PAPA 9 WORLD PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

PITTSBURGH, PA 

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There were only just over 1,000 of these Bally 1968 Minizag pins made.

Williams produced Beat Time, with a band that looked a lot like the Beatles, in 1967.  The backglass art on this pin shows some sort of British invasion band, either the Beatles or maybe Paul Revere and The Raiders?

The playfield features a "Zagger lane" with captive ball, mushroom bumpers, and zipper flippers.

Check out the coin door with the lone 25 cent plate in the center.  Neat.

Right next to MiniZag, a great Williams 70's EM.

Here's the other Space Shuttle pin, also cosmetically nice and working.

For all you sci-fi fans...it's Doctor Who.

 

This 1982 Stern Orbitor 1 pin, located at the back of the building, was played constantly.

Here's another low production oddity, Williams' "Time Fantasy."  Notice the sign at the top telling you what year the pin was released, and other titles as well you might like, including, "Farfalla," and "Time Machine."  "Pinball Champ '82," on the left, is another classic Zaccaria pin.

I'm thinking the Peter Max style art was a result of the 60's cultural revival during the 1980's, or maybe just an attempt to get videogame addicts back over to pinball. This pin has Joust and Defender sound effects, but no speech.

This is one of my favorite solid state pins of all time, designed by the late Steve Kirk, who passed away in September, 2006.  It is also Stern's best selling solid state pin as well, ironically based on one of the last 70's disaster flicks, starring Sean Connery, which nobody seems to remember.  I own one of these pins, and it's most definitely not for sale.  The Catacomb on the left was down briefly. It was nice to finally play that pin again after more than 20 years, the only solid state Stern pin I remember being on location here in Richmond, VA.

This game is packed with drop targets.  Knock all the drop targets down, and you collect all rockets. Once you have, all the lights flash, and you hear some really cool early solid state sound effects.

 

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