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  1. By IPDB
    credit
    Ward Pemberton — Design
    credit
    Mychael Gerstenberger — Art
    credit
    Greg Freres — Art
    gameplay_feature
    3-in-Line Drop Targets ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets ×16
    gameplay_feature
    Star Rollovers ×6
    gameplay_feature
    Flex-Save Lanes ×2
    gameplay_feature
    3-Bank Drop Targets
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Bally Wulff
    ipdb_id
    6105
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6105/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6105/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6105/image-3.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (16), Star rollovers (6), Flex-save lanes (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), 3-in-line drop targets (3), Mechanically raised/lowered ramps (2). No pop bumpers.
    ipdb.notes
    This is the same game as Bally Wulff's 1987 'Hardbody' but with a different backglass that shows the women wearing more clothing. In fact, a Bally Wulff ad (shown here) is titled "Less sex in the game" (German: Weniger sex im spiel). The text translates to read, "After some operators complained about the shape of body-building world-champion Rachel McLish, BALLY WULFF has reacted quickly. Now you can buy HARDBODY with brave girls and the new name SUPER SPORT or you still choose the original game with the world-champion. The SUPER PRICE naturally also applies for the SUPER SPORT." The artist of this backglass is Mychael Gerstenberger from Berlin. He told us that the backglass design was printed at Bally Wulff's own screen printing department in Berlin, and then assembled into the original U.S. machines in Berlin. His original backglass artwork, which he completed in 1987 and is shown here, has the name of his art studio, MALBUCH, spelled with the Roman letter "V". The first game with flex-save lanes is Bally Midway's 1987 'Dungeons & Dragons'.
    player_count
    4
    system
    bally-6803
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Body Building
    theme
    Exercise
    year
    1987