Machine history · Bally · 1981
Medusa Pinball
Medusa is a Bally solid-state electronic pinball machine from 1981. Its fantasy theme draws on myth and legend, and the machine features four flippers, seven star rollovers, two drop-target banks, a kick-out hole and digital displays in the playfield.
Medusa: machine facts
- Manufactured
- 1981
- Type
- Solid-state electronic
- Players
- 4
- Theme
- Fantasy - Myth and Legend
- Production
- 3,250 units
Overview
Medusa is listed as a Bally solid-state electronic pinball machine manufactured in 1981. PinWiki records a confirmed production run of 3,250 units and describes its theme as fantasy, myth and legend.
Playfield features
The machine has four flippers, including two upper time-locked zipper flippers, four pop bumpers, seven star rollovers, one seven-bank drop-target group, one four-bank drop-target group and one kick-out hole. It also has digital displays in the playfield, a player-controlled rubbered post between the flippers and red translucent lower flippers lit from underneath.
Electronics
The documented electronics include Bally AS-2518 board assemblies, an alphanumeric display system and an AS-2518-61A Squawk & Talk sound module. The machine is listed with an AS-2518-35 MPU, AS-2518-54 power module, AS-2518-23 lamp driver, auxiliary lamp driver and solenoid expander.