Bally Manufacturing, later renamed Bally Entertainment, was an American company that began as a
pinball
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...
and
slot machine
A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively a ...
manufacturer, and later expanded into casinos, video games, health clubs, and theme parks. It was acquired by
Hilton Hotels
Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels) is a global brand of full-service hotels and resorts and the flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company Hilton.
The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton. As ...
in 1996. Its brand name, and mid-20th century pinball & slot machine logo, are still used by several businesses with some trademark rights, most notably
Bally Technologies and
Bally's Corporation.
History
The Bally Manufacturing Corporation was founded by
Raymond Moloney
Raymond T. Moloney (November 2, 1900 - February 26, 1958) was an American businessman, and the founder of Bally Manufacturing Corporation. He was instrumental in popularizing the pinball machine, and was regarded, at the time, as "Mr. Coin Machi ...
on January 10, 1932, when Bally's original parent, Lion Manufacturing, established the company to make
pinball
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...
games. The company took its name from its first game, "Ballyhoo". The company, based in
Chicago
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, quickly became a leading pinball maker. In the late 1930s, Moloney began making
gambling
Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three ele ...
equipment, and had great success developing and improving the mechanical
slot machine
A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively a ...
s that were the core of the nascent gaming industry. After manufacturing munitions and airplane parts during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, Bally Manufacturing Corporation continued to produce innovations in flipperless pinball machines, bingo machines, payout machines and console slot machines through the late 1950s. They also designed and manufactured vending machines and established a
coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
Seeds of ...
vending service. They made a brief venture into the music business with their own record label,
Bally Records.
Moloney died in 1958, and the company floundered briefly. With the financial failure of its parent company, Bally was bought out by a group of investors in 1963. Throughout the 1960s, Bally continued to dominate the slot machine industry, cornering over 90% of the worldwide market by the end of the decade. In 1964, Bally introduced the first electromechanical slot machine, "Money Honey." They became a
publicly traded company, and in 1969 acquired
Midway Manufacturing
Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher. Midway's franchises included '' Mortal Kombat'', '' Rampage'', ''Spy Hunter'' ...
, an amusement game company from
Schiller Park, Illinois.
The 1970s
The company expanded internationally in 1974 when it acquired
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
company Guenter Wulff-Apparatebau, which was renamed Bally Wulff.
In the late 1970s, Bally entered the
casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live enterta ...
business when
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...
legalized gambling in
Atlantic City
Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497. . The effort moved forward even though the company was temporarily unable to attain a permanent license for the completed casino. During this period, company head William T. O'Donnell was forced to resign because of alleged links to organized crime, which he strenuously denied.
When questioned by the
Moffitt Royal Commission
The Royal Commission of Inquiry in respect of certain matters relating to allegations of organised crime in clubs also known as the Moffitt Royal Commission (1973–74) was one of the first Australian Royal commissions to specifically inves ...
(the NSW Clubs Royal Commission) in New South Wales, Australia, during an investigation of criminal activities between the US and Australia, O'Donnell admitted that Genovese Mafia boss
Gerardo Catena
Gerardo "Jerry" Catena (January 8, 1902 – April 23, 2000) was an American mobster and a top member of the Genovese crime family during the 1950s and 1960s, along with Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michael "Big ...
, once owned shares in Bally, "but I bought him out."
He also denied knowing Chicago mobster Joseph Dan Testa, even though Australian police described Testa "as a representative of Bally who visited Australia."
The company opened the
Park Place Casino & Hotel on December 29, 1979.
[Christian Marfels; 2007, ''Bally: The World's Game Maker'', 2nd ed., Bally Technologies Inc., Las Vegas ]
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Midway, which was renamed Bally/Midway after Bally's legacy pinball business was consolidated with it, became a primary source of income for Bally as it became an early arcade
video game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedba ...
maker and obtained licenses for three of the most popular video games of all time:
Space Invaders
is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and licensed to the Midway division of Bally for overseas distribution. ''Space Invaders'' was the first fixed shooter an ...
,
Pac-Man
originally called ''Puck Man'' in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. Th ...
, and
Ms. Pac-Man
is a 1982 maze arcade game developed by General Computer Corporation and published by Midway. It is the first sequel to ''Pac-Man'' (1980) and the first entry in the series to not be made by Namco. Controlling the title character, Pac-Man's wif ...
.
