Machine history · Bally
Big Show Pinball
Big Show is a two-player electro-mechanical pinball machine documented by the Open Pinball Database with a January 1974 manufacture date. Bally archival records identify it as game number 985, separate from Bally's 1956 game of the same title.
Big Show: machine facts
- Manufacturer
- Bally
- Manufacture date
- January 1974
- Bally game number
- 985
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Identity
The Open Pinball Database identifies Big Show as a Bally electro-mechanical pinball machine with score-reel displays, two-player support and a January 1974 manufacture date.
The Bally-Midway-Williams archival finding aid independently identifies Bally game number 985 as Big Show and dates its parts lists to 1974. The same archive records the earlier Bally game number 585 as a separate Big Show project dated 1956.
Classification
This entry is classified as an original production game for the base Bally machine documented as game number 985. It is distinct from the separate 1956 Bally machine that shared the Big Show title.