Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (1 field)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Spinning Targets used IPDB Vari-Targets used IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Messenger Balls used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×4 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
Sources agree (5 fields)
- theme
- Mythology IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- system
- gottlieb-system-80a IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- solid-state IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 4 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 5265 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (6 fields)
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-12.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-13.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-14.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-15.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-10.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5265/image-9.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB European conversion of the narrow-body Mylstar's 1984 'The Games'. The backglass artwork is derived from the French movie poster for the 1981 Hollywood movie "Clash of the Titans", released there as "Le Choc des Titans". Three versions of the backglass are shown here, none with words on them. They differ from each other in any of the following ways: placement of the digital display windows, border art, colors used, or the orientation of the entire image to show Perseus holding the sword in either hand. Almost all portrayals of Perseus in paintings, drawings, and sculpture show him holding his sword in his right hand, as does the constellation in the Northern Hemisphere that bears his name. In the movie poster, Perseus holds his sword in his right hand. The lower left and right playfield plastics show a Medusa with outstretched arms. The upper left plastic shows a sword-wielding Perseus and the upper right plastic shows Medusa's face with serpent's tongue. These four art elements are found in near-identical form on the backglass of Bally's 1981 'Medusa'. Pictured here is an example of a converted widebody Gottlieb's 1982 'Rocky' where the cardholder had been removed to show the playfield indicates 'Mythology 785' and the French instruction card shows the letters 'JM'. Inside the game are the original 'Rocky' label, stamped cabinet serial number 03172, and backbox safety stickers concerning Gottlieb System 80 MPU. In the backbox, we can barely read "MYTH' on two chips. We have seen 'JM' on the French Instruction card of a separate example of this game (not pictured here). Reportedly, this is a kit made by J. Martina of France. However, available information on J. Martina indicates this company was only active in EM conversions up to 1970. More information is needed to better identify the company that performed this post-1984 SS conversion. The company who made this game likely also made Unknown Manufacturer's 'Commandos'. Federico Croci, a collector and historian in Italy, provided us this information on the continuing effort to identify this manufacturer: "I'm quite sure it was a kit manufactured in Italy, I suppose for that "Europlay" distributor in France. There was a pinball manufacturer in Bologna, Italy, with the same name, "Europlay", but their logo was totally different. "If you look just under the left flipper, the name of the graphic should be "Martinelli Michele" (that is, Mike) and maybe there's the same signature somewhere on the backglass. Kits of this kind, complete with metal apron and everything (while usually other kits were just composed of the playfield, plastics and backglass) were printed by the Baldazzi factory (Bologna), sometime under the logo "Pinball Shop", or other names. "Also note the plastic rollovers - they are the same used by Zaccaria in some of their ss games, and they were manufactured by RMG (if you look closely at one of these, under the playfield, you could see the logo RMG on the plastic). "Model Number 785 actually is month and year of manufacturing (or maybe of the design) printed in european standard, month first and year after - July, 1985 "I have seen some of this kits, usually installed on Gottlieb/Premier pinballs, I'll let you know if I find some more photos." used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Messenger Ball (1), Kick-out hole (1), Vari-target (1), Spinning target (1). used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog mythology used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Mythology used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog mythology used