I am the proud owner of a fully restored Skateball with an NOS Bally playfield installed and a very nice original Flash Gordon. Two top playing games and very solid quality from that era. I'm very happy with them and don't see either one going anywhere.

I agree and have a Paragon, Space Invaders, Rollingstones, XENON, Elektra, EBD and love them all.

I cut my teeth as a kid, on new Bally digitals. Being in 7th grade in 1977-78, was the perfect time, and every 7-11 in my town had 2 pinball machines in them. Eight Ball & Mata Hari are especially fond memories. I have an Eight Ball, that I lent to my daughter, which appears to be on permanent loan now. Can't blame her.

On the lookout for old Bally machines. Especially want a Rolling Stones and a Frontier. I was 12 in 78 and the "new" digital displays and killer artwork are burned in my memory..........

Agree, great games with a pretty reliable and easy to understand control system. I have Centaur, Ebd, and eight ball.

My favorite time in pinball history because it coincided with my youth and Ballys were everywhere. Like Seeburg220 said every 7-11 had at least one pin, bowling alleys, auto repair shops. It was GLORIOUS! Thanks for the memories John and the EBD playfield you just rescued for me. Here's my Bally lineup waiting for Flash Gordon to join the group when I get her up and running. One of these things is not like the others...
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Might have just sold my Bally's today. Pending buyer coming Monday to pick up.

Yup. Elektra, Mr Ms Pacman, EBD, Fathom, Harlem over here. I've had a lot of them over the last 10 years.

Yep!

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Recently got back a Harlem and received my Pinball Pimp stencils.The cabinet gets repainted early in the new year (not by me).

Skateball,Frontier,Mystic are some of the titles I'd like to have.Quite rare to see nice examples for sale in Australia.Very happy with what i have so I'm grateful.

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Some of the best Pins are from this time frame IMO.. Fathom, Centaur, Eight Ball Deluxe, Medusa, Paragon. I even love Embryon. I want them all.

Got's to looooovvveee.....those older Bally's.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836

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Nice pic John.Bally pinball of that era is why I'm into it.

This era of Bally machines stacks up well to any other era....actually would be tough to beat. I currently have Paragon, Flash Gordon, and EBD...my wishlist is packed with mostly Ballys from this timeframe too.

Fantastic art and unique layouts. Love these classic Ballys

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Any pinball machine with a cb radio is vintage 1970's. Love the Bally games. And they are much harder to find and much more expensive than in 1996 when I started this madness.

this is probably going to sound stupid, but the one thing that has always stood out for me on the older bally's, is the start button. I have been around pins and vid's since the late 70's/early 80's. I was 8 in 80. I don't remember very many games specifically, but always recognized the bally start button. I am now just trying to determine which one i want to add to my lineup.

Exactly the same here. EBD started all this madness for me a long time ago. I actually bought my first couple of Ballys from John G back in the 90s.

I must like them
Eightball
Playboy
Star Trek (third game)
Xenon
Flash Gordon
Medusa
X's & O's

There are many fun Bally solid state threads open -- the more the merrier...

Make sure you have this one in your favorites for staying on top of the latest tech/parts help:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bally-as-2518-club ===> [x] favorite

-mof

This thread was very inspiring.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/80s-respect-thread-share-your-pics

Guess I'll warm these up now.

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Love classic Bally games! This was my collection June of last year!

Rob Bell
Robsgameroom.com

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Oh how I envy you, nice arcade.

And they all play great too

This era for me is the golden era for pinball, and Bally had the best art/play combo within it. I've had Fathom, Medusa, Flash Gordon, Centaur, Voltan, Strikes and Spares, Frontier, and from the other manufacturers - Black Knight, Black Hole, and Seawitch. Most I paid under/around 700. They are the best. Now I just have Centaur, but soon I'll have room to build back up. Going to be more of a challenge this time around, given the price increase from the early aughts.

The best era for pins and the best time for arcades. These are the games I mowed peoples lawn, shoveled snow, trimmed hedges, moved peoples furniture, cleaned garages and anything else I could do to get money to play as a kid. As an adult I was lucky and bought many of these games in the early 2000's. Most my games were packed in storage for over 10 years See my Time capsule thread for more pictures. Moved a few over to my house last year. Now time to get these baby's back to their former glory.

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Nice! My only entry is a Flash Gordon but i would love some more. So many are great and worth owning, but I think #1 on my list is EBD...that's a must own for me. I'll get one someday.

I've even played a fancy Multiball Nitro Groundshaker...kind of cool