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This image below was listed on the same webpage with another
nice find _ Another clue to Famaresa!!
http://www.tecnopinball.org/news_2011.php
(check out the schematics at the bottom of the page)
_ Now, here are a couple of extra shots of that same machine
spotted in December 2015 _
_ Check out that Score Card – that is Spanish _
 
_ Cool _
_ keep an eye on that
paint job – I have a feeling we will discuss this later _
 
Adding in these images from my Photo Archive – 2019`
2016-2017`
Well, this is the second time I have see the promotional ad
below now. The one with the green background is from this year (2017),
which means that there are more than one of these around, which
usually means there are many – Cool`
“rare
original 1984 Playmatic flyer”
I like that`
With one of the other pictures here (sorry I forgot which one)
this detail was posted:
“Questa macchina
NON funziona - Miss Disco (Bingo) Playmatic 1983”
Kind of
interesting, since we now know that there are at least three Miss Disco
Bingos,
.
Here in 2019` I found this image and now see that for a while there,
I kind of lost track of this Bingo Pinball - Sorry`
Now I see I mentioned that there are (3) Miss Disco machines
that we know of`
The model you see here, a 6-Card with that unique graphic,
lower center on the backglass`
A similar 6-Card with a different graphic, and a 2-Card machine
– Cool`
Link - 2-Card Miss Disco
Link -
To the other 6-Card Miss Disco
Misc 2019`
In the late
1970s to late 1980s (~1978–1987), a Spanish company, Playmatic
(now defunct; sold, acquired and re-acquired), used the RCA 1802
microprocessor to develop, manufacture and market approximately 30
CPU-based solid state pinball machines. (earlier machines were
all-electro-mechanical) The electronics and programming development was
actually sub-contracted to another Spanish company, EFOSA (or 'EFO
SA', Electrónica Funcional Operativa SA), both located in Barcelona.
The first solid state /
CPU-based pinball machines produced by Playmatic were Space Gambler,
Big Town, Chance, and Last Lap (1978). The final
machines were Skill Flight and Phantom Ship (1987). (note
that there were two 'bingo game' machines, that were not traditional
pinball machine designs, whose production dates are unknown: Miss Disco,
as a 2-card and 7-card model) Prior to the solid date machines, and along
with them, electro-mechanical pinball machines were also produced. (over 60
machines in total from 1968)
Playmatic designed and
assembled the physical 'boxes', including the electro-mechanical components,
installed the hardware and software provided by EFOSA via fabrication, and
marketed and sold the machines in Spain and Europe, and exported to other
countries. Some machines have found their way to the United States, and
some existing machines are now in collector's collections. Some of the
models are rare. Known information about various models ranges from very
little to extensive.
That these machines used an
RCA 1802 microprocessor has been absolutely verified through found photos
of the printed circuit board electronics, schematics found in
Internet-published repair, service and troubleshooting manuals (PDF file
documents), disassembly of Internet-published ROM machine code, and by
admission of prominent players of the times in, and former employees of,
the companies via articles and a published interview. (see references and
citations below)
EFOSA also worked with a
group, division or subsidiary of Playmatic called Cidelsa, to use
the 1802 in kiosk arcade video games, although later arcade units were distributed
through Playmatic. (see Arcade section below)
Citations and References: (pertinent only;
non-inclusive)
• Internet Pinball Database search
• Playmatic
repair and troubleshooting manuals
• RetroLaser Article: EFOSA y Cidelsa, pioneros del
videojuego para recreativas (Spanish)
— EFOSA and Cidelsa, recreational video game pioneers
(English via Google Translate)
http://www.mdcccii.com/products.php
A COSMAC 1802 CPU RetroComputing
Extravaganza & CRAV Computing Nexus
(1802 CRAV Computing)
Flyer máquina recreativa Miss Disco,
Playmatic.
Foto: Ron Barbagallo , New York Pinball
nypinball.com
http://www.recreativas.org/miss-disco-4377-playmatic
https://www.vpforums.org
› VPForums.org › Visual Pinball › Visual Pinball
Oct
7, 2015 - Page 4 of 7 - For Destruk - posted in Visual Pinball: Hi all, yes,
its amazing how many ... Also I have get the roms of Miss Disco of Playmatic.
…a clue, to a possible facebook source`
https://petacos.forumcommunity.net/?t=51955265
Busco información de
Playmatic - ForumCommunity
http://www.recreativas.org/nightmare-166-playmatic
Well anyway, I sure hope we continue to see pictures and detail on
this family of games,
The detail here is great, little-things like those unique
light shields that make these real nice Bingos,
Ok` that catches us up for now - Stay tuned`
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