Sources
OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (3 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Drop Targets used IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×2 used IPDB Standup Targets ×9 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
- theme
- IPDB Fair IPDB Rollercoasters used IPDB Circus IPDB Happiness used Flipcommons Catalog Roller Coasters used Flipcommons Catalog Fair used Flipcommons Catalog Circus used Flipcommons Catalog Carnival used
- credit
- IPDB Bill Pfutzenreuter — Software IPDB Brian Dolatowski — Software IPDB Python Anghelo — Art IPDB Barry Oursler — Design Flipcommons Catalog Brian Dolatowski — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Bill Pfutzenreuter — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Python Anghelo — Art used Flipcommons Catalog Barry Oursler — Design used
Sources agree (8 fields)
- display_type
- alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 4 OPDB, IPDB
- month
- 6 OPDB, IPDB
- year
- 1985 OPDB, IPDB
- opdb_id
- Gryd3-MLqjd OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Comet OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 548 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (15 fields)
- abbreviation
- OPDB CMT used
- opdb.images
- OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/4e898151-04b0-403b-a881-d7ba601d5bce-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/4e898151-04b0-403b-a881-d7ba601d5bce-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/4e898151-04b0-403b-a881-d7ba601d5bce-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1080,"height":759},"small":{"width":250,"height":176},"medium":{"width":640,"height":450}},"title":null,"primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/12eac626-4118-404a-9455-d5ab45f0e001-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/12eac626-4118-404a-9455-d5ab45f0e001-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/12eac626-4118-404a-9455-d5ab45f0e001-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":756,"height":1094},"small":{"width":173,"height":250},"medium":{"width":442,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Williams used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind., Incorporated used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/548f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/548f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/548f3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/548f4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-A4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-A5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-B4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-B5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-A19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-C4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-A18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-B18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-B19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-D4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-A17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-C18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-C19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-E4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-C5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-D18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-D19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-E18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-F4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/548/image-24.jpg"] used
- system
- IPDB williams-system-9 used
- ipdb.model_number
- IPDB 540 used
- ipdb.marketing_slogans
- IPDB "It's 1-in-a-million!" used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB Designer Barry Oursler told us how this game got named:Comet wasn�t the original name. It was going to be 'Riverview', named after the amusement park that used to be across the river from Williams. After discussions with management and some of our big distributors, I changed the name and used one of the roller coaster names from that park. Comet was a common name for roller coasters, along with Cyclone and Hurricane. I figured I might as well keep the theme going. Oursler also told us that artist Python Anghelo wanted the top rollover inserts to be 1-9-8-6 in recognition of Halley's Comet near-Earth fly-by in 1986. Comet was the first solid-state machine to feature a one million point shot, using Steve Kordek's voice to announce "One Million!". An example of an electro-mechanical game with a million point shot is Williams' 1957 'Arrow Head'. Bill "Pfutz" Pfutzenreuter told us that Brian Dolatowski was the original programmer. Brian finished all the rules, then left Williams for another job. Pfutz inherited the game, fixed a few bugs, and convinced management to give him more time to make the game better by adding more light shows and flasher effects. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (9), Kick-out holes (2), Drop target (1), Left crossover return lane, Mini-post screw between flippers. The drop target protects a stationary target. Corkscrew ramp in upper left playfield can be qualified to award extra ball and/or Special. The Cycle Jump ramp in upper right playfield can be qualified to award 1 million points. Actual measured weight: 248 lbs (includes legs). used
- ipdb_rating
- IPDB 7.7 used
- production_quantity
- IPDB 8100 used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronics-games-incorporated-a-subsidiary-of-wms-industries-incorporated used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog comet used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog comet used