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Fireball II / IPD No. 854 / June, 1981 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: September 15, 1980
Date Of Manufacture: June, 1981
Model Number: 1219
MPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 2,300 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Fantasy
Notable Features: Flippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Kick-out holes (2), 4-bank drop targets (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), 3-ball multiball, speech. A rubbered post between the flippers kicks ball upward, activated by an extra button below the right flipper button. Fireball Bonus scoring animation below playfield moves a captive ball repeatedly across a point-scoring rollover button.
Design by: Gary Gayton
Art by: Dave Christensen
Notes: Unlike other Bally electronic pinball games, their documentation for this game shows the model number only as 1219, not 1219-E.

According to Pinball Memories, Norm Clark was head of design at Bally when this game was made and insisted that it have the animated captive ball feature. This feature had appeared earlier on Williams' 1971 'Doodle Bug', a game he designed.

Marketing Slogans: "A Combustible Combination of Features"
Photos in: Pinball ArtExternal Link, page 78
Pinball MemoriesExternal Link, pages 135-138
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 195
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/854  (External site)
Easter Eggs:Available at Cows and Easter Eggs  (External site)
ROMs: 61 KB ZIP Game & Sound ROMs [Williams Electronics Games, Inc.]
Documentation: 3 MB PDF Operations Manual [Bally Pinball Division]
  3 MB PDF Schematics [Bally Pinball Division]
Images:
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Image # 4203: Fireball II Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front
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 		 Image # 4204: Fireball II Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back
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 		 Image # 7253: Fireball II Backglass
Backglass
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 		 Image # 7258: Fireball II Cabinet
Cabinet
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 		 Image # 11068: Fireball II Promotional Photo
Promotional Photo
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Image # 11069: Fireball II Press Release
Press Release
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 		 Image # 28501: Fireball II Backglass Detail
Backglass Detail
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[Bruno Durand]		 Image # 40266: Fireball II Illuminated Playfield (The factory mylar has been removed from this playfield. The drop targets and bumper caps are after-factory manufacture using Bally's original dies.)
Illuminated Playfield*
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[Stephen Azzam]		 Image # 40267: Fireball II Illuminated Upper Left Playfield (The factory mylar has been removed from this playfield. The drop targets and bumper caps are after-factory manufacture using Bally's original dies.)
Illuminated Upper Left Playfield*
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[Stephen Azzam]		 Image # 40268: Fireball II Illuminated Upper Right Playfield (The factory mylar has been removed from this playfield. The drop targets and bumper caps are after-factory manufacture using Bally's original dies.)
Illuminated Upper Right Playfield*
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[Stephen Azzam]
Image # 40269: Fireball II Illuminated Upper Playfield (The factory mylar has been removed from this playfield. The drop targets and bumper caps are after-factory manufacture using Bally's original dies.)
Illuminated Upper Playfield*
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[Stephen Azzam]		 Image # 40270: Fireball II Illuminated Lower Playfield (The factory mylar has been removed from this playfield. The black rings around the bonus inserts were repainted.)
Illuminated Lower Playfield*
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[Stephen Azzam]		 Image # 40271: Fireball II Illuminated Playfield - Detail (The factory mylar has been removed from this playfield.)
Illuminated Playfield - Detail*
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[Stephen Azzam]		 Image # 40272: Fireball II Instruction Card
Instruction Card
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[Stephen Azzam]		 Image # 68083: Fireball II Blank Playfield (This playfield was described to us as New Old Stock.)
Blank Playfield*
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[Jay Stafford]
Image # 68084: Fireball II Blank Playfield - Reverse (This playfield was described to us as New Old Stock.)
Blank Playfield - Reverse*
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[Jay Stafford]		  
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