Nashville is a late-era 6 card game - it came out in 1978, with only one more 6 card to arrive after before Bally closed their production down in 1980.
Nashville has all the features of Ticker Tape, but adds rollover buttons to achieve super lines and corner scoring on all 6 cards simultaneously, the magic number, which, when hit, will double all scores on each card, and the lovely red diagonals, which will allow for 8 additional scoring lines per card.
I've never played a Nashville, and look forward to playing it at the show in October!
Bally's Circus Queen is a magic screen game with an unusual feature:
three balls in the orange section, when the feature is lit, will score as three in the green!
This was the first game with dedicated blue section scoring. This allows for 3 or 2 in the blue section to score 300 or 600 replays.
Triple deck scoring, an extended time tree with the rollovers, and the OK game round out the package.
Coney Island is a fantastic game - the second bingo Bally produced, it came out in 1951 with three cards, and the first appearance of the extra ball feature. Up to 8 balls in play at once, and the game will discover and award replays on each of the three cards.
The first bingo appearance of the reflex and mixer units, along with the automatic ball lifter.
Max payout was 100.
Great artwork, a nice small straightforward bingo!
Bally's Miss Universe is a very unusual bingo - with only three balls, and the majority of the gameplay involved with spotted numbers.
This is the only 18-hole bingo produced, made in 1975, five years before Bally closed down bingo production.
A very interesting game, and I look forward to playing one at York, hopefully!
Check out this video:
https://youtu.be/l33K5a9RoN0
The Bounty - one of the most highly-prized magic screen games - is packed with features to keep players coming back.
Triple-deck scoring, three separate OK features, Magic screen with two super sections and a blue section scoring, an extended time tree, and of course, the skill shot.
Bounty was released only as an export game in 1963.
A special guest joins me tonight to talk about her favorite bingo: 1972's Bally Ticker Tape. As you heard on Episode 177, Ticker Tape is a 6 card bingo, with super lines, corner scoring and a 'Double or Nothing' feature.
Gay Time is a fantastic player that has features and gameplay well ahead of its time.
The Magic Pockets feature, which has always sounded so cool, is actually incredibly cool. The game will sense when there is a ball in the first row of holes, and allow or prevent you from moving based on the position.
Aside from that, there are spotted numbers, corners scoring, and the magic lines.
All explained in this episode!
Stepper Units are crucial to the proper operation of an EM - in this episode, I talk about disassembling, cleaning and rebuilding the typical step up/reset unit - found on most EM games including the bingos!
Vic Camp joins as co-host for tonight's episode - we talk about the payouts, features and gameplay of the six card bingos produced by Bally, starting with Bright Lights, all the way to Dixieland.
My Ticker Tape:
Some actual bingo gameplay:
https://youtu.be/ywUXz2ZVgng
I've run into a couple of things I didn't know about at all this week, namely:
Some Gottlieb games had a weird Jones Plug arrangement.
Not all woodrails are created equal.