Bally Astrocade
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Bally Pin on the Bally Astrocade game console

Bally Pin is a pinball game featuring two different tables.

General Information

Developer - Bally Astrocade

Publisher - Bally Astrocade

Release - 1981

Platform(s) - Bally Astrocade

Number of Players - 1P / 4P

Genre - Action

The game is played with two joysticks, with one controlling the two left flippers and the other controlling the two to the right.

The game can be played by up to four players who take turns until all player have used up all of their five balls. The aim is simply to get the highest score. The two tables are similar but with slightly different layouts and both feature six bumpers (lit or unlit), drop targets, upper kicker targets and a spinner. The ball is meant to react as a real ball would when struck by a flipper with the speed and angle of it being affected by where on the flipper it is hit.