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Description

This was based on the 1979 movie "Buck Rogers In The 25th Century" (and TV spinoff) starring Gil Gerrard and Erin Gray. The backglass is similar to the movie poster. The movie and show were wonderfully mediocre.

Buck Rogers was produced by Gottlieb, D. & Co. in 1980.

Gottlieb, D. & Co. released 632 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1929. Gottlieb, D. & Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Gottlieb, D. & Co. during the time period Buck Rogers was produced include: Totem, Pinball Pool, Incredible Hulk, Genie, Countdown, Amazing Spider-man, Circus, James Bond, Panthera, and Spider-man Pinball

Specs

Name Buck Rogers
Developer Gottlieb, D. & Co. (United States)
Year 1980
Type Pinball
KLOV/MOG # 1195
Sub-Type Solid State
# Maximum Players 4
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard - 233 lbs

Buck Rogers KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.53 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.80

Overall Like 4.00
Fun (Social) 4.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 3.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay 3.00
Graphics 4.00
Originality 2.00
Sound/Music 4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Buck Rogers Census

There are 15,175 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,346 machines (6,974 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 20 known instances of this machine owned by Buck Rogers collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 of them are original dedicated machines.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Buck Rogers machines for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. Pinball Art Temple (ISBN 1872532101) Page: 91; Color photo Price guide: No
  2. Pinball Machines Eiden Lukas (ISBN 0764303163) Page: 100; Black and white photo Price guide: No
  3. Pinball Compendium : 1970-1981 Shalhoub (ISBN 0764320742) Page: 177; Color photo
  4. Pinball Perspectives : Ace High to World Series Rossignoli McGuiness (ISBN 0764326090) Page: 37; Color photo

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