Back Marathon

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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    score-reels
    month
    10
    name
    Marathon
    opdb_id
    GrEYP-MLy2K
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/dc72b89f-a418-434c-9309-c1418158c758-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/dc72b89f-a418-434c-9309-c1418158c758-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/dc72b89f-a418-434c-9309-c1418158c758-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":889,"height":755},"small":{"width":250,"height":212},"medium":{"width":640,"height":544}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}]
    player_count
    2
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    year
    1955
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Wayne Neyens — Design
    credit
    Roy Parker — Art
    gameplay_feature
    Passive Bumpers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Gobble Holes ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×5
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company
    ipdb_id
    1540
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/1540f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1540/image-A8.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.model_number
    109
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Gobble holes (2). Both players matching lit number at end of game awards 2 or 10 replays (adjustable). 3 or 5 ball play.
    ipdb.notes
    This is the first game to have Gottlieb's famous phrase on the backglass: Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs! The last game to have it is the woodrail version of Gottlieb's 1960 'Flipper'. Much of the game pictured here has been repainted red. The pictures are included to show the style and shape of the cabinet. Its coin door is likely not original to this game as it has the old style of coin return guide. Starting with 'Marathon', new dome-shaped coin return guides were used, although we don't know if its use began at start of production or, less likely, during production. We are seeking hi-res pictures of this game, inside and outside, to include showing the original factory cabinet art, wood trim, and coin door. For this game and all Gottlieb multi-player games of the 1950s that had the large, curved wooden lockdown bar, we are seeking a photograph of the area underneath the lockdown bar when it is removed, as in this example of Toreador. Ideally, this picture would include the card holder with original factory cards in it, including the name card.
    month
    10
    player_count
    2
    production_quantity
    750
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Exercise
    theme
    Running
    theme
    Sports
    year
    1955