Fireball (pinball)

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Fireball is a historically notable pinball machine model released by Bally in 1972.

The table was one of the first to have a modern sci-fi/fantasy type of outer space theme as well as elaborate, painted artwork on the sides of the table. The game itself is notable as it featured several pinball innovations, including a spinning disc, moveable "zipper" flippers, and trapped ball bonuses. Fireball was an also an early table to have the multi-ball (three balls, in this case) feature. Fireball's main surface and raised surface also featured elaborate artwork of a flaming "fire man", flames, and stars in space. The table is highly valued as a collector's item.

FireBall Professional Home model

Partly due to the success of the original "Fireball" pinball Machine Bally released a "Professional Home Model" available to the regular consumer beginning in 1978. The layout was different from the arcade Fireball, it was a slight modification of the Bally's Hocus Pocus playfield with the subtraction of a ball diverter gate. [1]

[1] http://www.xmission.com/~daina/images/tj/fireball_home.html