Back Fireball

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (2 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Skill Shot used IPDB Kickback used IPDB 3-Ball Multiball used IPDB 2-Ball Multiball used IPDB Spinning Discs used IPDB Standup Targets used IPDB Messenger Balls used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Mushroom Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Zipper Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Dave Christensen — Art IPDB Ted Zale — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ted Zale — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Dave Christensen — Art used

Sources agree (11 fields)

abbreviation
FB OPDB, IPDB
display_type
score-reels OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
2 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1972 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
G48ZN-Mb58O OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Fireball OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
theme
Fantasy IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
3815 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
852 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (12 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/2c75796d-ab8a-420c-b20d-686c0c62fff7-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/2c75796d-ab8a-420c-b20d-686c0c62fff7-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/2c75796d-ab8a-420c-b20d-686c0c62fff7-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1080,"height":972},"small":{"width":250,"height":225},"medium":{"width":640,"height":576}},"title":null,"primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/6a2ad0d9-5cdc-41fd-9851-11ce11aa00b4-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/6a2ad0d9-5cdc-41fd-9851-11ce11aa00b4-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/6a2ad0d9-5cdc-41fd-9851-11ce11aa00b4-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":916,"height":1500},"small":{"width":153,"height":250},"medium":{"width":391,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Bally used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Bally Manufacturing Corporation used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/Overall_view.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/Machine.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/852f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/852f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-32.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-33.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-34.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-35.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-38.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-39.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-40.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-41.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-46.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-47.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-48.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-49.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-50.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-54.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-55.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-56.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-62.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-51.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-52.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-53.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-61.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-60.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-59.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-58.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-42.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-43.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-44.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-45.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-37.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-57.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-36.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-63.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-64.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-65.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-66.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-67.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-68.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-70.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/852/image-69.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 926 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans
IPDB "A lightning storm of scoring action and profit power in a 4-player flipper" used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The spinning disk was promoted in the flyer as a whirlwind spinner. To our knowledge, this is the only flyer to use that term. Fireball was not the first pinball machine to have this feature. An earlier example is Electro-Ball Company, Inc.'s 1932 'Jig-alo Electro-Ball'. 'Fireball' sold new for $895. A German version was also produced. Our example of the German version pictured here has a backbox with a Later Production serial number 5099 and a lower cabinet with serial number 5094. Because the production run for 'Fireball' began at number 1001, we would expect the final number to be 4815. These "Later Production" serial numbers point to a larger quantity made than what Bally documentation shows. Per a Play Meter article dated November 1977 (shown here), Chip Carter, son of President Jimmy Carter, bought a 'Fireball' pinball and had it delivered to his home in Plains, Georgia which was also the home of his father. An article in The Cash Box, Oct-15-1977, page 49 (not shown here) corroborates this. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Zipper flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Captive ball kick-out holes (2), Messenger ball (1), Standup target (1), Spinning disk (1), Multiball (2 or 3), Left outlane kickback, Right-side ball return gate, Ramp skill shot. used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.8 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog fireball used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog fireball used