- gameplay_feature
- Flippers ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Standup Targets ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Kick-Out Holes ×6
- gameplay_feature
- Slingshots ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Pop Bumpers ×5
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Universal Company, Ltd.
- ipdb_id
- 6071
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6071/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6071/image-2.jpg"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Universal Kabushikigaisha
- ipdb.notable_features
- 3 balls per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (6), Standup targets (2).
The game looks electro-mechanical from the outside but, according to the Japanese flyer, it uses a CPU circuit board. Some of this flyer's information has been translated for us as follows:
It is a contemporary pinball machine.
We were aiming for harmony of machinery and electronic.
* Equipped with CPU
* Ring counter
* Electrical sound
* Contactless switch
Height 1730mm Width 521mm Length 1320mm
Electric Power 56W AC100V 50/60Hz
The "ring counter" may be a reference to the backbox score reels. The "ones" reel looks like a dummy zero.
- ipdb.notes
- According to Japan collector Yasushi Takeda, this game first appeared in Universal's new product catalogue of 1977.
The manufacturer's flyer included in this listing indicates a Showa Era date of "S.52.9.30.10" which is September 30, 1977 but we don't know what the "10" means nor do we know the specific meaning of that date on a flyer.
The arcade industry newspaper Game Machine dated Oct-15-1977 indicated that Universal exhibited 'Hard Rock' at the 15th Amusement Machine Show, a Japanese arcade exhibition held during October 5-7, 1977. Typically, orders for purchase are taken at such shows.
- month
- 10
- player_count
- 2
- technology_generation
- solid-state
- theme
- Singing
- theme
- Music
- year
- 1977