I just picked up a 1982 Bally Rapid Fire machine. All I could find were some random threads with technical questions. Didn't see a dedicated club thread for the game where a lot of knowledge about it could be kept in one spot. Thought it would be a good idea to start one.

There only seem to be pictures of the outside of the game and one showing some of the boards. Haven't found any that show insides of the game and all the mechanics of it. Would be good to add some on the entry for the game on ipdb.org and Pinside.

The game I bought works but needs a little TLC. Normal cleanup and shop job for sure. Will also replace some lamps and freshen up the boards. I've noticed some extra balls lying in the cabinet. The game seems to run out so it probably needs those and may still be short. Any good sources to get a fresh set of the 5/8" balls for it?

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Definitely a different game and one that seems to get some bad reviews from those that rate it as a pinball machine. As a gun game with electronic scoring it seems pretty cool. Agree that it works better for people with several other games. I’ve got a mix of a few arcade games too so this fits in with mix as something different.

Once I get it running 100 percent I want to understand all the current rules and options.

Hope that other owners join this thread. It would be great to hear if there are any common issues with these and what spares should be on hand to keep it going.

These came with a fan which I believe is to keep the gun assembly cool. Maybe it just needs to be lubricated. Not matter what this game is noisy. But I’ve had guests over that played that multiple times and weren’t as interested in the regular pins. Good for variety.

It seems that the game was rushed into production and doesn’t have the same level of documentation as the other Bally games. Would like to find more documents on it if they exist or came out as later tech notes. Haven’t checked all their parts books but may be worth looking there.

It would help to get some reference photos in the upper part of the head to show how the harness is run and which ones come up through the center rectangular hole and what ones run through the round hole by the hinge. Trying to reassemble one and want to ensure the harness is routed correctly. Anyone have photos to add to this thread?