For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast
Detailing EM and Bingo pinball features, gameplay, and repair techniques.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 478
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 338 - 1976 Bally Miss America Supreme
The third Miss America game from Bally - typified by two bingo cards side-by-side with the ability to move numbers on each row left and right one position.
Miss America Supreme adds 'Star numbers' wh…
00:10:03 |
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Episode 337 - 1976 Bally Bonanza
Bonanza is the last of the Magic Squares games. Aside from the standard corner mounted squares, there is also a center Magic Line, allowing for some great action - necessary as there are four differ…
00:18:17 |
Thu 11 Feb 2016
Episode 336 - 1974 Bally Bali
Bali is a three card bingo pinball with a few interesting features:
1) 7 coin max - the game gives you all you can get with 7 coins
2) First three coins light the three cards
3) Second three coins wi…
00:11:51 |
Wed 10 Feb 2016
Episode 335 - Interview with Jeffrey Lawton and Robert Medl 1-29-16
Jeffrey and Robert rejoin the show to talk about various bingos, issues with Bally's design as engineering changed the design of various units, unique or unusual features that were only used once or …
00:54:09 |
Tue 09 Feb 2016
Episode 334 - 1974 Bally Blue Chip
Blue Chip is another great six card bingo - 25 holes, super lines, corners scoring and Double or Nothing - along with the potential to light a center spotted number with additional coins.
The player …
00:06:39 |
Mon 08 Feb 2016
Episode 333 - 1974 Bally Wall Street
Wall Street is the next in the series of six card bingo revivals that Bally produced in the 70s. Super Lines, Corners scoring, and each card has a chance at lighting the center number as a spotted n…
00:12:26 |
Sun 07 Feb 2016
Episode 332 - 1973 Bally Hawaii
Hawaii is the follow-on to Double-Up. It contains all of the features of Double-Up, including the player controlled doubling of any one section, but brings back Stop and Shop, allowing the player to…
00:10:23 |
Sat 06 Feb 2016
Episode 331 - 1971 Bally Hole In One
Hole in One - as far as anyone has found - is only a backglass. It depicts a 6 card bingo with a few intriguing mysteries:
1) There is a golfer rating - good, excellent or superior. What is this fo…
00:04:49 |
Fri 05 Feb 2016
Episode 330 - 1971 Bally Stock Market
Stock Market marks the return to 25 hole bingo production, and the return of the six card!
This game has corners scoring and introduces the Double or Nothing feature.
Backglass:
Cabinet:
Playfield:…
00:07:55 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
Episode 329 - 1970 Bally Bonus-7
Bonus-7 is the sister game to Super-7. You have your standard (at this point) Mystic Lines gameplay, but now, the extra game is called Bonus-7 and has similar rules to Super-7. Bonus-7 requires you…
00:07:40 |
Wed 03 Feb 2016
Episode 328 - 1970 Bally Super-7
Super-7 brings a new layout to the Mystic Lines and the Super 7 bonus game!
The bonus game requires you to hit two holes that add up to 7, then hit alternating red or yellow holes.
These bonus games …
00:10:56 |
Tue 02 Feb 2016
Episode 327 - 1969 Bally Safari
Safari has a unique 'tower game' on the right hand side of the backglass: the Animal Feature.
You coin this up with the white button, and the idea is that several holes on the playfield will move you…
00:13:36 |
Mon 01 Feb 2016
Episode 326 - 1968 Bally London
London is a Mystic Lines bingo with a couple of really cool features.
There is a "Twin Numbers" feature that will light either 17 or 18 if you get one or the other number. Same for 11 and 19. That …
00:13:32 |
Sun 31 Jan 2016
Episode 325 - 1968 Bally Venice
Venice is a 20 hole bingo machine. This game carries forth the Double-Up special game from the previous game, Orient. In this case, the max payout has been increased. The same alternating hole gam…
00:13:33 |
Sat 30 Jan 2016
Episode 324 - 1967 Bally Orient
Orient is a great 20 hole game with an entry into a whole new world of features: solid state!
That's right, in 1967 Bally was using solid state in a production game!
The solid state component is a 'w…
00:13:15 |
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Episode 323 - 1966 Bally Bahama Beach
Bahama Beach is the next to last beach-themed bingo that Bally produced. The beach themes are iconic and (mostly) timeless, aside from the swimwear. This game contains all the features of the previ…
00:08:13 |
Thu 28 Jan 2016
Episode 322 - 1965 Bally Folies Bergeres
Folies Bergeres is the sister game to Beauty Beach. It also contains the ability to double or triple one set of odds, quadruple deck scoring, extra balls, the red letter game, all 4 star zones score…
00:07:57 |
Wed 27 Jan 2016
Episode 321 - 1965 Bally Beauty Beach
Beauty Beach contains all of the features of the previous game, Border Beauty, but adds tripled odds for one color.
Along with, it can double odds for one color, has the red letter game, and can awar…
00:07:52 |
Tue 26 Jan 2016
Episode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
Border Beauty is the first 20 hole bingo pinball game. It has a brand-new feature: Mystic Lines. This moving numbers feature allows you to swap columns of numbers on the left and right side of the …
00:19:00 |
Mon 25 Jan 2016
Episode 319 - 1962 Bally Fun Spot 63
Fun Spot '63 is the last of the "Ohio Dime Games" that Jeffrey Lawton has written about in "Bally Bingo Pinball Machines". These games award score rather than replays, and will retain your score fro…
00:11:55 |
Sun 24 Jan 2016
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