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The best of Bally 1980-1981

Started By TheManFromPOST , Oct 31 2010 12:17 AM

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Poll: Your favorite Bally (1980-1981) game (116 member(s) have cast votes)

Your favorite Bally (1980-1981) game

  1. Centaur (26 votes [22.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.41%

  2. Eight Ball Deluxe (37 votes [31.90%])

    Percentage of vote: 31.90%

  3. Embryon (2 votes [1.72%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.72%

  4. Elektra (3 votes [2.59%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.59%

  5. Fathom (12 votes [10.34%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.34%

  6. Flash Gordon (11 votes [9.48%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.48%

  7. Medusa (4 votes [3.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.45%

  8. Vector (2 votes [1.72%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.72%

  9. Xenon (19 votes [16.38%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.38%

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#1 TheManFromPOST

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 12:17 AM

The early 80’s were a very good time for Bally
Most games that were produced at this time have become classics and highly collectable

Which is your favorite?

#2 StevOz

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 12:42 AM

Um...Space Invaders. smile.gif

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 01:18 AM

Eight Ball Deluxe was one of the first Pins that I purchased.
(I think Tristan was the First Pin I ever purchased.)
Both were a Mac version. I did not have a PC way back then.


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Posted 31 October 2010 - 01:38 AM

the 80's is my favorite era of pins and I voted Medusa even though its a really tough choice.
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Posted 31 October 2010 - 07:00 AM

Eight Ball Deluxe. Been playing this for nearly 30 years and I still never get tired of it!
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Posted 31 October 2010 - 07:20 AM

Eight Ball Deluxe because we had that game in our arcade for many years and I played the hell out of it. It' still fun for me even to this day.

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 10:30 AM

And the winner is..........EBD! biggrin.gif

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 11:02 AM

EBDLX

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 11:39 AM

8 Ball Deluxe is TOP ONE.
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Posted 31 October 2010 - 11:52 AM

I would have voted for space invaders, instead of fathom, embryon is a close 3rd for me

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 12:24 PM

Fathom

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 03:31 PM

Elektra.
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 01:50 AM

Fathom for me. I get all OCD over inline drop targets. EBD is a good one though.

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 03:23 PM

ebd is 1984 btw
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 04:47 PM

Sorry it's been awhile. I have been updating the pin collection lately. smile.gif

I would have to rank them best to worse IMHO: Centaur, Medusa, Embryon, EBD, Xenon, Fathom, Flash Dordon, Elektra, Vector.

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 07:14 PM

QUOTE (Sabbat Moon @ Nov 1 2010, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ebd is 1984 btw


The original release was 1981, and it was so popular they made subsequent reruns of the game later.
http://ipdb.org/sear...htype=quick#762

And then of course there were the Sega/Stern ripoffs of the playfield like Golden Cue, Sharkey's Shootout, etc.

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 09:16 PM

QUOTE (destruk @ Nov 1 2010, 12:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Sabbat Moon @ Nov 1 2010, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ebd is 1984 btw


The original release was 1981, and it was so popular they made subsequent reruns of the game later.
http://ipdb.org/sear...htype=quick#762

And then of course there were the Sega/Stern ripoffs of the playfield like Golden Cue, Sharkey's Shootout, etc.


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Posted 02 November 2010 - 01:25 PM

On VP, I vote for XENON/UNCLEWILLY, It's very well there FS

I use a traductor ,sorry

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Posted 02 November 2010 - 02:08 PM

@ced, votre 'traductoire' ne traduit pas si bien. Je croix que votre Anglais est mieux que la 'traductoire'. En fait, je croix que votre Anglais est mieux que mon Français smile.gif

I vote Centaur! I just don't see the appeal of EBD. I mean, I like pool/billiards, but I'm not so much on board with the whole Contemporary Cowboy thing, ya know? I liked the edginess of Centaur, plus the auto-fire multiball thing that went on. Also no saucers! The ball just keeps moving (well, I guess there's that magnet on the upper right target...).
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Posted 21 November 2010 - 09:42 AM

Skateball - bally 1980. its the best. and its not even on the list!
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