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Have You Ever Seen This Pinball Table?
Pintrepid:
How interesting ... I've inadvertently come across a pinball table that's "off the grid", that is, which does not have a listing in the ipdb.org. Yes, it does have the name "Akira" in the rules list on the apron ... but there's very little more info available anywhere on this.
The table reminds me a lot of the Gottlieb machines of the late 70's, a little like Joker Poker. The artwork also has that late-70's early SS Gottlieb style IMHO.
I see there are many references to "Akira Kiteshi" music. There's a rap song as well as another song made up of pinball game sounds. mostly from that overplayed Windows game "Space Cadet"; both these songs turn up when doing a YouTube search for "Akira Kiteshi".
But as for the machine itself ... it seems that it's little more than an apparition from the Twilight Zone, an arcade favorite from an alternate reality ...
Itchigo:
Interesting.... I need a project today at work..... Hate going to work w/o a project, feel like I'm wasting the day......
rosve:
It looks like a re-themed Buck Rogers.
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=392
Pintrepid:
--- Quote from: rosve on December 17, 2012, 05:52:10 AM ---It looks like a re-themed Buck Rogers.
http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=392
--- End quote ---
Ha! So it is, Rosve! I never would have gotten that, the Akira art is so totally different than Buck Rogers.
It's so interesting how Gottlieb has frequently re-used their same table designs with different artwork. El Dorado is Target Alpha is Solar City. Card Whiz is Royal Flush. Pioneer is Spirit of '76. Super Soccer is Top Score. Jacks Open is Lucky Card.
It should be no surprise then that this Akira is just another re-theme of another Gottlieb design.
Thanks ... this one would have had me guessing awhile.
Pintrepid:
Here are the two tables together for comparison.
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