Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (2 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×12 used
- theme
- IPDB World War II IPDB Military Flipcommons Catalog World War II used Flipcommons Catalog Military used
Sources agree (4 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1945 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 876 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (9 fields)
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Williams used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Williams Manufacturing Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/876/image-8.jpg"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB The term "Flat-Top" is military slang for any aircraft carrier. Billboard ads from the manufacturer started as early as 12/16/1944 p72, without pictures, saying to write them for advance information. The January, 1945 Billboard editions had distributor ads claiming they had this new game "In stock for immediate delivery" while manufacturer ads in the same editions still indicated the game was "coming". It wasn't until BB 03/03/1945 p72 that the manufacturer published an ad (with picture) no longer saying this game was "coming" and that it was a conversion of this game: Bally's 1940 'Attention' (or maybe Exhibit's 1940 'Attention') Then, a pictureless manufacturer ad in BB 04/21/1945 p76 announced the following games were also used for this conversion: Bally's 1940 'Mascot' Bally's 1941 'Air Force' Bally's 1941 'Silver Skates' Finally, a pictureless manufacturer ad in BB 06/16/1945 p82 announced "now 4 more games" were also used for this conversion: Bally's 1941 'Mystic' (or, less likely, Pacific Manufacturing Corporation's 1937 'Mystic') Bally's 1941 'Pursuit' Bally's 1941 'Pan-American' Bally's 'Crystal' used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Passive bumpers (12), Kick-out hole (1). used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog williams-manufacturing-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog flat-top used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Flat-Top used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog flat-top used