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    John Popadiuk — Design
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    Magna-Save
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    Standup Targets ×6
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    Kick-Out Saucers ×5
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    4-Bank Drop Targets
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    Spinning Discs
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    Vertical Up-Kickers
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    Star Rollovers
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    Multiball
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    Kickback
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    Flippers ×4
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    Pop Bumpers
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    Slingshots ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    ipdb_id
    6376
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6376/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6376/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6376/image-3.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (1), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (6), Kick-out saucers (5), 4-bank drop targets (1), Spinning disk (1), Vertical up-kicker (1), Star rollover (1), 2-in-line drop targets, Left outlane kickback, Magna-Save above right inlane, Multiball. Four kick-out saucers are progressive, passing the ball upfield.
    ipdb.notes
    Designer John Popadiuk provided us this information:Here are some pics from Tornado, a Wizard of Oz like game. This is a pencil sketch on mylar as we used to do then. At Bally in 1982 we were working with Marvin Glass, a toy-inventing company in Chicago. they brought in 3 game prototypes that were housed in an "environmental cabinet". So I was assigned to Tornado, Greg Kmiec worked on Demolition (like Earthshaker) and the 3rd game I do not recall at this time. All the games had multi-upper levels and were housed in a Pinball 2000 (like) cabinet. My game had a large "cyclone" funnel vacuum-formed ramp that took balls in multiball and then dropped them to the playfield while the storm effects came and strobe light flashed. You can see the spinner I placed under the funnel to spin the balls away and the shot to the right that went up to other levels above this playfield. So very much a "triple-level" pinball with a video game feel.
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    solid-state
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    Weather