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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel), Flipcommons Catalog.
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- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)*Satellite TV* is a reissue of [[manufacturer:model-racing]]'s *[[model:ufo]]*, the game that gave the [[location:italy/an/montemarciano]] firm the distinction of producing the first original coin-op video game designed in Italy.[1] UFO defied the usual categories: Model Racing sold it as a video pinball, mounting a screen inside a pinball cabinet in place of the playfield,[2] and its action sat somewhere between pinball and Breakout.[3] UFO debuted on 11 January 1975 at the ATEI trade fair in London, where Model Racing struck a deal for [[manufacturer:chicago-coin]] to take the game into the American market.[4] Chicago Coin's licensed edition reached United States arcades that same year as *[[model:super-flipper]]*.[5] *Satellite TV* followed as a near-identical re-run of UFO, its playfield all but indistinguishable from the original — quite possibly the same game under a second name.[6]
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- Pinball[7]Flipcommons Catalog
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- Solid State[7]Flipcommons Catalog
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- Model Racing[7]Flipcommons Catalog
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- Satellite TV[7]Flipcommons Catalog
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- Satellite TV[7]Flipcommons Catalog
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- activeFlipcommons Catalog
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- satellite-tvFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
This is the first original game made in Italy
- Museum of the Game (Arcade Museum) — https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/ufo--model
The machine is a pinball cabinet with a vidoe screen for the playfield.
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
It's a sort of a medley between pinball and Breakout.
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
presented in January, 11 1975 at ATEI in London. During this exibition, MR leaders reached an agreement with Chicago Coin to distribute the game in the USA.
- Arcade History — https://www.arcade-history.com/?id=4398&n=super-flipper&page=detail
Super Flipper © 1975 Chicago Coin. [...] Licensed version of Model Racing's
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/deb/modelracing-en.html
A later version of Ufo. [...] the playing field is almost identical. [...] Maybe it's just the same game with two names.
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/model-racing
Satellite TV (UFO re-run)