Internet Pinball Machine Database: Bally 'Eight Ball Deluxe' (2024)

Eight Ball Deluxe / IPD No. 762 / April, 1981 / 4 Players

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Average Fun Rating: 7.8/10(90 ratings/70 comments)[ Add Your Rating! ]Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]Project Date: September 15, 1980Date Of Manufacture: April, 1981Model Number: 1220Common Abbreviations: 8BD, EBDMPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)Production: 8,250 units (confirmed)Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)(External site)Theme: BilliardsNotable Features: Flippers (3), Popbumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standuptargets (7), 7-bank droptargets (1), 4-in-line droptargets, Stand-alone droptarget (1), Kick-outhole (1), Star rollover (1). Backbox hinges downward.

This original version EBD differs from the later Bally/Midway version as follows:
1) Apron (cardholder) is yellow/white, not black.
2) Front of cabinet has same art theme as sides, not solid black.
3) Backbox has white wood frame around backglass.
4) Playfield lamps are individual light sockets and not mounted on PCB boards.
5) Backglass is not hinged and lifts completely out of backbox.
6) Coin door sticker indicates Bally, not Bally Midway.

Actualmeasuredweight: 242 lbs (includes legs).

Design by: GeorgeChristianArt by: MargaretHudsonNotes: Unlike other Bally electronic pinball games, their documentation for this game shows the model number only as 1220, not 1220-E.

First game from this manufacturer to use wedge sockets and #555 bulbs in production. Bally had tested wedge sockets using #444 bulbs on a small portion of the production run of an earlier game, Bally's 1978 'The Six Million Dollar Man'.

Roughly 400 of the first games produced had white popbumper caps and bodies instead of the more familiar golden ones. Pictured here is a game with serial number 1394 having these white popbumpers.

Some of the first games had plastic playfields. The one pictured here is serial number 1007. It has the white popbumper bodies but its bumper caps were replaced with the later version.

This game was very successful, and was produced again as Model 0B87, Bally Midway's 1984 'Eight Ball Deluxe'.

Photos in: Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas), pages 44-45
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981, page 194
The Complete Pinball Book, pages 108, 117, 197, and 309
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Arcade Treasures, page 118
Pinball Art, page 80
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 88
Pinball (Zsolnay), page 42
Pinball (Ciuffo), page 174
Rule Sheets: Eight Ball Deluxe Rulesheet (Sep/21/1993), by Stephen Jonke
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/762(External site)ROMs: 62 KBZIPPrototype ROM Rev. 1 [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 61 KBZIPPrototype ROM Rev. 2 [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 61 KBZIPPrototype ROM Rev. 3 [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 60 KBZIPPrototype ROM Rev. 4 [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 19 KBZIPROMs [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 7 KBZIPRomset that ONLY fixes the bonus bug for players 2 and 4Documentation: 11 MBPDFEnglish Manual (Model 1220, includes paginated schematics) [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 2 MBPDFGerman Manual (no schematics) [Bally Manufacturing Corp.] 4 MBPDFPrototype Game Interface Board Schematic (dated 10-31-80) [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 5 MBPDFPrototype Game MPU Schematic (approved 9-29-81) [Bally Mfg. Corp.]Files: 1 MBPDFPrototype Game 7-digit Display (dated 11-19-80) [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 4 MBPDFPrototype Game Credit Display (dated 10-27-78) [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 379 KBPDFPrototype Game Option Settings (dated December 2, 1981) [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 4 MBPDFPrototype Game Power Supply Module (approved 6-22-81) [Bally Mfg. Corp.] 466 KBPDFPrototype Game Switch Matrix (dated 4-1-81 and 8-14-81) [Bally Mfg. Corp.]Images:
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Original Pop Bumpers 342x498	Front View 555x1197 [David O'Neil]	Playfield 960x1280 [David O'Neil]	Flyer, Front 844x1093	Flyer, Back 852x1145
Backglass 1024x911 [Philippe Thibault]	Prototype Backbox"Play The Best" 1024x987 [Jay Stafford]	Prototype Backbox"Try Me, I'm Easy" 1024x939 [Jay Stafford]	Original Pop Bumpers* 640x480 [Will B. Ready]	Lower Playfield* 640x480 [Will B. Ready]
Playfield Detail* 640x480 [Will B. Ready]	Backglass 640x480	Backglass - Reverse 500x291	Playfield 400x533	Upper Playfield 550x413
Upper Playfield 550x413	Middle Playfield 550x413	Playfield 550x413	Lower Playfield 550x413	Cabinet - Left 600x271
Cabinet - Right 600x346	Front 500x394	Backbox 400x476	Inside Backbox 450x600	Full View 450x677
Backglass 990x912	Backglass - Reverse 964x870	Prototype Backbox "Play Bally Games" 605x592 [Jay Stafford]	Prototype Backbox "Fifth Place" High Score 610x595 [Jay Stafford]	Early Production Backglass* 376x518
Early Production Backglass - Reverse* 834x583	Early Production Plastic Playfield* 604x900	Early Production Plastic Playfield* 583x888	Early Production Plastic Playfield Edge* 574x594	Under Early Production Plastic Playfield* 287x425
Early Production Cabinet - Left* 454x594	Playfield 1024x1572 [Chris Lyon]	Lower Playfield 1024x680 [Chris Lyon]	Playfield - Detail 1024x680 [Chris Lyon]	Playfield - Detail 1024x680 [Chris Lyon]
Playfield - Detail 1024x680 [Chris Lyon]	Original Backglass Artwork* 1024x776 [Jay Stafford]	Stripped Playfield 1024x768 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Stripped Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Bare Playfield* 502x1058 [Jesse Kujawa]
Prototype Game - Illuminated Backglass* 987x900	Prototype Game - Playfield* 768x1024	Prototype Game - Upper Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Upper Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Upper Playfield* 1024x768
Prototype Game - Middle Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Middle Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Middle Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Lower Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Lower Playfield* 1024x768
Prototype Game - Backbox - Left* 818x768	Prototype Game - Backbox - Right* 656x768	Prototype Game - Cabinet - Left* 763x768	Prototype Game - Cabinet - Left* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Cabinet - Right* 1024x768
Prototype Game - Cabinet - Front* 877x768	Prototype Game - Cabinet - Bottom Front* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Cabinet - Bottom Rear* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Cabinet - Full View* 628x768	Prototype Game - Backbox Insert - Front* 788x763
Prototype Game - Illuminated Backbox Insert* 876x768	Prototype Game - Inside Backbox* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Inside Backbox - Detail* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Inside Backbox - Detail* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Inside Backbox - Detail* 1024x768
Prototype Game - Under Playfield* 768x1024	Prototype Game - Under Upper Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Under Middle Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Under Lower Playfield* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Under Playfield - Detail* 1024x768
Prototype Game - Under Playfield - Detail* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Under Playfield - Detail* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Inside Cabinet - Front* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Inside Cabinet - Rear* 1024x768	Prototype Game - Power Supply Module 1200x900
Prototype Game - Backbox Insert - Reverse* 1150x900	Prototype Game - Inside Cabinet - Score Display* 1200x900	Prototype Game - Pop Bumper Mechanisms* 1200x900	Prototype Game - Lamp Diodes* 1200x1600	Prototype Game - Backglass - Reverse* 1082x900
Prototype Game - Coil Stop Comparison* 1079x701	Pre-Production Backglass Art* 1200x1132 [James Loflin]