Bally

Indianapolis 500

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Manufacturer

Manufactured by

Bally Manufacturing Co.

Released on

June 1st, 1995

Number produced

2249 units

Serial numbers

Indianapolis 500 on the IPSND.

Main details

Generation Williams WPC Security (WPC-S)

Max. Players 4 player game

Display Type

Dot Matrix

Cabinet Type

normal

Plunger type

automatic

Multileveled playfield

No

Custom speech

Yes

Buyin button

Yes

Machine shakes

Yes

Popularity and ranking

This machine has been rated by 226 users and currently ranks #81 in the Top 100

Playfield details

Multiball 3

Flippers 3

Ramps 2

Bumpers 3

Captive Balls 0

Magnets 0

Cannons 0

Drop Targets 0

Spinner(s) No

Kickback No

Spinning disc(s) No

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Design team

Game Design: Dennis Nordman

Software: Craig Sylla Mike Boon

Artwork: Dan Hughes Paul Barker

Animation: Adam Rhine Brian Morris

Sound: Chris Granner

Music: Chris Granner

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Noteworthy features

"Turbo Lock" captures and locks balls in one of its chambers and fires them back onto the playfield at lightning-fast speed
Spinning racecar model acts as an a-centric weight, making the machine shake occasionally; it's velocity increases when subsequently shooting the right ramp.
Pit stop - when lit temporarily locks the ball in another car replica and allows you to make another shot for a frenzied 2-ball multiball

Trivia

ABC-TV's Paul Page and Bobby Unser provide voice call-outs.
Tom Carnegie, "Voice of the Indy 500" and Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s lead announcer from 1946 to 2007, provides additional voice call-outs, including some of his signature sayings.

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Backbox ornament(s)

It is unknown wether any backbox ornaments were available for this machine.

Video mode

Steer an Indy car left and right with the flipper buttons, while trying to avoid obstacles that are lying all around the racetrack. Get the Extra Ball in the end!

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Latest software version

V1.1 - November 1, 1995

Click here to view the changelog.

 Version 1.1
       Date: November 1, 1995
U6:    Checksum: 8311 (R - Regular)
       Checksum: 6711 (B - Belgium/Canada)

Changes from revison 1.0:

        Removed German Price Fixing, and updated Belgium Coinage tables.

        After a player finished entering his/her initials
        for a Pit Champion high score, the record time would
        be displayed incorrectly at the end of the effect.
        Nothing else was affected.

        If the game was re-started while a ball was held
        in the pit stop diverter, the diverter would remain
        open until ball search.

        When installing pre-sets "EASY" or "EXTRA HARD" the
        word "INSTALLED" would not appear.


       Version 1.0
       Date: August 4, 1995
U6:    Checksum: 4F10 (R - Regular)
       Checksum: 2110 (B - Belgium/Canada)

       This is the release of software for production.

       This version uses sound revision 1.0:

U2:    Checksum: EA00
U3:    Checksum: CD00
U4:    Checksum: E100
U5:    Checksum: EC00
U6:    Checksum: 1200
U7:    Checksum: 6C00

Changes from revison 0.8:

        Corrected an error in the replay system to made it impossible
        to adjust Replay Boost to OFF.

        In the diagnostic test menu, the coindoor G.I. string was
        incorrectly stated to be in the WHT-GRN string.  It now correctly
        states the WHT-VIO string.

        The 10-point switch located at the jet bumper arena exit did
        not score any points; now it does.

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