We showed marketing an Elvis game one afternoon and redid the theme over one night in order to show them a different game the next day. But Bally did own the SPY HUNTER video game license.Īs the whitewood was completely done with song lettering on it, at Norm Clark's request, George Christian and I stayed late that night and completely stripped all of the the parts from the top of the whitewood (including the bottom mounted units that came through to the top), sanded off the entire top of the pla yfield of its lettering and completely re-lettered the whitewood in a SPY HUNTER theme, so as to present a companion piece to Midway's SPY HUNTER video game the next day to marketing. The only problem was that Bally didn't have the Elvis license (I think DATA EAST did at that time.) Marketing saw the game one afternoon and said that Bally didn't have the Elvis license. SPY HUNTER was originally going to be an Elvis' jukebox-themed game with the two rows of matching bonus lights in the center of the pla yfield acting as song-selecting push buttons on a jukebox face and the upper left area of roll-over buttons (taken from JOUST) to represent a swiveled-hipped Elvis. I incorporated the roll-over button feature of his JOUST game into my asymmetrical design of the pla yfield. We contacted Ramunni but it was simply too long ago for him to remember that his original artwork became Spy Hunter.ĭesigner Greg Kmiec tells us some interesting information about the creation of this game: Collector Bill Kurtz indicated it was obtained direct from artist Tony Ramunni and that the name of this game was changed to 'Spy Hunter' to cash in on the popularity of the video game having that name. Included in this listing are images of original backglass artwork for this game, titled "Blowout". Uses the AS-2518-45 "Cheap Squeak" sound board. "AGENT GK" on targets refer to the game's designer, Greg Kmiec. Mini-bagatelle in upper-left playfield.īally used the same name for a video game released in 1983. Left dual outlanes, one has a detour gate. View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database () (External site)įlippers (4), Pop bumper (1), Slingshot (1), Standup targets (12), 4-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1), Captive ball (1), Spinning target (1). Internet Pinball Machine Database: Bally Midway 'Spy Hunter'
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