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Secret Service / IPD No. 2090 / March, 1988 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Data East Pinball, Incorporated (1986-1994)
Date Of Manufacture: March, 1988
Model Number: 500-5502-01
MPU: DataEast/Sega Version 2
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 2,741 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Police/Spy
Notable Features: Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Spinning targets (2), Ball Eater target (1), 5-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1), Up post between flippers. Large flash-effect box on top of backbox. Digital stereo speech and music, music and light-effects are synchronized, alphanumeric displays.
Toys: A model of the Capitol building is at center playfield, and a White House model is on the left. The White House has 5 drop targets underneath it.
Design by: Joe Kaminkow
Art by: Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudson
Music by: David Thiel
Sound by: Kyle Johnson, David Thiel
Software by: Lonnie D. Ropp, Richard Ditton
Notes: We previously listed the Manufacture Date as February, 1988.
This game was produced from March 1988 to July 1988.

The flyer for this game refers to the Ball Eater target as a resetable ball eating target and the manual refers to it as a Ball Eater.

David Thiel told us that an 8-hour photo session for the backglass took place in Madison, Wisconsin because that state capital building looked like the one in Washington DC. In the Mercedes car giving chase are Data East personnel Richard Ditton, Elaine Hodgson, Lonnie Ropp, and Thiel.

Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2090  (External site)
ROMs: 152 KB ZIP PinMAME Romset
  152 KB ZIP ROMs
Documentation: 5 MB PDF English Manual [Data East USA, Inc.]
  14 MB PDF Preliminary Instruction Manual (with schematics, missing page 20) [Data East Pinball]
Service Bulletins: 134 KB PDF Service Bulletin #010 (June 15, 1988, Improper Operation of the Ball Eater Mechanism) [Data East Pinball, Inc.]
Files: 29 KB PDF Coin Card [Data East (Stern)]
  98 KB PDF Instruction Card [Data East (Stern)]
Images:
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Image # 3230: Secret Service Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 3231: Secret Service Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 11120: Secret Service Flyer 2, Front
Flyer 2, Front
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 		 Image # 11121: Secret Service Flyer 2, Back
Flyer 2, Back
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 		 Image # 15721: Secret Service Backglass
Backglass
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[Philippe Thibault]
Image # 23713: Secret Service Cabinet - Full View
Cabinet - Full View
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[Bernhardt]		 Image # 31652: Secret Service Playfield (The two spinning targets do not match the game in the manufacturer's flyer. The bumper cap colors are reversed as well.)
Playfield*
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 		 Image # 31653: Secret Service Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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 		 Image # 31654: Secret Service Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield
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 		 Image # 31655: Secret Service Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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Image # 31656: Secret Service Upper Playfield (The two spinning targets do not match the game in the manufacturer's flyer. The bumper cap colors are reversed as well.)
Upper Playfield*
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 		 Image # 31657: Secret Service Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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 		 Image # 31658: Secret Service Lower Playfield (The two spinning targets do not match the game in the manufacturer's flyer. The bumper cap colors are reversed as well.)
Lower Playfield*
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 		 Image # 31659: Secret Service Cabinet - Front (The two spinning targets do not match the game in the manufacturer's flyer. The bumper cap colors are reversed as well.)
Cabinet - Front*
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 		 Image # 31660: Secret Service Cabinet - Full View (The two spinning targets do not match the game in the manufacturer's flyer. The bumper cap colors are reversed as well.)
Cabinet - Full View*
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Image # 42055: Secret Service Playfield
Playfield
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[Marco Albus]		 Image # 61088: Secret Service Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 61089: Secret Service Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 61090: Secret Service Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 61091: Secret Service Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 61092: Secret Service Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]		 Image # 82614: Secret Service Blue Pop Bumper Cap
Blue Pop Bumper Cap
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 		 Image # 82615: Secret Service Red Pop Bumper Cap
Red Pop Bumper Cap
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