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  1. By OPDB
    abbreviation
    WNBJM
    display_type
    score-reels
    month
    10 1
    name
    Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons
    opdb.features
    ["Converted game"]
    opdb_id
    GRYX4-MLRe3
    opdb.images
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    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    solid-state electromechanical
    year
    2011 2012
  2. By IPDB
    abbreviation
    WNBJM
    credit
    Dennis Nordman — Design
    credit
    Mark Weyna — Mechanics
    credit
    Ken Walker — Mechanics
    credit
    Greg Freres — Art
    credit
    Kerry Imming — Software
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×4
    gameplay_feature
    Gobble Holes
    gameplay_feature
    Bullseye Targets ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Star Rollovers ×8
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Passive Bumpers
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×2
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Whizbang Pinball
    ipdb_id
    5863
    ipdb.image_urls
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    ipdb.notable_features
    Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumper (1), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (8), Bullseye targets (2), Gobble hole (1), Free ball return lane. 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points. Sound: Re-writable SD card, 3 bells, and a cymbal for a knocker. The one-point bell is a cowbell, a ten-point bell is in the backbox, and a hundred point bell in the lower cabinet. The solid state sound is provided by a generic sound effects CD which was included with each game to download onto an SD card for playback. The owner can choose to remove and overwrite the SD card with their own choice of music. All three games included a topper for speakers. Instead of standard pinball legs, the game rests on a crate. A standard two-by-four piece of wood was placed at the back end of the cabinet to lift it up from the crate to provide angle to the playfield. To finely adjust the angle, actual crushed beer cans were inserted between the two-by-four and the cabinet. Factory-installed illumination: Backbox: LEDs only. Playfield: LEDs only. Cabinet: front of cabinet used LEDs only.
    ipdb.notes
    This is a converted game using Gottlieb's 1957 'Continental Cafe' and with its rules slightly adjusted. A new backglass and playfield were created. Three units were made using a solid state "Pinkit MPU" and one prototype was made using an EM score motor. All four games used four score reels. The Gottlieb serial numbers were retained and appear on the wood strip below the backglass at the top edge of the playfield. The prototype EM and the first SS game were completed within days of each other in October 2011. Although only a total of four machines were converted, the manufacturer had 30 playfields and 100 backglasses made. On the opaque screen of the backglasses, a line of copy was added that read "WNBJM - First Edition Run of 100 - Whizbang Pinball LLC 2010" just in case a Second Edition would be manufactured by them in the future. This game was produced again but by a different manufacturer as Stern's 2015 'Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons�'.
    month
    10
    player_count
    1
    production_quantity
    3
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Fantasy
    theme
    Women
    theme
    Farming
    theme
    Agriculture
    year
    2011