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Offline pinnies4me

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The History of Bally
« on: May 03, 2010, 08:51:43 PM »
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Re: The History of Bally
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: The History of Bally
« Reply #2 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!)
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Re: The History of Bally
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 07:59:50 AM »
great find  *%*
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Re: The History of Bally
« Reply #4 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.
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