Notes:

This is a re-themed game. It used to be Bally's 1980 'Space Invaders'



This game was purchased in 2008 through an auction in southern California from the film's editor who had owned it for twenty years. It has matching serial numbers on the cabinet and backbox. The backbox was heavily damaged by water. Some of the game's paperwork was still in the cabinet.



The current game owner offers these additional details:



The translite is thinner plastic than a normal translite and is attached to the outside of a piece of clear plastic that replaced the normal glass. It was attached with black fabric tape at the edges. I also included some pictures of extra lights added behind the translite. The playfield glass was also replaced with plastic, probably for safety reasons during filming. If you look at the playfield photos you can see three spots about one inch in diameter in a triangle pattern. I think clear plastic rods about three inches long were glued to the playfield on those spots to support the plastic during filming. I am not positive about this, but I have one clear plastic rod that came with the machine and it is a good fit. It is a little bigger diameter than the marks on the playfield and matching area of the playfield plastic. If you look closely you can see that the playfield plastics are clear plastic with paper decals glued on the top. I guess you can't expect top quality in a movie prop. It has been very interesting so far and fun to look over such a unique piece of pinball history. The subject matter in the movie makes it a little difficult to explain to people the significance of this machine. However it was based on a real story that happened on a real pinball machine and this is what they chose as the movie prop for filming the scene. I hope people will understand that and not be offended by any restoration of this machine.