Back Eight Ball

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  1. By OPDB
    abbreviation
    EB
    display_type
    alphanumeric
    month
    9 1
    name
    Eight Ball
    opdb_id
    GrN7J-MJ78q
    opdb.images
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    player_count
    4
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    year
    1977
  2. By IPDB
    abbreviation
    EB
    credit
    Paul Faris — Art
    credit
    George Christian — Design
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Kickback
    gameplay_feature
    Spinning Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Standup Targets ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×3
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    ipdb_id
    760
    ipdb.image_urls
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    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.model_number
    1118-E
    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Spinning target (1), Left outlane kickback. Maximum displayed point score is 999,990 points per player.
    ipdb.notes
    Although Eight Ball is a solid state machine, sound is not generated by a sound board. Instead, a 4-note MPU controlled chimebox produces the sound for this game. This provides the experience of solid state scoring and response, with the added nostalgia of Electro-mechanical chimes. The BONUS BALLS in the centre of the lower playfield are designated balls 1-7 for Players 1 & 3, balls 9-15 for Players 2 & 4. Artist Margaret Hudson, who assisted Paul Faris on this game as a learning experience, says those are her initials on the bracelet of the girl in the backglass. Two of the light shields are unusual as they have a second screening of red on top of the normal screening. This causes an effect similar used on the "Phantom of the Opera" glass, though no one probably would ever normally notice. For instance, "Pinky Tuscadero's" shirt on the slingshot plastic appears red when the game is on, and tan when it's off. Pictured in this listing is an Early Production game with serial number EEB1109 located in Germany. The backglass does not lift up and out of the game but remains in its wood frame which hinges outward. The key lock for it is positioned lower on the backbox side than it is for later production backboxes which do not hinge.
    ipdb_rating
    7.3
    month
    9
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    20230
    system
    bally-as2518-17
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Billiards
    year
    1977