Eight Ball Deluxe

Eight Ball Deluxe
Manufacturer Bally
Release date April, 1981
Design George Christian
Artwork Margaret Hudson
Production run 8,250

Eight Ball Deluxe is a pinball machine designed by George Christian and released by Bally in 1981. The game features a cue sports theme and was so successful that it was produced again in 1984.[1]

Description

The game is the successor of the popular Eight Ball pinball machine from 1977. In Eight Ball Deluxe, Bally added more rules, complicated shot combinations, and speech synthesis. The pinball machine is still very popular today[2] and was followed by the pinball machine Eight Ball Champ in 1985.[3]

Eight Ball Deluxe has two sets of drop targets, one set for the billiard balls 1-7 and 9-15, and four in line drop targets for bonus multiplier. Behind the 1-7 drop targets are stand up targets that spells out 'Deluxe'. If the player spells the last letter of 'Deluxe', the game gives three free games. This feature stays in memory even when the machine is turned off.[4]

Digital versions

Eight Ball Deluxe was released as digital version in 1993 for DOS and Macintosh by Amtex.[5] The game was a best seller in Macintosh gaming world and won prizes such as BEST SIMULATION GAME FINALIST 1993 award of Software Publishers Association (USA).[6] Computer Gaming World in 1993 stated that Eight Ball Deluxe "accurately recreates the art, sounds and digitized speech of the original ... gorgeous, playable and realistic", and was the "connoisseur's choice" among four reviewed games.[5]

Eight Ball Deluxe is also available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for PC, iOS and Android since August 2016.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Bally 'Eight Ball Deluxe'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Bally Eight Ball Deluxe Pinball". castleclassicarcade.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Eight Ball Deluxe". firebirdpinball.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  4. ↑ "Eight Ball Deluxe pinball machine -Vintage Arcade". vintagearcade.net. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  5. 1 2 Lombardi, Chris (December 1993). "Bumper Crop". Computer Gaming World. pp. 110–114. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Eight Ball Deluxe for Mac". littlewingpinball.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.

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