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  1. By OPDB
    display_type
    score-reels
    month
    1
    name
    Beatniks (AAB)
    opdb.features
    ["Add-a-ball"]
    opdb_id
    G5bYP-MDO7Y
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/02621686-d89f-4a78-81a4-ad1f6323928d-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/02621686-d89f-4a78-81a4-ad1f6323928d-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/02621686-d89f-4a78-81a4-ad1f6323928d-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":600,"height":497},"small":{"width":250,"height":207},"medium":{"width":600,"height":497}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}]
    player_count
    2
    reward_type
    Add-a-Ball
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    year
    1967
  2. By IPDB
    credit
    Christian Marche — Art
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Rollunders ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company
    ipdb_id
    4745
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4745/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4745/image-2.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Rollunders (2), Action ring. Extra balls kick-up from the outhole back onto the playfield.
    ipdb.notes
    This is the 2-player 'kick-up' (add-a-ball) version for export to Italy. Although 'Beatniks' is sometimes considered to be the last Italian version game from this manufacturer, that distinction may actually belong to Chicago Coin's 1968 'Gun Smoke'. While Gottlieb's Italian games were known for incorporating the extra ball lights into the backglass artwork, there are no such visible art elements on this game from Chicago Coin. We do know that ten 'musical notes' were visible on the backglass for extra balls. It is believed they appear only when lit from behind and are where the match numbers (0 thru 9) light up in the replay version of this game.
    player_count
    2
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Music
    theme
    Dancing
    year
    1967