Bally
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This game received 99 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.500 /10
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Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.298
Artwork: 8.256
Sounds/Music: 5.91
Other Aspects: 7.661
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Kettering
7.178/10
9 years ago
I had a chance to play this at a local pinball shop. I think it needs a bit of cleaning and a good wax, but having never played it before, I was kind of disappointed that it played so slowly. Maybe it was set less than 5 degrees. Either way, I had a pretty good game on it and made my first ball last a VERY long time and when my after drain bonus kicked in and the melody played for a great long while, even the owner of the place walked by and said 'Wow, nice bonus!'. Of course, the next two balls drained pretty quickly, but I still scored close to 800k points and won three credits during game play and took High Score to date! While it wasn't a super fun game, I thought it was cool overall and I grew up looking at my dad's Playboy's from the era, so the theme was perfect to me. If I found one cheap, I might pick one up for my collection.
8.632/10
9 years ago
This is a really fun game. Played it at Lyons and won in a tournament on it. Nudging is the order of the day... getting the ball into the bonus collect on the upper left seems to award a lot of points after the ball has drained. Keep the ball near the upper playfield and you'll score well. Backglass isn't bad to look at either.
7.543/10
10 years ago
Got one of these in the condition several pinsiders mentioned was typical. Playfield to the wood, sunken inserts, dirty, a few lamps working here and there… But the backglass was in pristine condition and the cabinet had no wood rot so I decided to try my hand at a full cabinet & playfield restoration. It turned out beautifully. New decal and hard coat on the playfield along with stenciled paint job on the cabinet made the thing look brand new (only better). Some strategically placed pink LEDs and an ABS coated pink pinball to top it off. That pinball made the thing lightning fast (actually faster than many of the 90's games with 50v solenoids).
Although the play isn't real deep from that era, there is clearly some strategy you need to apply to gather the keys then get into the grotto. OK, it's not really all that different than picking up hitchhikers to get into the magnetic playfield, just simpler. Balls drain pretty fast with those wide expanses for drain lanes. Thank goodness they relented a bit on that with the later games. All in all, I found this game delivered way more fun than I ever expected of it. Is it a keeper? If you like that era and theme - probably. I only have so much room and I had to get some space for Fish Tales so it's gone now. I'll miss it a little but not enough to try to get another one.
Although the play isn't real deep from that era, there is clearly some strategy you need to apply to gather the keys then get into the grotto. OK, it's not really all that different than picking up hitchhikers to get into the magnetic playfield, just simpler. Balls drain pretty fast with those wide expanses for drain lanes. Thank goodness they relented a bit on that with the later games. All in all, I found this game delivered way more fun than I ever expected of it. Is it a keeper? If you like that era and theme - probably. I only have so much room and I had to get some space for Fish Tales so it's gone now. I'll miss it a little but not enough to try to get another one.
7.522/10
10 years ago
The best looking playboy with some interesting features and play. A classic because of the theme but still fun to play.
5.215/10
10 years ago
This game is really very poor. When it came out men would flock to it in the dark seedy arcades of central London, but pinball players including me soon tired. I played this game in a brand new perfect condition and it was very disappointing back then, the ones I have played since have been awful. Everything seems to be placed badly on the playfield. Never liked the artwork, nor the game play.
8.621/10
10 years ago
Villejuif
It may be hard to find this pin in good condition. If you do, enjoy ! This machine is iconic - so much better than the other playboy versions we know. Getting to the grotto via the right orbit shot is extremely satisfying. The music is cool... especially when counting a very high bonus. What to add? Ah...the artwork: Theses girls were sexy in the 70'... and are still now !
8.253/10
10 years ago
Picked up two as restoration projects and I am absolutely keeping one of them. Great early SS Bally pin. I dare you to find a cooler, better themed backglass. Could Heff look like a bigger pimp?
The sound is also pretty damn good considering it is 1978. Great tune as you drop a quarter.
Cabinet is nice, themes in girls and pinball throughout the playfield quite well. Really needs some pink LED's to get to a truly awesome state.
Playing it is ok, not good, not bad....pretty much exactly like every other early SS pinball game...if you like the theme, you will like the playing of the game.
The sound is also pretty damn good considering it is 1978. Great tune as you drop a quarter.
Cabinet is nice, themes in girls and pinball throughout the playfield quite well. Really needs some pink LED's to get to a truly awesome state.
Playing it is ok, not good, not bad....pretty much exactly like every other early SS pinball game...if you like the theme, you will like the playing of the game.
5.017/10
11 years ago
This game should have been cool and made the boys drool! Instead (and this was the anything goes 70's), the backglass was not that sexy and provacative. The game play wasn't that exciting and it was one of those horrible 70's games that added LED numbering and synthetic sound because everyone thought it looked cooler, but it really stripped away character (and that is with respect to a lot of those late 70's games.
Sydney
7.331/10
12 years ago
Classic backglass and theme. The perfect mancave pinball if your a bachelor. There are some variety with the shots but it's a variation on other Bally's of the era.
Litvinov
8.370/10
13 years ago
Great game, with a nice simplistic game play. Hard to compare it to the more modern 'Bells and whistles'
Well worth a look as a secondary machine. Although the price is high it's not likely to go down making it a good investment.
Well worth a look as a secondary machine. Although the price is high it's not likely to go down making it a good investment.
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