Back Tornado

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (1 field)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Kicker Lanes ×3 used IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×7 used IPDB Scoring Bumpers ×9 used

Sources agree (7 fields)

theme
Adventure IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
credit
Harry Williams — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
4 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1947 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
2598 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (10 fields)

ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Williams used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Williams Manufacturing Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/Backglass2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-4.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-5.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-6.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-7.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-8.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-9.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-10.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-11.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-12.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-13.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2598/image-14.png"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 6 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The first flipper game by Williams was Williams' 1947 'Sunny' in December 1947. Operators of this period would soon retrofit flipperless games, like Tornado, and these new flippers often ended up in unusual places on the playfield. Compare the elevated wireform track on this game to the habitrails of modern Solid State games. The manufacturer�s original playfield drawing (not shown here) is dated 1/9/47 and signed with initials HEW. It also shows the original game name was 'Rockets'. Williams made a similar game the same month, Williams' 1947 'Cyclone'. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Scoring bumpers (9), Kick-out holes (7), Kicker lanes (3). Center kicker lane propels ball upfield to elevated rail which rolls ball back down to lower playfield kick-out hole. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog williams-manufacturing-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog tornado used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Tornado used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog tornado used