Spirit of '76 Pinball Cocktail (Pong-ish)

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Anyone ever seen or know anything about these ?
No manufacturers marking whatsoever, not on the cabinet, not on the pcb, no tags, no stamps, nada, zilch. Internet search so far has brought zero info.
I've had it awhile now and hope to get around to this project sometime or another.
It did seem to work for the most part. It was a little glitchy and had one heck of a humbar thing going on. I think the monitor just needs capped as it also supplies power to the game pcb. It's a B/W game, the only color is from the overlay. Uses a mechanical bar "bell" in the bottom for the "dinging and donging". It's 4 player capable.
And yes, that's some real red textured leather type stuff on the player panels. I looked hard at it, seems original to me.
These are old pics, it's kinda tucked away right now, may get new ones taken later on.
 

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I had a spirt of 76 tennis. it was the 3rd game I ever bought(package deal with space duel cocktail). Never wanted it, so it stayed in storage for 25 years and I gave it away to another collector. It had a hortizontal hold problem that I never bothered to look at..

I can put him in contact with you(he is/was a member here).. Pretty sure it looked the same. I think the sides were a light tan. It also had 3 switches were yours says pinball. I think it was 2 or 4 player, paddle size and pro and intermediate. Maybe it was missing the gel.
 
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I can put him in contact with you(he is/was a member here).. Pretty sure it looked the same. I think the sides were a light tan. It also had 3 switches were yours says pinball. I think it was 2 or 4 player, paddle size and pro and intermediate. Maybe it was missing the gel.

Well, I'd certainly appreciate taken a look at it if he still has it.

That is most likely TV Pinball by Exidy in a homemade cabinet.

It definitely looks a lot like that game by Exidy.
But I'm almost certain this may be a knockoff of sorts, same as there was of many games of that time frame. There surely isn't any Exidy type of markings anywhere.

As for the cabinet, pretty sure it's not homemade, kinda unique in the way it was built. The wood top and sides can actually be removed with just a few bolts, but the complete "game" is still housed in a full metal box type setup. (hard to describe)

I'll have to heck it out some more when I get it back out, been awhile since I've looked at it.
 
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