I'm not nearly as familiar with JM as I am with other machines, but I'm guessing yours may be a prototype.

That would be pretty slick, to fall into the first one like that.

if it has red boards under the playfield. ...then i would say it is a proto.

also, the "mode ready" insert looks like it was made red in the "normal" model.

..yours seems to be clear.

"Now you can tell me its the first one and worth a million dollars. just kidding"

It's probably worth a little more than a regular one, simply by virtue of it being more rare. Of course, it would be a matter of finding the right collector. It would be interesting to know how many JM protos were made.

Pretty cool to have a prototype if you ask me! I've never encountered any prototype (collecting pins for over 10 years). Not sure if it's worth much more than a regular game but I guess it must be.

Thanks for posting the pictures. It's fun to compare them with the "regular" Johnny playfield!

i agree with gweempose. maybe you could squeeze $200-300 more out of it.

cool game tho.

fast.

Pretty cool discovery. Pics of the red boards? Never seen those.

Im going with raijin, prototype on the release flyer the mode is clear like yours, not like the final version

Very cool prototype JM, BaronKrelve! First time I have seen one. Not sure if it is worth more, but it is definately cool.

I think the prototype's playfield labeling make more sense to people not familiar with the Johnny Mnenmonic movie.

If you watch the movie, you know the scraps of paper assigned to Captain Courageous, NAS protest photograph, and female "ghost in the shell" are assigned to the Access Codes in order for Johnny to extract the information relating to the cure for NAS (Nerve Attenuation Syndrome) from his brain.

Someone who hasn't seen this in the movie is probably not going to have a clue what the playfield labels mean (on the final playfields for JM)...so to them, its easier to see modes associated to the graphic (Cartoon Hero, NAS Riot, etc over Access Code 1, Access Code 2).

Prototype or Final version...Johnny Mnemonic pinball is one of my favorite machines of the DCS era, released before the blockbuster WPC-95 games.

Just stumbled upon this old post.. I noticed in those pics how download and the other 2 are not outlined in white. Had it been mine that would be an attention getter.... Just the fact that they were different.

It's definately a prototype alright.

Congrats on finding a proto. Fun game.

Awesome find.......

Another comment for this old post: cool! I actually like the "cartoon hero" and "riot" labels better for those 2 modes. Access code 1 & 2 seem so generic and boring, but I can see how they wouldn't make as much sense for some players.

The way the wiring is laid out is very interesting.was that the way you received it?

Can you imagine the callout for those though... I mean... I think "cartoon hero mode" sounds much more hammy than Access Code 1... might just be me, but still. I can hear riot mode though..