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Miss-O / IPD No. 1612 / February 25, 1969 / 1 Player

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Average Fun Rating:

6.9/10 (12 ratings/10 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

February 25, 1969

Model Number:

356

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,351 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Billiards

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), Kick-out holes (2), Horseshoe lane. 3 or 5 ball play.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

This is a replay game that also has an extra ball feature which cannot be disabled, awarding one extra ball per ball in play, if earned. To qualify for extra ball, making A-B-C-D targets light the correspondingly lettered bumpers at top of playfield. Lighting all four A-B-C-D bumpers light the two horseshoe inserts, qualifying the horseshoe lane rollover button (which does not light) to award the extra ball. The schematic indicates that flashing bulbs are to be used for the horseshoe inserts. A ball rolling over the horseshoe lane button at this point will turn off the flashing horseshoe inserts and quietly award the extra ball, with no knocker sound. There are no inserts or text on the playfield or backglass to indicate the extra ball has been awarded, thus this event may go unnoticed by an uninformed player. Once the current ball in play reaches the outhole, the ball counter does not increment, the ball is served again to the shooter lane, and the A-B-C-D bumpers turn off to allow a new extra ball to be earned.

Design by:

Norm Clark

Art by:

Christian Marche

Notes:

The add-a-ball version of this game is Williams' 1968 'Cue-T'. Compare the playfield to that of Williams' 1966 '8 Ball'.

The original name for this game was 'Miss Q' (a play on the billiards term 'mis-cue') but Williams learned the French translation of that was sexually derogatory, so they had to quickly alter the name. It is believed this change occurred before production started.

Photos in:

Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball Art External Link

, page 74
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, pages 56-59

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/1612 (External site)

Documentation:

841 KB

PDF

Instruction Manual

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

22 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

2 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (paginated)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

Files:

1 MB

PDF

Promotional Photo - Large Size

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 392x433 [Russ Jensen]	Flyer 844x1075	Playfield 640x480 [Steve Marion]	Cabinet - Left 426x442 [Steve Marion]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [Steve Marion]
Middle Playfield 640x480 [Steve Marion]	Lower Playfield 640x480 [Steve Marion]	Illuminated Front View 336x600	Backglass - Detail 800x600	Under Playfield 450x600
Inside Cabinet 450x600	Inside Backbox 450x600	German Press Release* 720x1050 [�Rly Bird]	Backglass 305x339 [Mark Culbert]	Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]
Upper Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]	Upper Right Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]	Upper Right Playfield 480x640 [Mark Culbert]
Upper Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]	Center Playfield 640x480 [Mark Culbert]	Right Playfield 480x640 [Mark Culbert]	Lower Left Playfield 480x640 [Mark Culbert]	Lower Right Playfield 480x640 [Mark Culbert]
Lower Right Playfield 480x640 [Mark Culbert]	Cabinet - Front 324x480 [Mark Culbert]	Cabinet - Right 582x480 [Mark Culbert]	Backbox - Right 258x336 [Mark Culbert]	Cabinet - Front View 215x321 [Mark Culbert]
French Score Card - 5 Balls 1024x587 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	French Score Card - 3 Balls 1024x569 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	French Instruction Card With Match 1024x575 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	French Instruction Card Without Match 1024x556 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastics 1024x1277 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Playfield Plastics 1024x1107 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastics 1024x1105 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastic 1024x1507 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Right 768x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1024x1365 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Playfield - Detail 1024x1365 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front 1024x765 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1024x410 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass 1200x1524 [Brett Pauly]	Backglass - Reverse 680x820 [Brett Pauly]
Promotional Photo 1200x1534 [Duncan Brown]

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