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Speakeasy / IPD No. 2270 / August, 1982 / 2 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: December 22, 1981
Date Of Manufacture: August, 1982
Model Number: 1273
MPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 3,000 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, 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
Software by: Rehman Merchant
Notes: The 4-player version of this game made for export is Bally's 1982 'Speakeasy 4'. 'Speakeasy' was also made as a prototype in a single player machine.

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.

The woman on the backglass is reportedly wearing either Etruscan revival or Egyptian revival jewelry, both popular in the 1920's.

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

Photos in: Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 18
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 124
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to PresentExternal Link, page 19
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2270  (External site)
ROMs: 15 KB ZIP ROMs [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Documentation: 7 MB PDF English Manual [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
  493 KB PDF German Manual [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  90 KB PDF Reproduction Instruction and Score Cards [Martyn Lomas]
  6 MB PDF Schematics [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Service Bulletins: 411 KB PDF Service Bulletin - Solenoid Expander (April 1983, see third page) [Bally Midway Mfg. Co.]
Images:
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Image # 4105: Speakeasy Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4106: Speakeasy Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 4107: Speakeasy Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 4108: Speakeasy Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 12362: Speakeasy Backglass
Backglass

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[Tom Graham]
Image # 12363: Speakeasy Playfield
Playfield

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[Tom Graham]
Image # 12364: Speakeasy Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Tom Graham]
Image # 12365: Speakeasy Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Tom Graham]
Image # 12366: Speakeasy Cabinet
Cabinet

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[Tom Graham]
Image # 12367: Speakeasy Front
Front

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[Tom Graham]
Image # 24376: Speakeasy Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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Image # 24377: Speakeasy Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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Image # 24378: Speakeasy Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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Image # 24379: Speakeasy Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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Image # 24380: Speakeasy Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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Image # 24381: Speakeasy Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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Image # 24382: Speakeasy Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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Image # 24383: Speakeasy Front
Front

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Image # 24671: Speakeasy Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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[Keith Hancock]
Image # 24672: Speakeasy Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[Keith Hancock]
Image # 24673: Speakeasy Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Keith Hancock]
Image # 26311: Speakeasy Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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[John Gray]
Image # 51199: Speakeasy Backglass
Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51200: Speakeasy Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 56061: Speakeasy Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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[David Bratcher]
Image # 56062: Speakeasy Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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[David Bratcher]
Image # 56063: Speakeasy Middle Playfield
Middle Playfield

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[David Bratcher]
Image # 56064: Speakeasy Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[David Bratcher]
Image # 56065: Speakeasy Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[David Bratcher]
Image # 66999: Speakeasy Under Plastic Playfield 
(Serial number ESE3779.)
Under Plastic Playfield*

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[Patrick Welker]
Image # 67000: Speakeasy Under Plastic Playfield 
(Serial number unknown.)
Under Plastic Playfield*

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[Jim Wildgen]
Image # 67001: Speakeasy Plastic Playfield Edge 
(Serial number unknown.)
Plastic Playfield Edge*

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[Jim Wildgen]
 

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