PAPA 9 WORLD PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

PITTSBURGH, PA 

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This is some of the coolest backglass art I have ever seen. I have never seen one of these working, and when they are for sale, usually the backglass is missing.

There were two of these at PAPA9.  Check out the eyeball bumper caps on the playfield. 

Here's the other Cyclopes pin.

The playfield was minus one bumper cap, but the game was working.

Here's a shot of the cabinet art. 

 Here's the other side of the cabinet.

Near the break area, I had spotted a Lost World pin earlier.  It was a real treat to find another Paul Farris classic, "Paragon."

 

I found what appears to be a Gottlieb wedgehead, or is it?

This is actually a Playmatic "Fairy" pin, with what appears to be Bally score reels, but, with backglass art and wedgehead design similar to Gottlieb's "Atlantis," which according to The Internet Pinball Database, was released eight months before "Fairy."

Almost every Playmatic playfield I have ever seen is always like new.  It has an acrylic surface, like it was clearcoated.  This makes for a VERY fast EM.  Notice the weird bumper cap at the top of the playfield, which was used in several Playmatic EMs.  The card apron resembles a Gottlieb, right down to the "flipper buttons" text design, and the ball count just above the instruction card. I highly recommend any Playmatic EM pin if you find one for sale.  Most are quite rare with unique playfield designs and wild art.  Use caution when buying a solid state Playmatic though, since it's hard to get the boards repaired.

Here's another shot of the cabinet.  Notice the coin door is similar to a Williams pin. The guts inside the pin though are Gottlieb. The plunger design is somewhat similar to a Bally solid state pin like "Playboy" for example.

To the left of "Fairy," I found another White Water pin. Check out the high score somebody left on this game.  It wasn't me, that's for sure;)  To the left of that, an Atari Space Riders pin, which was down briefly.  Atari only made 8 pinball machines, not counting a couple of prototypes that didn't make it into production.  Superman and Hercules were the two Atari pins I remember you could find on location just about anywhere in the late 70's/early 80's.

 

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