4906. The Logic Board is located in the backbox. The board under the upper playfield is marked "Top Pla
We show a 1978 Sears ad with a price of $645.00 and also an undated Sears ad with a price of $695.00.
According to a brief mention in a year-end review in Cash Box, Dec-31-1977 page 143, a "home pin" 'Fireball' was placed in the Plains, Georgia home of President Jimmy Carter in October of that year, purchased by his son, Chip. Actually, the game was the commercial version. See that listing for a picture of Chip playing it.
Cincinnati Magazine, December 1977, page 6
The Complete Pinball Book
, page 265(click to zoom)
 Backglass 447x437 [Action Pinball & Amusement] |
 Overall 321x579 [Action Pinball & Amusement] |
 Upper Playfield 632x475 |
 Lower Playfield 631x475 |
 Cabinet - Left 422x459 |
 Cabinet - Right 379x452 |
 Front 581x475 |
 Backglass 700x589 [Doug Fox] |
 Backglass - Reverse 530x434 [Doug Fox] |
 CPU and Power Supply Boards 1000x628 [Doug Fox] |
 Backglass 1024x850 [Rich Castline] |
 Playfield 944x1536 [Rich Castline] |
 Front View 824x1496 [Rich Castline] |
 Backglass 1024x906 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Backglass - Reverse 1024x922 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Cabinet - Right 1024x322 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Cabinet - Front 1024x538 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Rollunder Spinner 1024x851 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Plastics Set 942x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Upper Right Plastic 1024x1118 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Upper Left Plastic 1024x1108 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Stripped Playfield 815x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault] |
 Owner's Manual 1024x1406 |
 Magazine Ad* 1024x1425 |
 Magazine Ad* 988x1324 |
 Sears 1978 Advertisement* 1023x715 [Michael Wiley] |
 Heath 1978 Advertisement 387x613 [Michael Wiley] |
 Illuminated Backglass 925x1216 [Gary Flower] |
 Cabinet - Front View 769x1195 [Gary Flower] |
 Undated Sears Advertisement* 800x555 |
 Logic Board* 592x928 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Top* 1061x676 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Middle* 1170x676 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Bottom* 1200x660 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Detail* 1200x676 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Solder Side* 1049x676 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Solder Side - Left* 653x1141 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Solder Side - Middle* 676x1002 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Logic Board - Solder Side - Right* 595x988 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Top Playfield Board* 1092x635 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Top Playfield Board - Solder Side* 1005x646 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Bottom Playfield Board* 943x646 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Bottom Playfield Board - Detail* 1134x665 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Bottom Playfield Board - Detail* 998x676 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Bottom Playfield Board - Detail* 1200x548 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Bottom Playfield Board - Solder Side* 1071x633 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Power Supply Board* 841x614 [Todd Tuckey] |
 Power Supply Board - Solder Side* 919x676 [Todd Tuckey] |
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