Back Time Line

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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    alphanumeric
    month
    12 → 1
    name
    Time Line
    opdb.features
    ["Widebody"]
    opdb_id
    Gr13q-MXrjY
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/ed9ab80c-3fce-49f8-968c-4e135629a093-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/ed9ab80c-3fce-49f8-968c-4e135629a093-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/ed9ab80c-3fce-49f8-968c-4e135629a093-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":637,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":235},"medium":{"width":637,"height":600}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}]
    player_count
    4
    tag
    Widebody
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    year
    1980
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Gerry Simkus — Art
    credit
    Allen Edwall — Design
    gameplay_feature
    5-Bank Drop Targets ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×3
    gameplay_feature
    4-Bank Drop Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Kickback
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets ×5
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company
    ipdb_id
    2564
    ipdb.image_urls
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    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.model_number
    659
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), 5-bank drop targets (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), Left kickback lane, Dual right inlanes, Right outlane ball return gate. Actual measured weight: 272 lbs (includes legs).
    ipdb.notes
    The game in the manufacturer's flyer has a blue cabinet. Games were also produced in a black cabinet. We do not know how many games were made in each color, or why. Pictured in this listing are side-by-side close-ups of the backglass bonus score window showing the word "BONUS" in white lettering and also in red lettering, the former intended to be seen only when illuminated from behind. Steve Charland explained to us in 2013 that the white lettering was a first run of backglasses when it was discovered that the nearby display board was too large to allow a light bulb to be installed where it needed to be installed to illuminate this lettering. He said a second run of backglasses corrected this problem by using red lettering to make the word permanently visible and not dependent upon illumination. We note that all pictures we have received of this game show the white lettering and only the manufacturer's flyer has the red lettering. This oddly suggests that (many) games went out the door to the distributors before the flyer was made to sell these games to the distributors. Perhaps this is a revised flyer and the original ones were destroyed. We have been unable to corroborate Charland's explanation with former Gottlieb employees.
    ipdb_rating
    7.5
    month
    1 → 12
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    3167
    system
    gottlieb-system-80
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Fantasy
    theme
    Adventure
    year
    1980