How many "The Getaway's" were produced with DiamondPlate playfields?

[Ryan]

Does anyone know how many "High Speed II: The Getaway's" were produced
with DiamondPlate playfields? I'd be happy with a response or two,
but I'd be ecstatic if anyone could link me to a reliable resource.

Thanks,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
http://www.ElephantEater.com

[Pinballed]

I was under the impression it was all of them too.

[John Wart, jr]

Nearly all of them, if not all.

Early sample games, with different cabinets and playfields that pivot
(not slide out) have a few minor differences in inserts, artwork etc -
but I am 99% certain even *those* Getaways had Diamondplate - just not
certain if they had the logo.

[Smacktheglass]

i was under the impression they all were. i read an article (link
below) that getaway was the game where williams had "perfected" the
diamond plate coating.
http://www.flippers.be/pinball_playfields.html

[Chad Keller]

All of them.

[Ryan]

Great! Thanks for the info, guys.

Much appreciated,

[jasperrr]

From ipdb:

-There are 2 versions of this game. Unless otherwise noted, the
'playfield' (http://ipdb.org/glossary.php#Playfield) images shown here
are of the first version. Notable differences are as follows:

1. First version was not diamond coated
-
Not yet seen a first version though...


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[Frank Furhter]

jasperrr wrote:
> From ipdb:
>
> -There are 2 versions of this game. Unless otherwise noted, the
> 'playfield' (http://ipdb.org/glossary.php#Playfield) images shown here
> are of the first version. Notable differences are as follows:
>
> 1. First version was not diamond coated
> -
> Not yet seen a first version though...
>
>

Interesting claim for the IPDB to make without having evidence that the
first version even actually exists.

[MXV]

Every single game that WMS made that had a dot matrix display in them
had diamonplated playfields, whether the playfield itself said so on
it or not (and in some cases the same game could have playfields with
or without the logo).

MXV

[kbliznick]

>
> Early sample games, with different cabinets and playfields that pivot
> (not slide out) have a few minor differences in inserts, artwork etc -
> but I am 99% certain even *those* Getaways had Diamondplate - just not
> certain if they had the logo.

Here's a good subtle question of something I just noticed for the
first time.

How many super charger signs have the red line mania on the left side
of the sign and how many of them have it on the right??

I just looked though the pictures of the early production cabinet
artwork one that I shopped last year and it has the old style pivoting
playfield, different coin door artwork, standard playfield, no metal
guard over the top left corner, smaller shooter coil, and the lights
on the supercharger sign are reversed.

[Brian Shepherd]

It most certainly does exist, in fact, a group of friends and I
discovered one at a bowling alley about 6 years ago while in Chicago.
It didn't have the typical Williams serial number stickers and
instead, had a hand written thin sticker on the back with "000001".
It had all the differences stated on IPDB, but I have no idea if it
had diamond coat on the playfield -- certainly was worn though.

We tried to track the operator down, but it was gone within a month.

Brian

[vegasplayer]

I have the very machine that Brian identified in the post above. It
has different cabinet/playfield artwork, pivot hinge for the
playfield, handwritten serial No. 1 sticker on the back of the
cabinet, and at one time had the ignition key start button. It does
not look like a diamond coated playfield to me.

Thanks,

Ehren

[John Wart, jr]

Sample and proto T2s didn't :)