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Cirqus Voltaire © 1997 Midway Mfg. Co.
Midway WPC-95
Model Number : 50062
Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound CPU : ADSP2105 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound Chips : DMA-driven DAC
Released in November 1997. 2,704 units were produced.
This is the first Solid-State pinball to have a disappearing pop bumper.
Watch the Video mode, as Ronnie jumps over a bunch of cows.
One of the judges in the bonus sequence is a cow.
Sometimes when you hit the Ringmaster, a moo is heard.
There's a cow on the backglass, above the acrobat to the right.
Sometimes the 1's digit on the display flips to a skull, a cow or a Tommy Ticket (from Ticket Tac Toe).
In the Attract mode's history of the circus, a cow is mentioned in 2 places.
John Popadiuk can be seen as the Fabio-looking acrobat on the backglass.
Sample (Pre-productio)n version differences:
1. Misprint on Instruction Card (3rd line).
2. Changed CRANK marvel to SPIN, also 'Defeat all RINGMASTERS' in sample version is a decal, as opposed to printed on playfield.
3. Changed 'Acrobat' and 'Juggler' playfield lamp inserts to 'Acrobat Ready' and 'Juggler Ready'. These inserts where also changed from yellow to white.
4. Added into the production version the words 'Bally Hoo' in front of the yellow targets as well as changed 'Tickle The' to 'Defeat The' in front of the Ringmaster.
5. Small Ringmaster heads were changed from decals in the sample version to being printed on the playfield. The word Multiball is printed in black underneath each of the RingMaster Marvels.
6. The most obvious of them all. The Ringmaster was changed before production from a normal shaped head to a more cylinderical fat head to help prevent the ball from getting stuck behind him.
7. Added the letters S-P-I-N to the 4 blue lamp inserts in front of the spinner.