Why 6803 alphanumeric characters look odd

From Motordome on, 6803 games use 14-digit displays with only nine segments per digit instead of fourteen. Letters such as K, X and G (which looks like a 6) are crude by design, not a display fault.

Systems

• Bally 6803

Games

• Atlantis
• Black Belt
• Blackwater 100
• City Slicker
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Escape from the Lost World
• Hardbody
• Heavy Metal Meltdown
• Motordome
• Party Animal
• Special Force
• Strange Science
• Truck Stop

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Source: Repairing Bally 6803 Pinball Games from 1985 to 1989, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)