Back Barracora

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (3 fields)

month
OPDB 1 IPDB 9 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB 3-Ball Multiball used IPDB 2-Ball Multiball used IPDB Rollunders used IPDB Horseshoe Lanes used IPDB Spinning Targets used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB 5-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB Standup Targets ×3 used IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×2 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Ed Suchocki — Software IPDB Ed Suchocki — Sound IPDB Doug Watson — Art IPDB Barry Oursler — Design IPDB Steve Epstein — Design IPDB Roger Sharpe — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Suchocki — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Ed Suchocki — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Steve Epstein — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Roger Sharpe — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Barry Oursler — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Doug Watson — Art used

Sources agree (10 fields)

display_type
alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1981 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
GRo7K-MQ4e3 OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Barracora OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
theme
Fantasy IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system
williams-system-7 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
2350 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
177 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (11 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/74cc7208-ba23-42fb-82d4-039c2f84a1bf-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/74cc7208-ba23-42fb-82d4-039c2f84a1bf-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/74cc7208-ba23-42fb-82d4-039c2f84a1bf-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":703,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":213},"medium":{"width":640,"height":546}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Williams used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Williams Electronics, Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-30.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-31.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-A30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-A31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-32.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-33.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-34.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-35.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-36.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-37.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-38.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-39.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-40.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-41.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-42.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-43.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-44.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/177/image-45.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 510 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB Roger Sharpe tells us that he and Steve Epstein designed this game and Barry Oursler built up the whitewood based on Roger's mylar layout. Pictured in this listing is a red cabinet version stamped with serial number 516389 on its backbox and lower cabinet. Inside the backbox, a paper tag is ink-stamped for a preceding game, Williams' 1981 'Pharaoh', and labeled with serial number 506267 which falls near the end of Pharoah's production run. The manufacturer's flyer for Barracora does not show the cabinet art but the serial number 516389 precedes all other known games in the production run such that we label this red cabinet game as Early Production. We have heard more than one story about the renaming of this game, causing the atypical placement of two alphabet letters on a single playfield insert. Pinball designer/programmer Larry Demar stated in an interview that the original name of the game was 'Las Vegas', eventually becoming 'Jet Orbit'. Artist Doug Watson told us that the name changed again when he created the art. Inspired by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, Doug drew a predatory fish morphing into a model's head "against a landcape of teeth", and he named her 'Barracuda'. He presented his drawing to Mike Stroll, President of Williams, who liked the art but felt the name 'Barracuda' had negative connotations. Mike and a few other people who were present were starting to think of an alternate name on the spot. Doug quickly suggested 'Barracora' as the woman's name, and Mike loved it. Doug proceeded to discreetly make naked 'Barracoras' on the playfield. Compare the backglass art to H.R. Giger's painting, "Li I". Information about the artwork can be found here. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), Standup targets (3), 5-bank drop targets (1), 3-bank drop targets (1), Spinning target (1), Horseshoe lane (1), Rollunder (1). 2-ball and 3-ball multiball. Actual measured weight: 238 lbs (includes legs). used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.5 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronics-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog barracora used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog barracora used