Shoot-A-Line is a one-off Bally bingo that has a unique playfield layout: 28 holes!
Each row contains 7 holes, which would make this very challenging. Especially because each bingo card only contains 25 numbers!
The backglass and cabinet artwork are not very inspired, and I am curious as to why Bally experimented with the playfield layout and iconic image, but the playfield artwork is pretty great!
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/shoot_a_line/resources/bg-shoot_a_line-1.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/shoot_a_line/resources/cab-shoot_a_line-1.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/shoot_a_line/resources/pf-shoot_a_line-1.jpg
Flyer:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/shoot_a_line/resources/fly-shoot_a_line-1.jpg
"Look! 28 Holes!"
Lido is one of the two Futurity games (Bikini is the other). Often praised for their use as home games, these games will allow you to save up your OK game and play it at a later time.
In this way, rather than relying on the green odds to advance to a particular point before really playing to light the OK feature, you can earn advances on the Futurity for even low green odds.
Lido has a fantastic art package. For those who have not seen Phil Bogema's restored Lido, I have before and after photos on my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages. Check those out - incredibly impressive!
I cannot link those here, but these are great photos of the artwork.
Backglass (with some Magic Screen sections showing):
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/lido/resources/bg-lido-1.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/lido/resources/pf-lido-3.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/lido/resources/cab-lido-1.jpg
Barrel-O-Fun '61 and '62 and Fun Spot '61 and '62 are "Ohio Dime Games" as Jeffrey Lawton calls them in his book "Bally Bingo Pinball Machines".
I've wrapped four games into one episode since Barrel-O-Fun '61 and '62 are the same game (run in different years), and Fun Spot '61 and '62 are the same game as Barrel-O-Fun without the replay button on the front of the game.
These games are six card bingos that do not earn replays. Instead, they earn 'score' which can be used to play new games... but are not at all replays.
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/barrel_o_fun_61/resources/bg-barrel_o_fun_61-1.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/fun_spot_61/resources/fly-fun_spot_61-1.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/barrel_o_fun_61/resources/pf-barrel_o_fun_61-1.jpg
Can Can is a beautiful magic screen bingo with a great feature set.
This game has extended time, rollovers, extra balls, a blue section that scores 300 or 600, an orange section that scores as green or gives the OK game. On top of all that, you can also light both super sections (which allow you to score 2 as 3, 3 as 4, and 4 as 5) via the white button on the front of the cab.
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/can_can/resources/bg-can_can-1.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/can_can/resources/cab-can_can-2.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/can_can/resources/pf-can_can-1.jpg
Lite-A-Line is a fantastic, difficult six card bingo.
This machine has the possibility of a random, spotted center number, and yellow lines, which score differently than the rest of each card.
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/lite_a_line/resources/bg-lite_a_line-1.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/lite_a_line/resources/fly-lite_a_line-1.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/lite_a_line/resources/pf-lite_a_line-1.jpg
Touchdown is the first Magic Numbers bingo that Bally produced. Instead of a 2x2 square of numbers that rotates, you have a 3x2 rectangle that rotates!
Pic-a-play returns with triple-deck scoring, an extended time tree, a center spotted number, and the ability to earn a 5-in-a-line by sinking balls in each of the numbers in the bottom-right quadrant (the star numbers).
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/touchdown/resources/bg-touchdown-2.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/touchdown/resources/cab-touchdown-3.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/touchdown/resources/pf-touchdown-2.jpg
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Fun-Spot is another of the "Ohio Dime Games" as Jeffrey Lawton, author of Bally Bingo Pinball Machines, calls them.
Instead of earning replays on these machines, you earn a lighted score advance for each 3, 4, or 5 in a row.
This six card game has another fantastic carnival or state fair-themed art package, and brings in a regular six card bingo feature - Super Lines!
Backglass:
http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=969&picno=35489
Cabinet:
http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=969&picno=60286
Playfield:
http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=969&picno=48311
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Laguna Beach is next in our chronological tour of Bally's bingos! It is a Magic Screen game with the OK feature, super sections, an extended time tree, blue section scores as green 5, and orange section scores as green.
Beautiful artwork and very fun gameplay make this a great bingo.
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/laguna_beach/resources/bg-laguna_beach-2.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/laguna_beach/resources/cab-laguna_beach-1.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/laguna_beach/resources/pf-laguna_beach-1.jpg
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Ava and I spent the evening together - I taught her some of the basic schematic symbols, along with some very basic troubleshooting, like checking continuity. We recap the info from tonight.
Her impressions and reactions to this new information - we're in the home stretch of the Turf King.
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Fun Way is the first of a few games that Jeffrey Lawton calls the "Ohio Dime Games". Please see the book Bally Bingo Pinball Machines for more information.
Fun Way is a six card bingo - instead of earning replays, you earn a 'score' - the score can, in fact, be used exactly like a replay. Wonder if you could gamble with that? ;-)
Backglass:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/fun_way/resources/bg-fun_way-1.jpg
Cabinet:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/fun_way/resources/cab-fun_way-2.jpg
Playfield:
http://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/fun_way/resources/pf-fun_way-1.jpg
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