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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    score-reels
    month
    6 → 5
    name
    Flying Circus
    opdb_id
    G41Y6-MDePR
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/7242dcf7-d70a-4ee4-a21f-ba1e91563263-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/7242dcf7-d70a-4ee4-a21f-ba1e91563263-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/7242dcf7-d70a-4ee4-a21f-ba1e91563263-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":553,"height":449},"small":{"width":250,"height":203},"medium":{"width":553,"height":449}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}]
    player_count
    2
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    year
    1961
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Wayne Neyens — Design
    credit
    Roy Parker — Art
    gameplay_feature
    Captive Ball ×5
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Gobble Holes ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company
    ipdb_id
    902
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/902f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/902/image-26.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.model_number
    176
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Gobble holes (2), Captive balls (5). New "Chain Reaction" Booster Ball feature awards Special when 5 balls on lit side. 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player. Replay wheel maximum: 26 Sound 2 bells, knocker
    ipdb.notes
    We previously showed a date for this game of May 1961. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation. This is the first pinball machine by any manufacturer to have five captive balls positioned to function similar to a Newton's Cradle toy where the ball in play hits the lower end of the column of captive balls and only the ball at the upper end of the column is propelled in response. The manufacturer's flyer introduced this feature as "Booster Ball" although it was called "Boost-A-Ball" on the only other Gottlieb game to have it, Gottlieb's 1962 'Sunset'. It was given various other names on subsequent games from other manufacturers. Designer Wayne Neyens was inspired to create this playfield device after seeing the large Newton's Cradle exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
    ipdb_rating
    7.5
    month
    5 → 6
    player_count
    2
    production_quantity
    2050
    reward_type
    Replay
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Circus
    year
    1961