Also in the late 1970s, Bally/Midway also made an entry into the growing market for home video games with the
Bally Professional Arcade. It had advanced features for the time, including a palette of 256 colors and the ability to play 4-voice music. It shipped with a cartridge that allowed users to do a limited amount of programming on the machine themselves, using the
BASIC
BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College ...
language and record their programs on cassette tape. However, because it cost more than its main competitor, the Atari 2600, and had many fewer games, it failed to compete successfully despite a loyal following.
The 1980s
By the mid-1980s, Bally again had a strong balance sheet and began buying other businesses, including the
Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any a ...
amusement park chain, and the Health and Tennis Corporation of America, which became
Bally Total Fitness, both bought in 1983, and a
lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of ...
terminal company, Scientific Games, in 1986.
[ That same year, Bally's also purchased several casinos, including the original MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the ]Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip, as it is known, is about long, and is immediately south of the Las Vegas cit ...
(subsequently rebranded Bally's Las Vegas and now the Horseshoe Las Vegas); the MGM Grand in Reno
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is th ...
(now Grand Sierra Resort
Grand Sierra Resort (formerly MGM Grand Reno, Bally's Reno and Reno Hilton) is a hotel and casino located approximately three miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The hotel has 1,990 guest rooms and suites, 12 restaurants, including Charlie Palme ...
); and the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, rebranded Bally's Grand (most recently the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel
The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, formerly known as Golden Nugget, Bally's Grand, The Grand, Atlantic City Hilton and ACH, is an abandoned hotel and casino located at the southern end of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, owned and operat ...
). The expansion quickly took its toll on the company's finances, and Bally was soon forced to sell off several divisions, including Six Flags and Bally/Midway, which was acquired by longtime pinball and video game rival Williams Electronics in 1988.
The 1990s
In 1990, Bally came under new management as its largest shareholder, Arthur Goldberg, was appointed chairman and began a restructuring process. Needing to pay down debts, Bally Wulff, the German subsidiary, was spun off into an independent company in 1991. Scientific Games, exercise equipment maker Life Fitness, and the Reno casino were sold in 1993. The slot machine manufacturing division was spun off as Bally Gaming International as well, ending the company's involvement in manufacturing. The Aladdin's Castle chain of video arcades was sold that year to Namco
was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo. It held several international branches, including Namco America in Santa Clara, California, Namco Europe in London, Namco Taiwan in Kaohsiun ...
and renamed Namco Cybertainment.
The company opened Bally's Saloon & Gambling Hall, a riverboat casino
A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast. Several states authorized this type of casino in order to e ...
in Mhoon Landing, Mississippi
Mhoon Landing is an unincorporated community located on the Mississippi River in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of North Tunica and approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest ...
in December 1993. It was moved to Robinsonville in 1995 and became part of a joint venture with Lady Luck Gaming
Lady Luck Gaming Corp. was a gaming company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that developed and operated casinos in the Midwestern and Southern United States. It was acquired by Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000.
History
Company founding and first casin ...
.
In 1994, the company changed its name to Bally Entertainment, to reflect its focus on the casino business and the fact that it no longer had any manufacturing operations. It also announced that the health club business would be spun off to shareholders, to further narrow Bally's focus on casinos. The spin-off was completed in January 1996, with Bally Total Fitness becoming a separate company.
In June 1996, Bally Entertainment agreed to be acquired by Hilton Hotels Corporation. The sale was completed on December 18, 1996, with Hilton paying $3 billion ($2 billion in stock plus $1 billion in assumed debt). Two years later, Hilton's casino division, including the former Bally properties, was spun off as Park Place Entertainment, named for the address of Bally's Atlantic City. In 1999, Park Place bought Caesars World, and in 2003 changed its name to Caesars Entertainment. It was acquired in 2005 by Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Entertainment (later named Caesars Entertainment Corporation, previously The Promus Companies) was an American casino and hotel company founded in Reno, Nevada, and based in Paradise, Nevada, that operated over 50 properties and seven ...
, which took the name Caesars Entertainment Corp in 2010, and was eventually acquired in 2020 by Eldorado Resorts, to become the current incarnation of Caesars Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc., is an American hotel and casino entertainment company founded and based in Reno, Nevada that operates more than 50 properties. Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment Corporat ...
.
The name
Many casinos and businesses worldwide have used the Bally name and logo in the maze of ownership, division spin-offs and licensing agreements.
Williams, after acquiring the Bally/Midway amusement games unit, continued to use the Bally name for pinball games, until Williams's parent company WMS Industries ceased pinball production in 1999. WMS Industries has licensed compamies to use the intellectual properties and the rights to remanufacture existing Bally and Williams pinball machines. Since 2014, the license has been held by Planetary Pinball Supply.
