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Notable Features

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2). The playfield is suspended on springs so that it can be shaken almost like a normal pinball cabinet. A vacuum-formed horseshoe-shaped ramp is accessed by the ball on each side of the mid-playfield (entrances are marked Space Journey) and allows the ball entry at the top of the playfield to the clear plastic aerial crossover ramps, returning the ball to a flipper.

Historical Notes

The backglass also shows the name 'Space Team' which is a reference to Tecnoplay's 1988 'Space Team', the same game as 'Hi-Ball' but in a different cabinet. The operator could purchase, as an option, an additional backglass and ROMS to convert this game to a sort of bingo pinball. Because bingo games were forbidden in Italy, this conversion kit was never advertised publicly, although the flyer does hint at it by stating "Disponibile in due versioni" ("two versions available"). Information about it was written in a sheet inside a game and carried by word of mouth. Reinstalling the original ROMs and backglass would restore the game to the original version. Thr flyer also indicates that operators would be able to change the playfield and game with future playfields and games, as kits, but the company did not stay in operation long enough to produce any future games or kits. In fact, Federico Croci, a collector in Italy, states this kind of conversion was not very successful. He recalls visiting Tecnoplay in the 1990s while they were throwing away unused backglasses and other parts, most of them for the bingo version of this game. Reportedly, the schematics for Tecnoplay's 1987 'X Force' can be used to trouble-shoot this game.

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