Sources
OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (4 fields)
- month
- OPDB 4 IPDB 9 Flipcommons Catalog 4 used
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Spinning Targets used IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets ×2 used IPDB 5-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×4 used
- theme
- IPDB Skateboard used IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Skateboarding used
- credit
- IPDB Margaret Hudson — Art IPDB Kevin O'Connor — Art IPDB Greg Freres — Art IPDB Claude Fernandez — Design Flipcommons Catalog Claude Fernandez — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Margaret Hudson — Art used Flipcommons Catalog Kevin O'Connor — Art used Flipcommons Catalog Greg Freres — Art used
Sources agree (9 fields)
- display_type
- alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1980 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- opdb_id
- GrNpx-M2YZq OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Skateball OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- system
- bally-as2518-35 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- production_quantity
- 4150 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 2170 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (11 fields)
- opdb.images
- OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/64091b32-47b8-495b-8c7d-87a8da059fc0-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/64091b32-47b8-495b-8c7d-87a8da059fc0-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/64091b32-47b8-495b-8c7d-87a8da059fc0-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":713,"height":562},"small":{"width":250,"height":197},"medium":{"width":640,"height":504}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/8bbe64ae-e247-4257-ae50-fa5b9ebd8bcf-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/8bbe64ae-e247-4257-ae50-fa5b9ebd8bcf-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/8bbe64ae-e247-4257-ae50-fa5b9ebd8bcf-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":792,"height":913},"small":{"width":217,"height":250},"medium":{"width":555,"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/2170/2170f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/2170f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2170/image-21.jpg"] used
- ipdb.model_number
- IPDB 1210 used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB First solid-state game from this manufacturer produced with 7-digit scoring. Skateball reportedly had a faulty design that allowed players to score excessive points, lowering operator profits due to many free games being awarded. Players could easily hold the ball on the right flipper and make it roll in and out of the right inlane by briefly releasing the flipper button. This caused the bonus to raise to the maximum award which would award a special upon reaching 60k. Operators reportedly tried a number of different solutions to solve the problem. This game originally was to be Model 1150-E Bally's 1978 'Skateball' but did not get produced at that time. Artist Greg Freres did the art for the 1978 backglass. The original playfield for that game was scrapped, but Bally kept the backglass art on the shelf until an opportunity came up to resurrect the theme for a new playfield. Since Greg was busy on another project by this time, only his backglass art was used on this 1980 production run while Kevin O'Connor did the playfield artwork and Margaret Hudson did the plastics artwork. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), 5-bank drop targets (1), 3-bank drop targets (2), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1), Left crossover return lane. Ball shooter lane directs ball across the middle of the playfield to reach the top. used
- ipdb_rating
- IPDB 7.5 used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog skateball used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog skateball used