Sources
OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (2 fields)
- month
- OPDB 1 IPDB 9 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
- credit
- IPDB Bill Pfutzenreuter — Software IPDB Bill Pfutzenreuter — Sound IPDB Seamus McLaughlin — Art IPDB Tony Kraemer — Design Flipcommons Catalog Bill Pfutzenreuter — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Bill Pfutzenreuter — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Tony Kraemer — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Seamus McLaughlin — Art used
Sources agree (10 fields)
- display_type
- alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 2 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1982 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- opdb_id
- G5Lvz-MQkvB OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Varkon OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- theme
- Fantasy IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- system
- williams-system-7 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- production_quantity
- 90 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 2721 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (10 fields)
- opdb.images
- OPDB [{"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}] used
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Multi-Level Playfield used
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Williams used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Williams Electronics, Incorporated used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["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"] used
- ipdb.model_number
- IPDB 512 used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 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." used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronics-incorporated used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog varkon used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog varkon used