Back Gun Smoke

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (2 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×3 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Christian Marche — Art IPDB Albin Peters — Design IPDB Ed Sermonti — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Sermonti — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Albin Peters — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Christian Marche — Art used

Sources agree (5 fields)

theme
Western IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1968 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
4808 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4808/image-12.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB This is the 2-player Add-a-ball version of Chicago Coin's 1968 'Gun Smoke' for export to Italy. This may be the last Italian version game from this manufacturer, if it in fact was produced. Federico Croci, a collector in Italy, tells us that he has never seen this game there other than a picture or two in some operator's magazines. The game pictured here had a paper tag tied to the bank reset relays that stated "Engineering Sample #5105". Extra balls were counted on the backglass using what would have been the match numbers 1 thru 9 in a replay version. Extra balls were known as "kick-ups" because they entered the playfield through the flippers by being kicked-up from the out-hole. Kick-ups would have to be played off by the player who earned them before the game would advance to the next player. The two ball guides, one on each side of the Ball Saver, are not present in the U.S. version of this game. They likely were added to guide the path of kick-up balls. 'Gun Smoke' is the first pinball machine by an American manufacturer to have the familiar round up-post between the flippers. Chicago Coin referred to this feature as the Ball Saver. The first known example is found on Rally's 1967 'Play boy'. An earlier, V-shaped form of this device was used by Gottlieb during the 1950's. An example is Gottlieb's 1950 'Knock Out'. The Gun Smoke flash feature on the backglass was first used on Chicago Coin's 1967 'Twinky'. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Kick-out holes (3), Center up-post. used
reward_type
Flipcommons Catalog Add-a-Ball used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog chicago-coin-machine-manufacturing-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog gun-smoke used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Gun Smoke used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog gun-smoke-2 used