Target Alpha

Description

This game has a wide open non-symmetrical playfield, 4-player electromechanical machine featuring 2 banks of drop targets (10 on the top, 5 in the middle right.) Shares same playfield as 3 other machines: the El Dorado (1 player), Solar City (2 player) and the digital 80's remake of El Dorado. Rules slightly differ from El Dorado, mainly in the drop target scheme.

Target Alpha was produced by Gottlieb, D. & Co. in 1976.

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 Target Alpha was produced include: Tiger, Pin-Up, Lucky Strike, Gold Strike, Top Score, Bank Shot, Canada Dry, Card Whiz, Pioneer, and Royal Flush (1976)

Specs

Name	Target Alpha
Developer	Gottlieb, D. & Co. (United States)
Year	1976
Type	Pinball
KLOV/MOG #	5951
Sub-Type	Electro-Mechanical
# Maximum Players	4
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Target Alpha KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Target Alpha Census

There are 14,778 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,484 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,627 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 16 known instances of this machine owned by Target Alpha collectors who are active members. Of these, 16 of them are original dedicated machines.

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

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Pinball, Volume 1 Bueschel (ISBN 1889933015) Page: 233; Black and white photo
Pinball Machines Eiden Lukas (ISBN 0764303163) Page: 152; Black and white photo Price guide: No
Pinball Compendium : 1970-1981 Shalhoub (ISBN 0764320742) Page: 100; Color photo

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