CAMELOT

Camelot
Bally
1970

Camelot by Bally was designed in October 1969 and manufactured in February 1970. It was the second Bally four-player featuring the new 3 Inch ‘king size’ flippers. Also, it was one of just two Bally four-players combining 4-digit scoring with the new large flippers. The two-player version with identical playfield and cabinet artwork (in different colors however) is Galahad, manufactured in January 1970. Like all Bally machines with the lift-up frame cabinet, it needs slightly shorter 71 cm, black painted legs.

theme | Medieval, knights

design | Ted Zale
art | Christian Marche

EM
4 player game
1.865 units produced
acquisitie | ca. 2018

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Q*BERT’S QUEST

Q*Bert’s Quest
Gottlieb
1983

Q*Bert’s Quest is a pinball machine from March 1983, manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Co.

theme | puzzle

design | John Trudeau
art | David Moore, Terry Doerzaph, Jeff Lee
sound | Craig Beierwaltes, David Thiel
music | Craig Beierwaltes

SS
4 player game
884 units produced
acquisitie |

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BALLY HOO

Bally Hoo
Bally
1969

Bally Hoo was designed in March 1969 and produced in October 1969. It was the first Bally with 3-inch flippers (in this case in red), described as jumbo-flippers and one out of two Bally four-players combining 4-digit scoring with long flippers. Like most of Bally’s four-players from 1964 to 1972, it was also available in German language. The machine pictured on the US-flyer has chrome legs, but the serial-run had black legs (71cm) as usual since mid-1967 (when the new cabinet with lift-up frame was introduced).

theme | circus

design | Ted Zale
art | Christian Marche

EM
4 player game
2.115 units produced
acquisitie | juli 2023

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PAT HAND

Pat Hand
Williams
1975

Pat Hand is a pinball machine from May 1975, manufactured by Williams Electronic Games, Inc.

theme | playing cards

design | Norm Clark
art | Christian Marche

EM
4 player game
6.500 units produced
acquisitie | november 2024

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A-GO-GO

A-Go-Go
Williams
1966

Williams A-Go-Go, released in May of 1966, was a huge success and the second machine to feature the contemporary artwork by designer/artist Jerry Kelley. Kelley not only did the artwork, he also designed the low-charger cabinet and invented the smooth nylon buttons. Some years before, he designed the famous Williams logo featuring the sharp-edged “W”. A-Go-Go had several production runs and the last one already had the new-style cabinet with the new triple-chute front door, also designed by Jerry Kelley. This last version of A-Go-Go would have later been called a Limited Edition. The dancing Man with the stylish beard is a self-portrait of Kelley. With a production-run of 5,100 it ranks #4 of the most succesful machines of the 1960’s right behind Gaucho, Capersville and Ship-Mates. The major part of them went to Germany.

theme | happiness – dancing

design | Norm Clark
art | Jerry Kelley

EM
4 player game
5.100 units produced
acquisitie | november 2024

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SMART SET

Smart Set
Williams
1969

Smart Set, presented in June 1969, nowadays usually gets bad reviews and is called uninspired and ugly. But no one should forget that this was the first 4-player using the new, so-called ‘king-size flippers’ and made these popular in Europe where 4-players were on demand. The new 3-inch flippers were a big attraction and players were happy even with the simple playfield. After all it was a big seller and Williams earned good money with it.

theme | recreation, jetset

design | Norm Clark
art | Christian Marche

EM
4 player game
4.500 units produced
acquisitie | november 2024

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MARINER

Mariner
Bally
1971

In September 1971, the game had been launched as 2-player game with slightly different graphics and a more greenish color scheme under the name of Sea Ray. Conversion to something similar like an Add-A-Ball is possible by adjusting the jumpers to provide free balls rather than free games. Games shipped to Germany and other European countries typically came with no bells and three coin chutes.

theme | spear fishing

design | Ted Zale
art | Christian Marche

EM
4 player game
2.000 units produced
acquisitie | 2018

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SURF CHAMP

Surf Champ
Gottlieb
1976

Surf Champ is a pinball machine from August 1976, manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Co.

theme | surfing

design | Ed Krynski
art | Gordon Morison

EM
4 player game
10.070 units produced
acquisitie | 2015

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CHARLIE’S ANGELS

Charlie’s Angels
Gottlieb
1978

Charlie’s Angels was the sixth solid state game released by Gottlieb and based upon the television crime drama of the same name, which appeared on the ABC network between 1976 to 1981. The game features the likenesses of Cheryl Ladd, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, the 1977 cast of the ever-changing Angels team. The iconic Angels silhouette is used throughout the backglass, playfield and cabinet art. Two sets of drop targets and a stand up target work to increase bonus and advance the bonus multiplier. There is indication that this Allen Edwall design was originally used to test the limits of Gottlieb’s solid state hardware upon its implementation at Gottlieb, some years before the design was assigned to carry the Charlie’s Angels theme. An electromechanical version of this game was also made by Gottlieb in fewer numbers. The SS Model was manufactured in late 1978, the EM Model in early 1979.

theme | television crime drama

design | Allen Edwall
art | Gordon Morison

SS
4 player game
7.600 units produced
acquisitie | september 2022

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