Sources
Contributors to this record: Flipcommons Catalog, Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel).
- theme
- Flower PowerFlipcommons Catalog
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)*Hippie* is [[manufacturer:dama]]'s 1970 reworking of [[manufacturer:bally]]'s 1966 *[[model:capersville]]*, one of the [[location:italy/mi/milan]] firm's [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] pinball *conversion kits*. The donor was an unlikely candidate for flower-power artwork: *Capersville* was a Cold War [[theme:spy-adventure]] caper, designed by Ted Zale and illustrated by Jerry Kelley, and it outsold every other Bally table of its decade.[1] It was a landmark of the form as well as a hit — the first game to offer three-ball multiball play[2] — and an early showcase for Bally's zipper flippers, which could snap together to close the gap between them and keep the ball alive.[3] Onto that mechanism Dama grafted an entirely new subject, swapping espionage for the [[theme:flower-power]] counterculture of its own moment.
- credit
- Cortez — Art[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- model_relationship
- Capersville (Bally 1966) (relationship_type: conversion_kit) (license_status: unknown)[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- game_format
- Pinball[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- Electromechanical[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1970[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- corporate_entity
- Dama S.R.L.[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- title
- Hippie[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Hippie[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- status
- activeFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- hippieFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Seattle Pinball Museum — https://seattlepinballmuseum.com/capersville
Designed by Ted Zale, known as the "King of Pinball," and illustrated by Jerry Kelley, this game captured the thrilling essence of mid-20th-century espionage. [...] Capersville was a resounding success, becoming Bally's best-selling machine of the 1960s and maintaining that position until the early 1970s.
- Museum of the Game (Arcade Museum) — https://www.arcade-museum.com/Pinball/capersville
The Capersville by Bally was the first pinball machine that allowed a 3-ball multiball sequence.
- Seattle Pinball Museum — https://seattlepinballmuseum.com/capersville
The machine's standout feature was its "zipper flippers," a groundbreaking innovation that allowed the flippers to move closer together, preventing center drains and extending gameplay.
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/dama
Hippie (Bally "Capersville") (grafica di Cortez)