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Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (4 fields)

month
OPDB 1 IPDB 12 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB Kickback used IPDB 4-Bank Drop Targets used IPDB 5-Bank Drop Targets ×2 used IPDB Standup Targets ×5 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×4 used
theme
IPDB Fantasy IPDB Adventure Flipcommons Catalog Fantasy used Flipcommons Catalog Adventure used
credit
IPDB Gerry Simkus — Art IPDB Allen Edwall — Design Flipcommons Catalog Allen Edwall — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Gerry Simkus — Art used

Sources agree (9 fields)

display_type
alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1980 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
Gr13q-MXrjY OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Time Line OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system
gottlieb-system-80 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
3167 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
2564 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (13 fields)

tag
OPDB Widebody used
opdb.images
OPDB [{"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}] used
opdb.features
OPDB ["Widebody"] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Gottlieb used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/2564f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/2564f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/2564f3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/2564f4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/2564f5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/2564f6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-A27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-31.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-30.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-25.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-18.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-32.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2564/image-33.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 659 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 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. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 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). used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.5 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company-a-columbia-pictures-industries-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog time-line used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog time-line used