Alliance Gaming, which bought Bally Gaming International in 1996, changed its name to Bally Technologies in 2006. It was purchased in 2014 by Scientific Games, which had also acquired WMS Industries the prior year.["News release: Scientific Games Completes Acquisition of WMS"]
Scientific Games Corporation, October 18, 2013 The company, which changed its name to Light & Wonder in 2022, continues to use Bally Technologies as a subsidiary manufacturing video slot machines and other casino equipment.
Bally Total Fitness, burdened with debt from over-expansion and declining revenues after the 2008 recession
The Great Recession was a period of marked general decline, i.e. a recession, observed in national economies globally that occurred from late 2007 into 2009. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country (see map). At t ...
, began selling off its clubs in the 2010s. Sales of large numbers of clubs to LA Fitness in 2011, Blast Fitness in 2012, and 24 Hour Fitness
24 Hour Fitness is a privately owned and operated fitness center chain headquartered in Carlsbad, California. It is the second largest fitness chain in the United States based on revenue after LA Fitness, and the fourth in number of clubs (behi ...
in 2014, along with closures of other clubs saw the chain dwindle. The last Bally Total Fitness club closed in October 2016. The Bally Total Fitness name had been used under license for a line of fitness equipment and clothing owned by FAM Brands
Fam or FAM is a colloquial term for 'family and friend' or an acronym of 'friend and mate' especially for intimate friends. It may also refer to:
People
* Anthony Famiglietti (born 1978), American athlete
* Fam Ekman (born 1946), Swedish-Norwe ...
, which acquired the name outright in 2013.
The rights to use the name for casinos were sold by Caesars in October 2020 to Twin River Worldwide Holdings, which then changed its own name to Bally's Corporation and said that it would rename most of its properties under the Bally's brand. In a related transaction, Bally's Corporation acquired Bally's Atlantic City from Caesars. In January 2022, Caesars announced that Bally's Las Vegas, which they retained, would be rebranded as the Horseshoe Las Vegas following a renovation.
Bally's Corporation reached a 10-year naming rights
Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of ...
agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland, ...
to rebrand the Fox Sports Network
Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Mar ...
group of regional sports networks
In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel (many of which are also distributed on direct broadcast satellite services) that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region. ...
, which Sinclair had recently acquired, as Bally Sports
The Bally Sports Regional Networks are a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint-venture company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios. The naming rights to the network ...
, beginning in 2021.
Former subsidiary Bally Wulff remains a gaming and vending equipment manufacturer in Germany, with additional operations in Spain. French gambling equipment distributor Bally France and Japanese arcade distributor Bally Pond also still use the Bally logo, though have no current relation to any other business with the name.
Items using the Bally brand
The following is a selected list of companies, places, machines, and other items using (or have used) the Bally brand:
Companies
* Bally's Corporation, a casino company and owner of the casino brand since 2020
** Bally Sports
The Bally Sports Regional Networks are a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint-venture company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios. The naming rights to the network ...
, a group of regional sports TV networks in which Bally's Corporation holds the naming rights
Naming rights are a financial transaction and form of advertising or memorialization whereby a corporation, person, or other entity purchases the right to name a facility, object, location, program, or event, typically for a defined period of ...
* Bally Technologies, the gaming manufacturing company successor of Bally Manufacturing
* Bally Total Fitness, a defunct fitness club chain that was once owned by Bally Manufacturing whose name is now owned by FAM Brands
Fam or FAM is a colloquial term for 'family and friend' or an acronym of 'friend and mate' especially for intimate friends. It may also refer to:
People
* Anthony Famiglietti (born 1978), American athlete
* Fam Ekman (born 1946), Swedish-Norwe ...
Casinos
* Bally's Arapahoe Park — Aurora, Colorado
Aurora (, ) is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 386,261 at the 2020 United States Census with 336,035 residing in Arapahoe County, 47,720 residing in ...
* Bally's Atlantic City — Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497.
* Bally's Black Hawk — Black Hawk, Colorado
Black Hawk is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 127 at the 2020 United States Census, making Black Hawk the least populous city (rather than town) in Colorado. The tiny city is ...
* Bally's Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
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(under development, planned to open in 2026)
* Bally's Dover — Dover, Delaware
Dover () is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover, DE, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part o ...
* Bally's Evansville
Bally's Evansville is a casino hotel and entertainment complex in downtown Evansville, Indiana, owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Bally's Corporation.
Originally named Casino Aztar, it was opened by Aztar Corporation in 1995 ...
— Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city i ...
* Bally's Kansas City
Bally's Kansas City is a riverboat casino in Kansas City, Missouri. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation.
