Back Harley-Davidson (2nd production run)

Edit History

  1. By IPDB
    abbreviation
    HD
    abbreviation
    HD2
    credit
    Dan Forden — Sound
    credit
    Dan Forden — Music
    credit
    Gerald Hedberg — Mechanics
    credit
    Mark Sprenger — Art
    credit
    Barry Oursler — Design
    credit
    Jim Strompolis — Software
    gameplay_feature
    Spinning Targets ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets ×8
    gameplay_feature
    Kick-Out Holes ×3
    gameplay_feature
    3-Bank Drop Targets ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated
    ipdb_id
    7047
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (8), Kick-out holes (3), 3-bank drop targets (2), Spinning targets (2), Left and right crossover return lanes.
    ipdb.notes
    This is a second production run of Midway's 1991 'Harley-Davidson (1st production run)'. We have found no manufacturer documentation of this second run but we have the confident remembrances of two attendees at the 1991 Pinball Expo in Chicago who said, during the factory tour held as a part of Expo, they each saw this game on a mini-production line and the tour guide (an employee whose name is lost to history) said this was a second run made especially for Harley-Davidson dealers. Pinball historian David Marston was one of the two attendees and told us the guide told him a quantity of 200 was being made. The Expo was held October 25-27, 1991. We also have an article by Russ Jensen in the Spring 1992 edition of Coin Slot covering the Expo events and, on pages 21-22, Russ discusses the factory tour. He mentions the tour guide showing attendees the "mini-line" where a "limited production" of Harley-Davidson pinball games were seen being built. Russ states that, while the tour had been advertised to be at the Bally manufacturing facility, Bally games were newly produced on a second assembly line at the Williams facility so they were given a tour of both the Bally and Williams production facilities. Therefore, we do not know at which facility this "mini-line" was seen in production of this game. We also don't know if this second production run used the same Model Number 20001 as the first run or what differences there may be from that first run to know how to identify one of these 200 games. We presume the playfield is identical but we do not know if a shaker motor was included inside the game.
    month
    10
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    200
    system
    williams-wpc-alphanumeric
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Motorcyclesmotocross
    theme
    Sports
    year
    1991