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Williams · 1969
Roto
Notable Features
Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Mini-posts (4), Kick-out hole (1), Left drop lane with detour gate. Mechanical Backbox Animation (arrow spinner). Extra balls are awarded for high scores and for each time the spinner spins and lands on a previously selected (lit) number 1 through 10. Extra balls kick-up from the outhole back onto the playfield. Left and right outlanes activate the spinner. Each has a pop-up red mini-post and a smaller white post below the rollover that pops up to hold the drained ball to allow the spinner feature to fully perform before the ball is released to the outhole.
Historical Notes
The replay version of this game is Williams' 1969 'Expo'. This game is a two-player add-a-ball, allowing each player to earn more than one ball per ball in play but needing to play them all off before the game changes players. This can be seen on the reverse side of the backglass where the words EXTRA BALLS and some stars are silkscreened. Williams documentation does not indicate that this game is add-a-ball but one of Steve Kordek's many handwritten lists of games partially indicates this. We note that the backglass counts Ball In Play, not Balls To Play as typical of single-player add-a-ball games. The game in the Promotional Photo is priced for Italy at 50 lire and 100 lire but we did locate one of these games for sale in Wisconsin, a formerly add-a-ball State. The backglass has no replay window and the playfield is missing several components that are found on 'Expo'. Namely, the upper right ball return gate and the right outlane ball return gate, both of which would affect the number of balls served to the shooter lane, and the center up-post which would interfere with the kick-up mechanism at the outhole. If anyone has access to this game to make photographs and/or can provide manufacturer documentation, please contact us.
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