United : Tropics

Game Parameters
Game Type one-card
Game Number unknown
Manufacture Date 1953
Number of Holes 25
Number of Odds Steps 0
Max Payout 200
Max Extra Balls 3
Features
Resources
Backglass
 - bg 1
 - bg 2
 - bg 3

Cabinet
 - cab 1
 - cab 2
 - cab 3

Flyers
 - fly 1

Internals
 - int 1
 - int 2
 - int 3
 - int 4
 - int 6
 - int 7
 - int 8
 - int 9
 - int 10
 - int 11

Playfield
 - pf 1
 - pf 2
 - pf 3
 - pf 4

Schematic
 - schematic : 8.58MB


Tropics

Building slowly on Cabana, this game adds select-a-feature. The player can choose the feature they want to enable from the following choices:
  • spot number
  • extra balls
  • advance score
  • supercards
  • corners scoring
Advance score is interesting, and something Bally never directly gave control of to the player.

one-card games

The game has one main card, usually a 5x5 grid of numbers.

Usually, at least three numbers next to each other on either a horizontal, vertical, or the main 5 number diagonals are required to win.

There were, however, a few variations that occured over the years. The dimensions of the card, 2-in-line winners, and winning on the other diagonal combinations were all features that were used.

Another common feature was corners scoring.

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