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Title: The History of Bally
Post by: pinnies4me on May 03, 2010, 08:51:43 PM

Saw a link to this great article and thought I'd share, you'll need to go to page 90 for the article.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Kg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA101&dq=pinball+1940&lr=&as_pt=MAGAZINES&ei=6vjdS7_1EY6mlQSWzJWRCA&cd=61#v=onepage&q=pinball%201940&f=false

Title: Re: The History of Bally
Post by: Caveoftreasures on May 03, 2010, 09:02:05 PM

what i just learnt, was that sega, was trading as Sega Enterprises all that way back in the 60/s.

i just assumed that sega was a 1980's company. great read so far 4 sure.  ^^^

page 89 has a excellent description of a pinball companies production floor followed by page 90 story etc.

Title: Re: The History of Bally
Post by: Strangeways on May 03, 2010, 10:39:08 PM

That was a great read - thanks for posting ! Just shows how important and embedded Pinball (coin op in general) was in those years.

(Hey Gav - if you see this - look on page 113!)

Title: Re: The History of Bally
Post by: Extra Ball on May 04, 2010, 07:59:50 AM

great find  *%*

Title: Re: The History of Bally
Post by: bossninja17 on May 17, 2010, 09:19:49 PM

I love this stuff - thanks for posting.
I once wrote to Bally (about 1979 / 1980) to seek information about their history. They sent a great "in-house" booklet plus an autographed copy of Roger Sharpe's book "Pinball". I'll scan the booklet when I get a chance and will post it.