Back Pinball Circus

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  1. By OPDB
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    dot-matrix
    month
    6
    name
    Pinball Circus
    opdb_id
    G4qdD-MrR3Z
    opdb.images
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    player_count
    4
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    year
    1994
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Python Anghelo — Design
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    Dan Lee — Software
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    Dan Forden — Sound
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    Dan Forden — Music
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    Eugene Geer — Dots/Animation
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    Scott Slomiany — Dots/Animation
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    Pat McMahon — Art
    gameplay_feature
    Kick-Out Holes
    gameplay_feature
    Drop Targets ×3
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×7
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated
    ipdb_id
    4354
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    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.model_number
    60020
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (7), Pop bumpers (4), Drop targets (3), Kick-out hole (1). No left outlane. Buy-In feature. The lower playfield has three flippers: two are offset and a third one rests vertically nearby, for flipping balls that drain from the Ring 3 playfield via the corkscrew habitrail. Flipping a ball on the lower playfield up the left center ramp delivers it to the Ring 2 playfield where its one flipper is used to flip the ball up a ramp to the elephant's trunk. The elephant then raises its head to roll the ball along its trunk to the habitrail behind it, routing the ball to the Ring 3 playfield. This playfield has one small flipper and a mini-slingshot kicker in place of a left flipper. A skillful shot up the rear ramp of this playfield delivers the ball to a magnetic ball lifter which elevates it to fall into the clown's playfield. Two small flippers on this final playfield are used to score the three drop targets and to score a jackpot behind them. After jackpot, the ball is returned via habitrail to the right flipper on the lower playfield.
    ipdb.notes
    James Loflin states five sets of prototype playfields were completed for this new pinball machine design. We know that two complete prototype machines were made. One had belonged to Steve Kordek and is now in the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. The other one is in a private collection. There was knowledge circulating of a Pinball Circus that had shipped to Germany, suggesting three games were made. We asked Ken Fedesna, former Executive VP/General Manager over Williams/Bally/Midway from 1988 until their close of pinball production in 1999, if he could clarify how many were made. He replies:I looked through my Operation Meeting notes from 1992, 1993, and 1994 concerning Pinball Circus, and found that we only built 2 Engineering prototypes total. One was sent to test in Germany, but it was returned. Not sure whether it is the one Steve Kordek had that is now in Vegas, or the other one, but my notes clearly indicate that only 2 were ever built. An earlier all-mechanical game with a 3-dimensional playfield is Keystone Engineering Company's 1933 'Kicko Aristocrat'.
    ipdb_rating
    7.4
    month
    6
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    2
    system
    williams-wpc-s
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Circus
    theme
    Carnival
    year
    1994