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  1. By Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)
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    *Satellite TV* is a reissue of [[manufacturer:model-racing]]'s *[[model:ufo]]*, the game that gave the [[location:italy/an/montemarciano]] firm the distinction of producing the first original coin-op video game designed in Italy.[1] UFO defied the usual categories: Model Racing sold it as a video pinball, mounting a screen inside a pinball cabinet in place of the playfield,[2] and its action sat somewhere between pinball and Breakout.[3] UFO debuted on 11 January 1975 at the ATEI trade fair in London, where Model Racing struck a deal for [[manufacturer:chicago-coin]] to take the game into the American market.[4] Chicago Coin's licensed edition reached United States arcades that same year as *[[model:super-flipper]]*.[5] *Satellite TV* followed as a near-identical re-run of UFO, its playfield all but indistinguishable from the original — quite possibly the same game under a second name.[6]
    1.
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
    This is the first original game made in Italy
    2.
    Museum of the Game (Arcade Museum) — https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/ufo--model
    The machine is a pinball cabinet with a vidoe screen for the playfield.
    3.
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
    It's a sort of a medley between pinball and Breakout.
    4.
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
    presented in January, 11 1975 at ATEI in London. During this exibition, MR leaders reached an agreement with Chicago Coin to distribute the game in the USA.
    5.
    Arcade History — https://www.arcade-history.com/?id=4398&n=super-flipper&page=detail
    Super Flipper © 1975 Chicago Coin. [...] Licensed version of Model Racing's
    6.
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
    A later version of Ufo. [...] the playing field is almost identical. [...] Maybe it's just the same game with two names.
  2. By Flipcommons Catalog

    tilt.it gives no year; lineage per the source line: Re-run/re-release of Model Racing's own 'UFO' video flipper (catalog ufo, model-racing, ipdb 5314) - confirmed: catalog holds UFO under model-racing. Maker: Model Racing, Montemarciano (Ancona)..

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    Model Racing
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/model-racing
    Satellite TV (UFO re-run)
    game_format
    Pinball
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/model-racing
    Satellite TV (UFO re-run)
    name
    Satellite TV
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/model-racing
    Satellite TV (UFO re-run)
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    satellite-tv
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    active
    technology_generation
    Solid State
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/model-racing
    Satellite TV (UFO re-run)
    title
    Satellite TV
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/model-racing
    Satellite TV (UFO re-run)