TV Pin Game
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Description
A pinball game where a ball and paddle are used to knock out bumpers, hit pockets and a moving target at the top of the screen to score points.
TV Pin Game was produced by Chicago Coin Machine Co. in 1973.
Chicago Coin Machine Co. released 455 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1931. Chicago Coin Machine Co. was based in United States.
Other machines made by Chicago Coin Machine Co. during the time period TV Pin Game was produced include: Mini-Baseball, Fascination, All-Star Football, Super Bowl, Holiday, Big Top, Riviera, TV Hockey, TV Ping Pong, and Olympic TV Football
Specs
| Name | TV Pin Game |
|---|---|
| Developer | Chicago Coin Machine Co. (United States) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10001 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Video Pinball |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Instructions | TV Pin Game Instructions Image |
| Control Panel | TV Pin Game Control Panel Image |
| PCB | TV Pin Game PCB Image |
Game Play
There are 16 bumpers worth 100 points each. 8000 points are awarded if all 16 bumpers are knocked out and then 16 new bumpers will appear on the screen.
There are nine pockets that can be hit to score 100 points each, but if the ball goes through the lower corner pockets, it will be lost.
2000 points are scored by hitting the moving target at the top of the screen.
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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op TV Pin Game Census
There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).
Very rare - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member TV Pin Game collector. It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit).
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a TV Pin Game machine for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
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Flyers
1974
Foto-Finder® (Books)
- The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 18; Color photo Price guide: No
- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 18; Color photo
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