Back Future Spa

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OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (4 fields)

month
OPDB 3 IPDB 12 Flipcommons Catalog 3 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB Star Rollovers used IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Spinning Targets ×2 used IPDB Slingshots used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×5 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
theme
IPDB Relaxation IPDB Fantasy IPDB Fitness used Flipcommons Catalog Relaxation used Flipcommons Catalog Fantasy used Flipcommons Catalog Body Building used
credit
IPDB Dave Christensen — Art IPDB Paul Faris — Art IPDB George Christian — Design Flipcommons Catalog George Christian — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Paul Faris — Art used Flipcommons Catalog Dave Christensen — Art used

Sources agree (9 fields)

display_type
alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1979 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
G5Dbo-M3dv6 OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Future Spa OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system
bally-as2518-35 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
6400 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
974 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (14 fields)

tag
OPDB Widebody used
abbreviation
OPDB FS used
opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/ef2f0809-6977-479d-9f4c-c5702ae385e3-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/ef2f0809-6977-479d-9f4c-c5702ae385e3-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/ef2f0809-6977-479d-9f4c-c5702ae385e3-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":747,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":201},"medium":{"width":640,"height":514}},"title":"Backglass","primary":false},{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/ec9f5104-4520-42a9-a9a1-29b417936a55-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/ec9f5104-4520-42a9-a9a1-29b417936a55-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/ec9f5104-4520-42a9-a9a1-29b417936a55-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":936,"height":819},"small":{"width":250,"height":219},"medium":{"width":640,"height":560}},"title":null,"primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/b7e49abb-4b9b-478f-a9ae-fa2fb16666aa-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/b7e49abb-4b9b-478f-a9ae-fa2fb16666aa-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/b7e49abb-4b9b-478f-a9ae-fa2fb16666aa-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":819,"height":864},"small":{"width":237,"height":250},"medium":{"width":607,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
opdb.features
OPDB ["Widebody"] 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/974/974f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/974f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/974f3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/974f4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-A13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-32.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-33.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-35.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-34.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-36.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-41.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-40.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-37.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-39.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-38.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-42.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-44.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-43.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-45.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-46.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-47.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-48.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-49.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-50.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-51.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-52.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/974/image-53.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 1173-E used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 'Future Spa' was the first game from this manufacturer to use continuous background sound. The first pinball machine from any manufacturer to do this was Williams' 1978 'Flash'. Patent 4,257,604 [IN-LINE DROP TARGETS] filed June 4, 1979. Granted March 24, 1981 to Irwin J. Grabel and Glenn R. Andersen. Assignee is Bally Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois. Bally's new sound board for this was previously tested on a few specially modified Bally's 1979 'Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom'. See that listing for more information. In the book Pinball Snapshots, Paul Faris tells the author that with the deadline for this game approaching, Dave Christensen was not going to be able to finish the playfield in time to work on the glass. So, Paul painted the backglass while Dave finished the playfield. The penciled drawings of the backglass and playfield, shown in this listing, were made by Dave Christensen. The backglass drawing shows the pre-production name (the working title) for this game was 'Bon Vivant'. Also shown is his black line drawing. It uses cut and taped letters and numbers to do the mock-up for some of the insert values. The manufacturer flyer shows a cabinet having a strong red color. We show pictures of a cabinet attributed to Renault that also have this red cabinet. We also show pictures of a pink-colored cabinet. We don't know if color fade is responsible for this pink color. Pictures attributed to Schneider show severe cabinet fade. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshot (1), Spinning targets (2), Kick-out hole (1), Star rollover (1), 4-in-line drop targets, Left kicker lane, Left outlane detour gate. used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.5 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog future-spa used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog future-spa used