History
In 1996, Hilton Hotels opened the casino as the Hilton Flamingo. The casino is located near, but not on, the Missouri R ...
— Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the List of United States cities by populat ...
* Bally's Lake Tahoe
Bally's Lake Tahoe (formerly Park Tahoe, Caesars Tahoe, and MontBleu Resort Casino) is a casino hotel in Stateline, Nevada. It is owned by Edgewood Companies and operated by Bally's Corporation. The property includes a casino and a 438-room hotel ...
— Stateline, Nevada
Stateline is a census-designated place (CDP) on the southeastern shore of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. It lies next to the California state line and City of South Lake Tahoe. The population was 842 at the 2010 census. ...
* Bally's Quad Cities
Bally's Quad Cities, formerly Jumer's Casino & Hotel, is a casino hotel in Rock Island, Illinois, part of the Quad Cities area. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. The casino has about of gaming space, with 1,000 slot machines, 18 ta ...
— Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Arsenal Island. The population was 37,108 at the 2020 census. Located on t ...
* Bally's Shreveport
Bally may refer to:
Places
*Bally, a historical spelling of Bali
*Bally (from the Irish ''baile'') or townland, a traditional division of land, as well as a common prefix in the names of settlements throughout Ireland
* Bally, Bally-Jagachha, a ...
— Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is ...
* Bally's Tiverton
Bally may refer to:
Places
*Bally, a historical spelling of Bali
*Bally (from the Irish ''baile'') or townland, a traditional division of land, as well as a common prefix in the names of settlements throughout Ireland
* Bally, Bally-Jagachha, a ...
— Tiverton, Rhode Island
* Bally's Twin River Lincoln
Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort, previously Twin River Casino Hotel, is a casino, hotel, and former race track in Lincoln, Rhode Island, owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. The facility has of gaming space, with 4,108 slot machin ...
— Lincoln, Rhode Island
* Bally's Vicksburg
Bally's Vicksburg is a riverboat casino and hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. It has of gaming space and 89 hotel rooms.
History
The project was initiated by the Rainbow Casino Corporation (RCC), m ...
— Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is the county seat, and the population at the 2010 census was 23,856.
Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana, Vi ...
Pinball machines
Developed by Bally or Bally/Midway
*''Aladdins castle'' (1975)
*''Amigo'' (1974)
*''Ballyhoo (flipperless)'' (1932)
*''Bally Baby (slot machine)'' (1932)
*''Ballyhoo (flippers)'' (1947)
*'' Baby Pac-Man'' (1982)
*''Big ben'' (1977)
*''Blackwater 100
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'' (1988)
*''Pool Sharks
''Pool Sharks'' (also sometimes known as ''The Pool Shark'') is a 1915 silent short film. The film is notable for being the film acting and writing debut of W. C. Fields and also features early instances of stop-motion animation during a game ...
'' (1990)
*''BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
History
BMX began during the earl ...
'' (1982)
*''Boomerang'' (1974)
*''Bow and Arrow'' (1974)
*''Capersville'' (1967)
*''Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy'' (1976)
*''Centaur
A centaur ( ; grc, κένταυρος, kéntauros; ), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as bein ...
'' (1981) & '' Centaur II'' (1983)
*''Cybernaut'' (1985)
*''Dixieland'' (1968)
*''Dogies'' (1968)
*''Dungeons & Dragons'' (1987)
*''Eight Ball'' (1977)
*''Eight Ball Deluxe'' (1981)
*''Elektra'' (1981)
*''Embryon'' (1981)
*''Evel Knievel'' (1977)
*''Fathom'' (1981)
*''Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established '' Buck Rogers'' adv ...
'' (1981)
*''Fireball
Fireball may refer to:
Science
* Fireball (meteor), a brighter-than-usual meteor
* Ball lightning, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon
* ''Bassia scoparia'', a plant species
Arts and entertainment Films
* '' The Fireball'', a 1950 film starring ...
