Machine history · Bally · 1969
King Tut Pinball
King Tut is a Bally electro-mechanical, one-player pinball machine manufactured in 1969 and released around January 1970. Its documented features include adjustable three-ball or five-ball play, replay scoring, a spell-name bonus, a free-ball gate, kick-back, a play-more post and jumbo flippers.
King Tut: machine facts
- Manufactured
- 1969
- Manufacture date
- December 1969
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Players
- One
- Play options
- Adjustable three-ball or five-ball play
Production and release
OPDB identifies King Tut as a Bally electro-mechanical machine with a December 1969 manufacture date. Bally's parts-manual catalog also lists King Tut among the company's 1969–1971 games.
A contemporary Cash Box report described King Tut as a new Bally game and stated that it had been released the previous week in the January 10, 1970 issue.
Gameplay features
Bally's contemporary advertisement presents King Tut as a solo-player replay game with quickly adjustable three-ball or five-ball play. It describes a shifting special light, a spell-name bonus, a free-ball gate, a play-more post, a kick-back feature, jumbo flippers and twelve 100-point scoring targets.