- credit
- Dave Christensen — Art
- gameplay_feature
- Drop Targets ×4
- gameplay_feature
- Slingshots ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Passive Bumpers ×4
- gameplay_feature
- Pop Bumpers ×3
- gameplay_feature
- Flippers ×2
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Fabulous Fantasies
- ipdb_id
- 4539
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4539/image-1.jpg"]
- ipdb.notable_features
- Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Drop targets (4). Large non-kicking rebound rubber between and below flippers. Backglass has a feature awarding a Special that carries over from game to game. Backglass light animation (playing cards light up). Tape sound system plays a custom tune when the bumpers are lit and the game starts up.
Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points.
- ipdb.notes
- This is a re-themed game. It used to be Williams' 1963 'Big Deal'. The backglass art is by Dave Christensen. The playfield art was not changed except for custom plastics. The cabinet was repainted with a custom theme. A tape sound system was installed inside. The flyer indicates brass trim was used. Re-themed by Herb Silvers of Fabulous Fantasies.
We previously indicated that only four customized games were made and that 250 of the backglasses were sold. There have been various sightings of this game to conflict with our quantity of 4 made. To clarify this, in 2015 Herb Silvers provided us the following information:1991 - When I first did the backglass I copied a original from [redacted1]. [Redacted2] wanted one so I copied the glass and finished it so it would work in a game. It was never finished by David Christensen when he did it. I wanted to test it out so I put the glass in an original game that had no artwork on it, period. It was stripped to, like, a red or green color, I do not remember. It was not in very good shape. I think the game went to [redacted1], I do not remember. When the glass worked in the game we made a run of the glass and I gave one to [redacted2] and sold the run out. I would not put the [redacted2] part on the internet, he would not like it..
1993 - The second game I found in a batch of games I found and it was in great shape, all original. All Williams artwork. I had a extra glass laying around so I pulled out the original glass and put that one in. I sold that one to a collector out of the country who was a friend. I think he still has it.
1996 - I got a request from a movie company and a swing club for the games so I made the 5 custom games. I had a friend in the printing business who made about 500 flyers for fun. I kept half of them, he got the rest and who knows were they went. I then did a second run of 30 glasses to put in the 5 games and sold the balance of glasses again to collectors. They are all long gone now. I did have the game at Pinball Fantasy 97 and then that one was traded for a new CD Jukebox at the show to a dealer back east and he sold it a few years later. Those games have custom artwork on sides and a custom plastic set plus a sound system inside that plays a custom tune when the bumpers are lit and the game starts up. It uses a tape system. They all had plaques on them also. The picture was at the Pinball Fantasy Show in 1997 in Las Vegas. It was taken by a staff member and was given to me. [See Files section; has name of game in large letters on lower cabinet.] Everyone knows these games because of the flyers.
The other games were never out there as I sold them quickly and never saw them again. Plus a lot of collectors put their glasses in original games so there are a lot of them out there. I have seen a few on ebay.We have updated this listing to indicate only five customized games were made, as described by Herb and as shown in the flyer. Although the Limited Edition plaque on the coin door indicated 20 were to be made, there are no plans to make additional machines beyond the five produced. Any game seen with this customized backglass but having the original Williams cabinet art design is an unmodified Williams game that has had its backglass replaced with one of the extra glasses that Herb made and is not one of the five customized games.
- player_count
- 1
- production_quantity
- 5
- technology_generation
- electromechanical
- theme
- Adult
- year
- 1996