'' (1972)
*''Fireball II'' (1981)
*''Fireball Classic'' (1985)
*''Firecracker (1971)
*''Freedom'' (1976)
*''Four Million B.C.'' (1971)
*''Frontier
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'' (1980)
*''Future Spa'' (1979)
*Gator (1969)
*''Hi-Lo Ace'' (1973)
*''Hokus Pokus'' (1975)
*''KISS
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'' (1979)
*''Lady Luck'' (1986)
*'' Lost World'' (1978)
*''Mata Hari
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'' (1977)
*''Monte Carlo'' (1973)
*''Night Rider" (1977)
*''Nip-It'' (1972)
*''Nitro Ground Shaker'' (1978)
*''Odds and Evens'' (1973)
*''Old Chicago (1976)
*''On Beam'' (1968)
*'' Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man'' (1982)
*''Paragon'' (1979)
*Party Animal (1987)
*''Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
'' (1978)
*''Power Play'' (1977)
*''Shoot-A-Line'' (1962)
*''Sky Divers'' (1964)
*''Strange Science
Strange may refer to:
Fiction
* Strange (comic book), a comic book limited series by Marvel Comics
* Strange (Marvel Comics), one of a pair of Marvel Comics characters known as The Strangers
* Adam Strange, a DC Comics superhero
* The title char ...
'' (1986)
*''Strikes and Spares'' (1978)
*''The Six Million Dollar Man
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'' (1978)
*''Supersonic'' (1979)
*''Vector'' (1982)
*''Wizard!'' (1975)
*''Xenon
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'' (1980)
*''Space Invaders'' (1981)
Developed by Midway
*'' The Addams Family'' (1992)
*'' Attack from Mars'' (1995)
*'' Black Rose'' (1992)
*''Cactus Canyon'' (1998)
*'' The Champion Pub'' (1998)
*'' Cirqus Voltaire'' (1997)
*''Corvette
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'' (1994)
*'' Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1992)
*''Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the ...
'' (1992)
*''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray
''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'' is a pinball machine designed by Dennis Nordman and released in 1990 by Midway (under the Bally label). The theme of the game revolves around gaining coolness.
Gameplay
The ultimate goal of the game is to b ...
'' (1990)
*''Eight Ball Champ
8 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
8 or eight may also refer to:
Years
* AD 8, the eighth year of the AD era
* 8 BC, the eighth year before the AD era
Art
*The Eight (Ashcan School), a group of twentieth century painters associated with the As ...
'' (1985)
*'' Gilligans Island'' (1991)
*''Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depre ...
'' (1991)
*''Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...
'' (1995)
*'' Judge Dredd'' (1993)
*'' NBA Fastbreak'' (1997)
*''The Party Zone
''The Party Zone'' is a crossover solid-state pinball machine released in 1991 by Midway (under Bally) designed by Dennis Nordman and programmed by Jim Strompolis. It is in a single playfield format and collaborates characters from previous pi ...
'' (1991)
*'' Popeye Saves the Earth'' (1994)
*'' Radical!'' (1990)
*'' Revenge from Mars'' (1999)
*''Safe Cracker
Safe-cracking is the process of opening a safe without either the combination or the key.
Physical methods
Different procedures may be used to crack a safe, depending on its construction. Different procedures are required to open different safes ...
'' (1996)
*'' Scared Stiff'' (1996)
*''The Shadow
The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...
'' (1994)
*''Theatre of Magic
''Theatre of Magic'' is a pinball machine designed by John Popadiuk, produced by Midway (under the '' Bally'' brand name).
Description
The game presents four primary objectives, each of which must be completed in order to qualify for the "Gra ...
'' (1995)
*'' Twilight Zone'' (1993)
*''Who Dunnit
''Who Dunnit'' is a Midway pinball machine with a 1940s style and a murder mystery theme. The playfield features up to five different murder mysteries by revealing clues by sending the ball to an elevator, phone, or slot machine. The machine a ...
'' (1995)
*'' World Cup Soccer'' (1994)
''The Crocodile Hunter Outback Adventure'' based on the wildlife documentary television series ''The Crocodile Hunter
''The Crocodile Hunter'' was a wildlife documentary television series hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects ...
'' was in development by Australian pinball manufacturer The Pinball Factory under license from Bally. It was abandoned at the end of 2007 due to the death of the main character of the game, Steve Irwin, and never went into production.
Video games
* Bally Astrocade
The ''Bally'' ''Astrocade'' (also known as ''Bally Arcade'' or initially as ''Bally ABA-1000'') is a second-generation home video game console and simple computer system designed by a team at Midway, at that time the videogame division of Ball ...
, a video game console sold by Midway from 1978 to 1983.
* Bally's All American, a video poker machine sold by Bally Technologies.
References
*
*{{citation
, url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=20
, last=Lawlor, first=Pat
, year=1992
, contribution=The Addams Family
, title=Pinball Hall of Fame
, publisher=Internet Pinball Database
, access-date=2007-06-25
1932 establishments in Illinois
1996 disestablishments in Illinois
American companies established in 1932
American companies disestablished in 1996
Amusement companies of the United States
Pinball manufacturers
Slot machine manufacturers
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Chicago