Sources
Contributors to this record: Flipcommons Catalog, Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel).
- theme
- Outer SpaceFlipcommons Catalog
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)*Space Orbit* is [[manufacturer:lori]]'s unlicensed, from-scratch copy of [[manufacturer:gottlieb]]'s single-player *[[model:space-orbit]]* — an [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] *bootleg* rebuilt in [[location:italy/bo/bologna]]. The Gottlieb source was itself an [[reward-type:add-a-ball]] game, one built for export to Italy in 1972,[1] and that reward type was the whole point: a 1965 Italian law had outlawed pinball as gambling, so a machine sold there could reward the player only with further balls, never a free [[reward-type:replay]] — which is exactly what add-a-ball means.[2] The machine was already a patchwork of Gottlieb's own parts: its [[theme:outer-space]] backglass borrowed artwork from Gottlieb's 1972 *[[model:outer-space]]*, while its playfield followed the layout of the earlier *[[model:mini-cycle]]* and *[[model:polo]]*.[3] The design drew several Italian copyists — [[manufacturer:rmg]] rebuilt it as *[[model:space-orbit-2]]* (1972) and [[manufacturer:mondialmatic]] as *[[model:big-dryvers]]* (1979) — with LORI's copy among them.
- model_relationship
- Space Orbit (Gottlieb 1972) (relationship_type: copy) (license_status: unknown)[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- game_format
- Pinball[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- Electromechanical[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- corporate_entity
- LORI[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- title
- Space Orbit[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Space Orbit[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- status
- activeFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- space-orbit-loriFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Pinball Repair & History (pinrepair.com) — https://www.pinrepair.com/gtb/index.htm
Space Orbit, 4/72, 1 player AAB for Italy
- Taste Bologna — https://www.tastebologna.net/blog/pinball-museum-bologna
In 1965 an Italian law declared pinball outlaw because of gambling. A few artisans in Bologna found a workaround and started to sell new machines that allowed them to win only other balls and not matches.
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #2255
This game was made for export to Italy. Compare the backglass artwork to Gottlieb's 1972 'Outer Space'. The playfield layout is similar to Gottlieb's 1970 'Mini Cycle' and Gottlieb's 1970 'Polo'
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
Space Orbit Play Pool
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
Space Orbit