I bought this game from Jim Swenson
on April 3th of 2011 and it's in good condition for a game
of this age. It's a Williams single player EM game with a snow skiing theme made in
February of 1965. The game features the same kind of odd cabinet design
as Full House which was made the same year by Williams, and there
were 1,200 games produced (not that many).
It features 4 flippers, 4
pop bumpers, 3 passive bumpers, 2 slingshots, 2 kick-out holes, 1
standup target, and a right outlane ball return gate. Lots of things
going on for this game. It also features a backglass marguee and
backglass light animation which shows a climber ascending a
mountain. When the climber is almost at the top of the mountain a
flag at the summit flashes. When the climber reaches the summit the
player is rewarded with a replay and the animation resets. Note that
this is a carry-over feature from game to game. It uses a bell
instead of chimes for sound effects.
The game was designed by Steve Kordek with artwork by Art Stenholm. There is an add-a-ball version
known as "Ski Club." An interesting note is that the backglass shows
the mountain climber is silkscreened fourteen times but only 10
lamps were used in the stepping mechanism to light the climber. You
will also find that near the upper flippers are holes where a lamp
should be, however there are no lamp sockets wired to these holes. A
very interesting game.I'll add more pictures when I get the game set up for
restoration.
(click any picture to enlarge)
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