ABOUT
Artist Bob Timm told us he did both the backglass and playfield for this game while he was at Ad Posters. He said cabinet art was always done at the cabinet maker and, as far as he knew, none of the game artists had anything to do with it.
Stern programmer Alan McNeil told us that this game did terribly in sales.
We note that 21 units of this production run were made as knock-down games. Stern exported other models in this way to Leisure and Allied Industries of Australia to be made into complete machines. The backglass may or may not carry licensing information.
If anyone locates an Ali machine with licensing information on the backglass and/or an LAI metal plate on the back of the cabinet, please contact us with your photographs.
Manufacturer data for Ali:
Production Start Date: 3/20/80
Production End Date: 5/2/80
Quantity produced - full games: 2950
Quantity produced - knock-down games: 21
Total Quantity Produced: 2971
IMAGES
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Manufactured ByStern Electronics
DateMarch 1980
TypeSS
IPDB ID43
Players4
HIGH SCORES
PINTIPS
Completing drops on top left increases bonus x; carries over ball to ball. After bonus is built up collect at right saucer.
A decent strategy is to shoot right saucer, catch on right flipper. Tap pass to left flipper, repeat. If you can do this you'll score well.
Rope-a-dope horseshoe spinner at top left is lucrative with a dialed spinner, but sometimes has a dangerous feed to the right outlane.