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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    alphanumeric
    month
    9 → 1
    name
    Varkon
    opdb_id
    G5Lvz-MQkvB
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/45fbe5e5-b466-4eaa-bf0a-dd7b64ac867d-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/45fbe5e5-b466-4eaa-bf0a-dd7b64ac867d-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/45fbe5e5-b466-4eaa-bf0a-dd7b64ac867d-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":900,"height":527},"small":{"width":250,"height":146},"medium":{"width":640,"height":375}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}]
    player_count
    2
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    year
    1982
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Bill Pfutzenreuter — Software
    credit
    Bill Pfutzenreuter — Sound
    credit
    Seamus McLaughlin — Art
    credit
    Tony Kraemer — Design
    gameplay_feature
    Multi-Level Playfield
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Williams Electronics, Incorporated
    ipdb_id
    2721
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2721/image-3.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Williams
    ipdb.model_number
    512
    ipdb.notable_features
    This is a pinball machine disguised as a video game. Flippers are operated by joysticks on control panel. Has two playfields. Main playfield has two 3-inch flippers, one pop bumper, and a kick-back lane. Ball is launched into play from between flippers. Completing target sequence on main playfield activates lower playfield which has two 2-inch flippers and its own ball. 3 or 5 ball play. To quote "Uncle Willy": "Varkon is a two-level game, although each playfield has its own ball. (The ball does not pass between the two playfields.) The lower playfield is visible through a window in the upper playfield. Both playfields are tilted away from the player and viewed through a mirror. The mirror is mounted at eye-level, so the illusion is presented that the ball is moving about on a vertical playfield. The mirror is only partially silvered and the score displays are mounted behind it. Also mounted behind the mirror are some flash lamps behind a screened plastic. The effect of the flash lamps when they fire is to overlay lightning bolts over the reflected image of the playfield. The playfield on Varkon is a combination of wood and plexiglass. The plexiglass overlays the wood, and is screened with artwork."
    month
    1 → 9
    player_count
    2
    production_quantity
    90
    system
    williams-system-7
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Fantasy
    year
    1982