Rare to find this game with this nice of a playfield. It was a day 1 mylar and it preserved this games incredible artwork. This is a classic Bally from 1980 and is a wide body pin. It is larger than your average pinball machine. It is equipped with infinity lighting in the backglass and has the iconic space invaders sounds. Every bulb .switch and coil are working in this classic. I spent hours replacing bulb transistors and re tinning the boards and making sure all displays were working. NVRAM was added so no need ever for batteries.
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Project Date: | May 08, 1979 | ||
Date Of Manufacture: | April, 1980 | ||
Model Number: | 1178-E | ||
Common Abbreviations: | SI | ||
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Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS)
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Production: | 11,400 units (confirmed) | ||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||
Theme: | Outer Space - Fantasy | ||
Specialty: | Widebody
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Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (6), 3-bank drop targets (1), Solitary drop target (1), Spinning target (1), Captive ball (1), Horseshoe lane (1). Animated infinity lights are behind a specially-mirrored backglass. Electronic sound. 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score is 999,950 points per player. The lowest scoring switches on the playfield award 50 points or 100 points, making the player's final score always ending in 00 or 50 if the player never tilts. However, the passive bumpers at the top of playfield score 50 points each, in 10 point increments, with the full 50 points taking a second or two to be awarded. If the play tilts before the full 50 points are awarded, the score stops accumulating immediately, and a score ending in something other than 00 or 50 is then possible. The match number is always selected from 00 to 90. Credit display maximum is selectable up to 40. | ||
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Notes: | The alien depicted on the backglass was deemed an unlicensed use of the one used in the 1979 Hollywood movie Alien. Some playfield art elements and game sounds were borrowed from the 1978 'Space Invaders' video game which was still popular at the time that this pinball machine came out. Designer Jim Patla told us that his original drawing shows that all four flippers were to be the longer type. However, the upper two flippers were changed to the shorter type because longer flippers interfered with the lower flipper backhand shots. Three dimples on the playfield, representing flipper adjustment positions, can be seen at a distance from each end of the shorter flippers at a point where longer flippers would have met them. The game is located in Collingwood but delivery and set up is available for a fee. |
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7.7/10 
