Back Rocket III

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (2 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Spinning Bumpers used IPDB Mushroom Bumpers ×10 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×4 used IPDB Zipper Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Christian Marche — Art IPDB Ted Zale — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ted Zale — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Christian Marche — Art used

Sources agree (10 fields)

display_type
score-reels OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1967 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
G42XB-MJ93N OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Rocket III OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
theme
Outer Space IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
2603 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
1989 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (12 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/6efd50b5-60a9-4936-98ed-59251cf4f21c-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/6efd50b5-60a9-4936-98ed-59251cf4f21c-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/6efd50b5-60a9-4936-98ed-59251cf4f21c-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1440,"height":1487},"small":{"width":242,"height":250},"medium":{"width":620,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/1c5810b2-93a0-45fc-a4b8-6c741d5e7c18-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/1c5810b2-93a0-45fc-a4b8-6c741d5e7c18-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/1c5810b2-93a0-45fc-a4b8-6c741d5e7c18-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1007,"height":1500},"small":{"width":168,"height":250},"medium":{"width":429,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Bally used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Bally Manufacturing Corporation used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/1989f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-A9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-B9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-A10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-A12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-35.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-34.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-32.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-33.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1989/image-31.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 800 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans
IPDB "Blast off to bigger profits" used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The manufacturer produced the backglasses in both crystal glass and Plexiglas. Near the center of the motor board is a 10-pin jack with a 4-pin shorting plug. This shorting plug is required for replay operation. This jack will accommodate an Add-a-ball relay, likely ordered separately by the operator, required for Add-a-ball operation. The operator would remove (and save) the shorting plug and attach the Add-a-ball relay to the nearby vacant area of the motor board, plugging it into the vacated jack. In the Files section are instructions for converting this game from Replay operation to Add-a-ball operation. The schematic refers to the "add-a-ball relay". Early Production games (like the ones featured in the promo photo and the flyer) differ from the rest of the production run because they have no "Special" on reaching letter 'E' of 'Rocket' on the playfield, thus no Special light on the left outlane, and no left outlane kickback. Also, they feature a bottom arch with different graphics, different colors on the playfield and the cabinet (while the plastics are the same), and a different playfield glass, being the familiar sliding glass, while later in production the glass was changed to lift upwards from the front in a metal frame. Although the games featured in the flyer and in the promo photo are normal replay games, Federico Croci, a collector in Italy, tells us that several Early Production versions were found there with no replay unit and no replay window in the backglass. The Italian add-a-ball version is Bally's 1967 'Rocket III (Italy)'. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Zipper flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Mushroom bumpers (10), Spinning bumper (1). Slingshots (2), Left outlane ball kicker. Right outlane ball return gate. used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.5 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog rocket-iii used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog rocket-iii used