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month: OPDB 5 IPDB 2 Flipcommons Catalog 5 used
year: OPDB 1980 IPDB 1981 Flipcommons Catalog 1980 used
gameplay_feature: IPDB Solitary Drop Targets used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB 4-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB Spinning Targets ×2 used IPDB Ramps ×3 used IPDB Standup Targets ×4 used IPDB Star Rollovers ×7 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×3 used
theme: IPDB Fictional Characters used Flipcommons Catalog Movies used
credit: IPDB Kevin O'Connor — Art IPDB Claude Fernandez — Design Flipcommons Catalog Claude Fernandez — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Kevin O'Connor — Art used

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abbreviation: FG OPDB, IPDB
display_type: alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation: solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count: 4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id: G5728-MDbjD OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name: Flash Gordon OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system: bally-as2518-35 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity: 10000 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id: 874 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (13 fields)

opdb.images: OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/9ecf76df-e553-4641-97e6-a548d9d871a0-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/9ecf76df-e553-4641-97e6-a548d9d871a0-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/9ecf76df-e553-4641-97e6-a548d9d871a0-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":656,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":229},"medium":{"width":640,"height":585}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}] used
opdb.keywords: OPDB ["movie"] 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/874/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/Overall_view.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/874f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/874f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/874f3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/874f4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-32.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-34.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-37.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-35.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-36.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/874/image-38.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number: IPDB 1215 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans: IPDB "Pathetic Earthlings... Who can save you now?" used
ipdb.notes: IPDB Unlike other Bally electronic pinball games, their documentation for this game shows the model number only as 1215, not 1215-E. First split-level game from this manufacturer. First game to use the "Squawk & Talk" board, and the second production Bally game with speech. (Bally's 1979 'KISS' prototype was the first, but the production game did not contain speech. Bally's 1980 'Xenon' was the first production Bally game with speech.) Per Claude Fernandez and Kevin O'Connor at Chicago Expo 2014, customers complained about the strobe light in the upper backbox so it was removed during production. The small clear window through which the strobe had flashed was covered over. Some games were equipped in the backbox with a "Vocalizer" Module (AS-2518-57) and a "Sounds Plus" Module (AS-2518-56). Reportedly, these were Early Production games and that, during production, these modules were replaced by a single "Squawk & Talk" Module (AS-2518-61). If you have the correct manual for your game, the diagram on page 10 will agree with the module(s) in your backbox. Flash Gordon started as a 1930's comic strip hero and was a very successful Hollywood motion picture serial in 1936, prompting two more serials in 1938 and 1940. A movie in 1980 coincided with the production of this game and the actors' likenesses are featured on the backglass and playfield. An earlier game that has 2-way kick-out holes is Gottlieb's 1950 'Rockettes'. used
ipdb.notable_features: IPDB Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (7), Standup targets (4), Ramps (3), Spinning targets (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), 3-bank drop targets (1), 3-in-line drop targets, Single drop target (1), 2-way kick-out hole (1). Split-level playfield. Speech. High intensity strobe light in backbox visible through clear area in upper backglass (this feature was not present on all games). used
ipdb_rating: IPDB 8.1 used
corporate_entity: Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
title: Flipcommons Catalog flash-gordon used
slug: Flipcommons Catalog flash-gordon used