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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.

Historical 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™'.

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