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301/Bulls Eye

Manufacturer: Grand Products Incorporated, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA (1986)
Year: 1986
Date: May, 1986
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)
Players: 4
Production: 150 units (confirmed)

About This Machine

301/Bulls Eye, released by Grand Products Incorporated of Elk Grove Village, Illinois in May 1986, is one of pinball's more unusual products: it was not a complete machine at all, but a conversion kit. Designed to fit inside an operator's existing Bally electronic 4-player cabinets of the period (excluding 'The Six Million Dollar Man' and widebody games), the kit included new cabinet decals and ran on the Bally AS-2518-17 MPU. According to the company's own sales manager, only 150 units were produced, and it was the only pinball product Grand Products ever made.

The game carries a darts theme, referencing the classic dart game 301 and the bullseye. Its playfield layout includes two flippers, two pop bumpers, two slingshots, ten standup targets, three kick-out holes, a spinning target, and a mini-post screw between the flippers.

With its confirmed 150-unit run and one-of-a-kind status in its manufacturer's history, 301/Bulls Eye is a genuinely rare footnote of the solid-state era, offering collectors a distinctive example of the 1980s conversion-kit business.

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Technical Details

Theme:
Sports - Darts
MPU:
Bally MPU AS-2518-17
Notable Features:
Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (10), Kick-out holes (3), Spinning target (1), Mini-post screw between flippers.

Credits

ROM Files

Documentation

  • Installation & Instruction Manual (10 pages; no microprocessor modification information)
    3 MB
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  • Schematic Diagrams (paginated)
    699 KB
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Other Files

  • Microprocessor Modifications for AS2518-17 (dated March 25, 1986)
    844 KB
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  • Microprocessor Modifications for AS2518-35 (dated March 25, 1986)
    934 KB
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  • Modifications for AS2518-17 and -35 (dated March 25, 1986, annotated)
    2 MB
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