I've heard of the brick-bottomed Firepowers. I think this is along the same lines. Found this inside a HUO Bally Game Show. Anyone know what game it's from?
20190126_104642 (resized).jpgThat’s neat! That’s kind of a piece of manufacturing history from a bygone era. Definitely understand it being frugal, but still neat to me.
Quoted from DK:I’m pretty sure my whitewater has some whitewater paneling on the inside as well
Quoted from Rarehero:The bottom of my Mappy was made with a piece of a Ms. Pac-Man!
Any pictures?
Quoted from Rarehero:The bottom of my Mappy was made with a piece of a Ms. Pac-Man!
What a cool cabinet & "topper" with that nice artwork. Too bad the game was a flop on route. I am talking Mappy, not Ms. Pac-Man.
Quoted from Electronmagic:Any pictures?
I sold it yeaaars ago...just something I noticed when putting it in my car to deliver it.
Sure, they used to be frugal. I've seen pieces of Midway arcade games in Bally/Williams machines too and vice versa. Makes sense when game production moves to the next title or two and you still have cabinet pieces left over from a previous run.
Nowadays, some pinball manufacturers are just really cheap
Quoted from MrBally:What a cool cabinet & "topper" with that nice artwork. Too bad the game was a flop on route. I am talking Mappy, not Ms. Pac-Man.
Yeah, that’s why there are a bunch of Jr. Pac-Mans in Mappy cabinets with huge Jr. Pac marquees. They put the Jr. Pac decals right over the Mappy ones! I think every “dedicated” Jr. Pac I’ve see has had some peeling decals with Mappy popping through!
Quoted from Rarehero:Yeah, that’s why there are a bunch of Jr. Pac-Mans in Mappy cabinets with huge Jr. Pac marquees. They put the Jr. Pac decals right over the Mappy ones! I think every “dedicated” Jr. Pac I’ve see has had some peeling decals with Mappy popping through!
There were definitely Pac-Man Junior conversion kits for Mappy. The route operator I worked for bought a few for the Mappy's we had.
Quoted from DK:I’m pretty sure my whitewater has some whitewater paneling on the inside as well
And my creature has this on the inside
DF7EFBB7-12FC-4980-8571-4BE390538943 (resized).jpegWhen I had the Bally EM style shooter Midnight Marauders. The cabinet supports and coin box were made out of spy hunter pinball head bits.
Quoted from Rarehero:I think every “dedicated” Jr. Pac I’ve see has had some peeling decals with Mappy popping through!
Mine was a Mappy cabinet but no Mapppy decals. More like a dedicated Jr. Pacman game. My thinking is each distributor got one to showcase the kits. Since I was a test operator, I got that one.
LTG : )
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