Back Pinball Action

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    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    U.S Tehkan Inc.
    ipdb_id
    5252
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5252/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5252/image-2.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Tehkan Inc.
    ipdb.notable_features
    Game features 4 video tables, in color, each showing a different pinball playfield layout. Sound volume is adjusted by a variable resistor. No speech. The monitor is Phillips brand, made in Italy. The backbox has two pendulum tilts and a fluorescent light. The backglass art might suggest this is a 4-player game but all the tables have only two-player scoring.
    ipdb.notes
    Video game in a pinball machine style of cabinet, with vertical backbox, metal legs, and flipper buttons. Unconfirmed date of manufacture is 1985. The backglass shows only the single word 'Pinball' as the game name but the video screen displays it as 'Pinball Action'. Created in March 1981, US Tehkan Inc. is the US division of Tehkan LTD of Japan which changed its name in 1986 to Tecmo Ltd.
    player_count
    2
    technology_generation
    solid-state