Back Roto

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (2 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Standup Targets ×4 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×5 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Christian Marche — Art IPDB Norm Clark — Design Flipcommons Catalog Norm Clark — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Christian Marche — Art used

Sources agree (8 fields)

display_type
score-reels OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
2 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
10 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1969 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
Gr2jZ-MLBr9 OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Roto OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
2020 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (12 fields)

reward_type
OPDB Add-a-Ball used
opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/879caa88-be8e-4a18-8e66-176a80d0096b-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/879caa88-be8e-4a18-8e66-176a80d0096b-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/879caa88-be8e-4a18-8e66-176a80d0096b-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":418,"height":352},"small":{"width":250,"height":211},"medium":{"width":418,"height":352}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}] used
opdb.features
OPDB ["Add-a-ball"] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Williams used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Williams Electronics, Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/image-4.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2020/image-5.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 369 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The replay version of this game is Williams' 1969 'Expo'. This game is a two-player add-a-ball, allowing each player to earn more than one ball per ball in play but needing to play them all off before the game changes players. This can be seen on the reverse side of the backglass where the words EXTRA BALLS and some stars are silkscreened. Williams documentation does not indicate that this game is add-a-ball but one of Steve Kordek's many handwritten lists of games partially indicates this. We note that the backglass counts Ball In Play, not Balls To Play as typical of single-player add-a-ball games. The game in the Promotional Photo is priced for Italy at 50 lire and 100 lire but we did locate one of these games for sale in Wisconsin, a formerly add-a-ball State. The backglass has no replay window and the playfield is missing several components that are found on 'Expo'. Namely, the upper right ball return gate and the right outlane ball return gate, both of which would affect the number of balls served to the shooter lane, and the center up-post which would interfere with the kick-up mechanism at the outhole. If anyone has access to this game to make photographs and/or can provide manufacturer documentation, please contact us. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Mini-posts (4), Kick-out hole (1), Left drop lane with detour gate. Mechanical Backbox Animation (arrow spinner). Extra balls are awarded for high scores and for each time the spinner spins and lands on a previously selected (lit) number 1 through 10. Extra balls kick-up from the outhole back onto the playfield. Left and right outlanes activate the spinner. Each has a pop-up red mini-post and a smaller white post below the rollover that pops up to hold the drained ball to allow the spinner feature to fully perform before the ball is released to the outhole. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronics-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog expo-roto used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog roto used