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File Name: Strikes and Spares (Bally-1979)

File Submitter: Popotte

File Submitted: 27 Oct 2025

File Category: Future Pinball

Author(s): Popotte
Manufacturer: Bally
Year: 1979
Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

Strikes and Spares (Bally-1978) FizX 3.3 V1.00

IPDB No. 2406:

NOTES:​

You must use BAM 365 or higher
MOD UNAUTHORIZED WITHOUT EXPLICIT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR
You can choose (by the Special1Key) to scroll or not the ball.
You can toggle (by the toggle HUD key) the HUD reel.
You access to the dip switches menu by the Special2Key.

RULES:​

* Making A-B-C:
1st time lites 2x and center bumper
2nd time 3X
3rd time 5X
4th time and each additionnal time scores special
* Making S-P-A-R-E:
1st time lites return lanes for extra ball
2nd time lites outlanes for special
3rd time and each additionnal time scores special
* Making a strike advances and scores strike value
* Maximum 1 extra ball per ball in play
* Tilt penality - ball in play
Rules are depending dip switches...

IPDB HIGHLIGHTS:

Date Of Manufacture: June, 1978
Production: 12,820 units (confirmed)
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (6), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1). Ten star rollover buttons are in the shape of a rack of bowling pins. Plays a tune at start-up known in professional horseracing as "The Call to the Post".
 
Maximum displayed point score is 999,990 points per player.
Design by: Gary Gayton
Art by: Kevin O'Connor
Notes: Artist Kevin O'Connor said at the 2004 Texas Pinball Festival that the girl in the backglass is a fantasy girl and was not based on an actual person.

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