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Blackout

Description

A Space-themed machine. 4-player, no multi-ball. One of the first games to introduce digitized voice and continuous sound during play.

When "Blackout" is reached, every light on game turns off, including coin door lights, creating a true blackout.

Blackout was produced by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) in 1980.

Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) released 215 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) was based in United States.

Other machines made by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) during the time period Blackout was produced include: Laser Ball, Tri Zone, Gorgar, King Tut, Time Warp, Algar, Beatles, The - Custom, Black Knight, Scorpion, and Alien Poker

Specs

Name	Blackout
Developer	Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Pinball
KLOV/MOG #	10830
Sub-Type	Solid State
# Maximum Players	4
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Blackout Pinball

Blackout KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Blackout Census

There are 15,387 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,716 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,516 machines (7,025 unique titles).

Common - There are 38 known instances of this machine owned by Blackout collectors who are active members. Of these, 38 of them are original dedicated machines.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Blackout machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Blackout.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Pinball Compendium : 1970-1981 Shalhoub (ISBN 0764320742) Page: 169; Color photo

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