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Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (4 fields)

month
OPDB 1 used IPDB 11
name
OPDB Atarians Flipcommons Catalog The Atarians used
gameplay_feature
IPDB Standup Targets ×4 used IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×7 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×4 used
credit
IPDB Eugene Jarvis — Software IPDB Fred Yates — Software IPDB Eugene Jarvis — Sound IPDB Fred Yates — Sound IPDB Bob Jonesi — Mechanics IPDB George Opperman — Art IPDB Bob Jonesi — Design Flipcommons Catalog Fred Yates — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Eugene Jarvis — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Fred Yates — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Eugene Jarvis — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Bob Jonesi — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog George Opperman — Art used Flipcommons Catalog Bob Jonesi — Design used

Sources agree (7 fields)

display_type
alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB
year
1976 OPDB, IPDB
opdb_id
Gry9N-MQYVj OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
theme
Adventure IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
102 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (11 fields)

tag
OPDB Widebody used
opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/1bef6c23-2bab-4bed-9256-e1ae6c83bde1-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/1bef6c23-2bab-4bed-9256-e1ae6c83bde1-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/1bef6c23-2bab-4bed-9256-e1ae6c83bde1-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":708,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":212},"medium":{"width":640,"height":542}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/dd0c3cd1-0491-4993-9837-e194312eb6c5-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/dd0c3cd1-0491-4993-9837-e194312eb6c5-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/dd0c3cd1-0491-4993-9837-e194312eb6c5-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":1152,"height":1499},"small":{"width":192,"height":250},"medium":{"width":492,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
opdb.features
OPDB ["Widebody"] used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Atari, Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/102F2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/102F3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/102/image-7.jpg"] used
system
IPDB atari-system-1 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 'The Atarians' was the first game by this manufacturer. First Solid State widebody game. First pin game to use inductive under-playfield sensors instead of rollover switches. Atari referred to them as "magnetic sensor switches" in their documentation. Eugene Jarvis informs us that Fred Yates was the original programmer and sounds guy. Eugene was his apprentice and finished up the game after Fred left. Mark Ritchie stated at the Chicago Expo 2012 that half of the production run came back to the factory because Atari had received a bad batch of plywood used to make them. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (7), Standup targets (4). used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog atari-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog the-atarians used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog the-atarians used