Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

gameplay_feature: IPDB Ball Kickers used IPDB Spinning Targets used IPDB Standup Targets ×4 used IPDB Star Rollovers ×10 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
theme: IPDB Myth And Legend used IPDB Fantasy Flipcommons Catalog Mythology used Flipcommons Catalog Fantasy used

ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name: IPDB Universal Kabushikigaisha used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name: IPDB Universal Company, Ltd. used
ipdb.image_urls: IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-5.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes: IPDB The manufacturer's flyer included in this listing indicates a Showa Era date of "S.53.6.2" which is June 2, 1978 but we don't know the specific meaning of that date on a flyer. The arcade industry newspaper Game Machine dated Jul-15-1978 page 15 announced 'Hercules'. The article also said that Universal Kabushikigaisha's 1977 'Hard Rock' was already released. used
ipdb.notable_features: IPDB 3 balls per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (10), Standup targets (4), Spinning target (1), Ball kicker (1), Upper right free ball return lane. The game looks electro-mechanical from the outside but, according to the Japanese flyer, it uses a CPU circuit board and has electrical sound. The backbox has score reels. The "ones" reel looks like a dummy zero. used
corporate_entity: Flipcommons Catalog universal-company-ltd used
title: Flipcommons Catalog hercules-2 used
name: Flipcommons Catalog Hercules used
slug: Flipcommons Catalog hercules-2 used