 |
| Pinball
Name |
SpeakEasy
4 |
| Production Date
|
August
1982 |
| Manufacturer |
Bally Manufactoring
Corporation |
| Model
number |
1273 |
| Type Model
|
Solid State
Electronics (SS) |
| Production
|
1.000 units
(confirmed) |
| Serial number
|
1.671 |
| Theme
|
Historical
|
| Specialty
|
Add-A-Ball
|
| Design by
|
George Christian
|
| Art by
|
Greg Freres
|
More
about the theme:
During the prohibition
in America(1919 - 1933) it was illigal to sell liquor.
The production of alcoholic beverages was boot-legged and the selling was
located
in obscure bars and theathres so called SpeakEasies. The entertainment scene
also
found it's place in those Speakeasies.
Dancing-cabaret, roulette and card-playing mix well with the consumption
of alcohol.
 Read some historie
of the prohibition by Trevor Lamb |
Adaptation
of the theme in the Pinball
Machine:
The Pinball SpeakEasy-4 has this theme come to life in this typical setting.
The back-box shows a Big-Band in the back, a man in the front 'dandy-dressed'
and
a woman hair and dress charleston-style looking. The roulette comes back
in a
spinning-wheel wich gives bonus points, add- or subtract-balls.
Two card games in the form off shooting cards (flying targets)
10 - Jack - Queen - King - Ace in sequence add-a-ball and advances bonus
multipliers.
The second card game you find in the upper part of the playfield. You have
to pass
the lanes 5-6-7-8-9 in secuence to add-a-ball. Passing a Joker-lane four
times
adds-a-ball
|
