Back Mike Bossy The Scoring Machine

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (3 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×2 used IPDB Flippers ×3 used
theme
IPDB Hockey IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Hockey used
credit
IPDB Larry Day — Art IPDB Ed Cebula — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Cebula — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Larry Day — Art used

Sources agree (5 fields)

system
game-plan-mpu-2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1982 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
1596 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Game Plan used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Game Plan, Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/1596f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1596/image-11.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB Only produced as a prototype. The outer backglass is largely clear glass with two hockey players in lower left area. In the upper left area are the words "Mike Bossy The Scoring Machine". This game is sometimes referred to as "The Scoring Machine", which was the nickname of that famous hockey player, but there is no game with just that name, even though some other machine lists include it as a separate game. You can find a reference to this in the Flyer on page 2. It says there: "And best of all it's the Mike Bossy scoring machine." We had indicated that Marc Raneses was the sole artist for this 1982 prototype game but had heard that artist Larry Day's signature is on the backglass. We asked Larry Day about that. He replies:Yes, indeed, I did the Mike Bossy game. I illustrated both the front and rear backglasses which made a unique effect when assembled. I also designed and illustrated the Mike Bossy logotype. I don't remember the playfield. If my signature is on the playfield then I guess it's also my art, although it doesn't look like my style. I do not know anything about Marc Raneses. I remember when Gil Pollock, one of the the owners/CEO of Premier, came to me with the theme, we all thought he had lost his marbles. No one knew who Mike Bossy was. If there were games assembled, it was very limited. Artist Marc Raneses subsequently told us that his work in the pinball industry started shortly after he got out of college in 1993 and was hired at Data East Pinball. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (2), Kick-out hole (1). Backbox has an inner and an outer backglass. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog game-plan-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog mike-bossy-the-scoring-machine used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Mike Bossy The Scoring Machine used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog mike-bossy-the-scoring-machine used