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  1. By Flipcommons Catalog

    Theme read off the game's name and subject.

    theme
    Theme
    Outer Space
  2. By Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)
    description
    *Space Orbit* is [[manufacturer:lori]]'s unlicensed, from-scratch copy of [[manufacturer:gottlieb]]'s single-player *[[model:space-orbit]]* — an [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] *bootleg* rebuilt in [[location:italy/bo/bologna]]. The Gottlieb source was itself an [[reward-type:add-a-ball]] game, one built for export to Italy in 1972,[1] and that reward type was the whole point: a 1965 Italian law had outlawed pinball as gambling, so a machine sold there could reward the player only with further balls, never a free [[reward-type:replay]] — which is exactly what add-a-ball means.[2] The machine was already a patchwork of Gottlieb's own parts: its [[theme:outer-space]] backglass borrowed artwork from Gottlieb's 1972 *[[model:outer-space]]*, while its playfield followed the layout of the earlier *[[model:mini-cycle]]* and *[[model:polo]]*.[3] The design drew several Italian copyists — [[manufacturer:rmg]] rebuilt it as *[[model:space-orbit-2]]* (1972) and [[manufacturer:mondialmatic]] as *[[model:big-dryvers]]* (1979) — with LORI's copy among them.
    1.
    Pinball Repair & History (pinrepair.com) — https://www.pinrepair.com/gtb/index.htm
    Space Orbit, 4/72, 1 player AAB for Italy
    2.
    Taste Bologna — https://www.tastebologna.net/blog/pinball-museum-bologna
    In 1965 an Italian law declared pinball outlaw because of gambling. A few artisans in Bologna found a workaround and started to sell new machines that allowed them to win only other balls and not matches.
    3.
    Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #2255
    This game was made for export to Italy. Compare the backglass artwork to Gottlieb's 1972 'Outer Space'. The playfield layout is similar to Gottlieb's 1970 'Mini Cycle' and Gottlieb's 1970 'Polo'
  3. By Flipcommons Catalog

    Classified a copy of Gottlieb's "Space Orbit" on the exact-name match; tilt.it lists the machine but does not use the word "copy".

    model_relationship
    Target machine
    Space Orbit (Gottlieb 1972)
    Relationship type
    Copy
    License status
    Unknown
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit Play Pool
  4. By Flipcommons Catalog

    tilt.it gives no year; lineage per the source line: Copy of Gottlieb's 1972 'Space Orbit' (ipdb 2255). Catalog precedent for per-maker copies of this title: space-orbit-2 (Skillgame d.b.a. RMG, 4783) and space-orbit-3 (RMG, 5458). Maker: LORI..

    corporate_entity
    LORI
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit
    game_format
    Pinball
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit
    name
    Space Orbit
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit
    player_count
    1
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit
    slug
    space-orbit-lori
    status
    active
    technology_generation
    Electromechanical
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit
    title
    Space Orbit
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/lori
    Space Orbit