Internet Pinball Machine Database: Bally 'Speakeasy 4'

The Internet Pinball Database Presents
Speakeasy 4

[ Quick Search ] [ Advanced Search ] [ Game Lists ] [ Archives ] [ Pinball Glossary ] [ Playing Skills ] [ FAQ ] [ Settings ]

Speakeasy 4 / IPD No. 4342 / September 27, 1982 / 4 Players

[ Submit Changes ]

Average Fun Rating:

Needs More Ratings! 8.2 / 10 (9 ratings) [ Add Your Rating! ]

Manufacturer:

Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]

Project Date:

September 27, 1982

Model Number:

1273-1

MPU:

Bally MPU AS-2518-35

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

1,000 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

American History

Specialty:

Add-A-Ball

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Kick-out holes (2), 5-bank of Flyaway targets (1), Standup target (1), Star rollover (1), Crossover return lanes, Roulette wheel in playfield. This game can award both replays and extra balls during the same play. Objectives include successfully hitting playing cards in sequence. A unique "sacrifice" feature available at start of each ball in play allows the player to cancel any cards made out of sequence by pressing an extra button on left side of cabinet. A penalty of 25,000 points is then subtracted from the player's score for each canceled card.

Design by:

George Christian

Art by:

Greg Freres

Notes:

Reportedly, all playfields in this production run were made of resin (plastic), not wood.

The 2-player version of this game is Bally's 1982 'Speakeasy'. According to the book Pinball Memories, this 4-player version was made at the request of a European distributor who did not want 2-player games, and that some of them went to Australia.

A "speakeasy' was one of the many saloons in the United States that illegally served alcoholic beverages during Prohibition, which was the period from 1920 to 1933 in which national law prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating beverages. Prior to Prohibition, the saloons admitted only men as patrons, but as speakeasies they allowed both men and women.

We removed our unsubstantiated Manufacture Date of August 1982. Instead, available Bally documentation shows only the release (to production) date of 9-27-82.

Photos in:

Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 124
Pinball Memories External Link

, pages 147-150
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z

ROMs:

3 KB

ZIP

ROMs

[Bally Mfg. Corp.]

Service Bulletins:

411 KB

PDF

Service Bulletin - Solenoid Expander (April 1983, see third page)

[Bally Midway Mfg. Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 535x800 [Theo den Boer]	Playfield 533x800 [Theo den Boer]	Fly away targets 800x535 [Theo den Boer]	Backglass Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Front View 294x599
Backglass Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Playfield - Detail* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Flyaway Targets* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Flyaway Targets* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Captive Ball Spinner* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Pf Detail* 900x1200 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Sacrifice Button Information* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Backbox - Left* 672x1164 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Cabinet - Left* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Serial Number* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Stripped Playfield* 900x1200 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Stripped Playfield - Detail* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Stripped Playfield - Detail* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Stripped Playfield - Detail* 900x1200 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Stripped Playfield - Detail* 1200x900 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Backglass 453x480 [Ruud Wester]	Under Playfield 349x624 [Ruud Wester]	Under Upper Playfield 640x480 [Ruud Wester]	Under Middle Playfield 640x480 [Ruud Wester]	Under Lower Playfield 640x480 [Ruud Wester]
Playfield 915x1882 [Roger Jeschke]	Under Playfield 982x1919 [Roger Jeschke]	Under Upper Playfield 1600x1200 [Roger Jeschke]	Under Middle Playfield 1600x1200 [Roger Jeschke]	Under Lower Playfield 1600x1200 [Roger Jeschke]

[ Support the IPDB ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ About Us ]

All copyrighted and trademarked Gottlieb® material licensed from Gottlieb Development LLC.
Copyrighted and trademarked material from Planetary Pinball Supply, Inc® used with permission.
All photographs licensed from original photographers, who retain their copyright. Do not use without permission!
Site design, phrasing, and other local content copyright 2004-2024 by The Internet Pinball Database™.
Where appropriate, other trademarks & copyrights remain property of their owners.

[ Database Change Log ]

ipdb.org hosted at pair.com

blank line