Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (3 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Standup Targets ×11 used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×4 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
- theme
- IPDB Target Practice used IPDB Riflery IPDB Archery Flipcommons Catalog Target Shooting used Flipcommons Catalog Riflery used Flipcommons Catalog Archery used
- credit
- IPDB Roy Parker — Art IPDB Wayne Neyens — Design Flipcommons Catalog Wayne Neyens — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Roy Parker — Art used
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 11 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1954 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 5998 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (10 fields)
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Gottlieb used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5998/image-1.jpg"] used
- ipdb.model_number
- IPDB 101 used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB Wayne Neyens said that around November 1, 1954 he designed a turret game called 'Ricochet'. He found notes on a sketch he retained for this game, indicating "Samples were built but results on test were poor---never built". The promo photo shown here also appeared on the front cover of GameRoom magazine of March 1999. In that issue, author and historian Gordon Hasse mentioned there was anecdotal evidence of a surviving example of this game in Canada. He later told us of someone who believed he played one in the eastern USA. Years ago, Raphael Lankar had reported to us seeing the game in a Paris arcade in 1959. The photo proves that at least one example of this game was made, typically for location testing. We searched The Billboard and Cash Box for the years 1953-1960 and found these pictureless ads from distributors selling this game: The Hub Enterprises, Maryland: The Billboard, Apr-29-1957, page 84, 2-player for $175. The Billboard, May-6-1957, page 113, 2-player for $175. Miller-Newmark Distributing Company, Michigan: The Billboard, May-13-1957, page 116, $175. The Billboard, Oct-14-1957, page 95, $250. The Billboard, Apr-14-1958, page 80, $225. These anecdotes and ads would have to be the Sample games that were made and put on on test. One of more of them could have been the 4-player version. See Gottlieb's 1955 'Ricochet'. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Flippers (2), Passive bumpers (4), Standup targets (11). Pressing flippers buttons shoots ball from oscillating turret shooter between flippers. Maximum displayed point score is 999 points per player. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog ricochet-3 used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Ricochet used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog ricochet-3 used