PAPA 9 WORLD PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

PITTSBURGH, PA 

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"Pirates Of The Caribbean" had just been released a month before PAPA9, so it was quite popular.  However.......

I managed to find another one:)

I think the coolest feature on this pin is the pirate ship on the playfield..

Here's an interesting EM. It's Chicago Coin's, "Big Flipper," made in 1970.

Christian Marche did the art work for this pin. He also did art work for many Williams and Bally pins from 1967-1978.  

The four player version of this pin is "Cowboy," with totally different backglass art, but an identical playfield, with only some colors changed.   Until I saw this, I had thought Atari's "Hercules" was the only wide flipper pin out there.

Christian Marche also did the art work for this Williams 1972 pin. I own the four player, "Fun Fest." It is one of the first pins I owned, and probably my favorite EM of all time, next to Olympic Hockey. This pin features fast 5 bumper action, a swinging target, a left lane kicker, a ball return gate, and a ball save post.

 

"Space Odyssey" was out of order, though.

"Nip-It" appeared in several episodes of "Happy Days." 

Ted Zale designed this pin, along with many other Ballys from 1963-1973.  Some examples include Mini Zag, which you saw earlier, Mad World, Hootenanny, Dixieland, and Four Million B.C.  

"Nip-It" was the last EM to feature zipper flippers.  It also has the one and only "Baligator," which pulls the ball into a special scoring lane.

Here's yet another pin you don't see everyday.  

 

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