released by WMS industries inc, makers of Bally and Williams pinball games, sent to their distributors on Monday, October 25, 1999 WMS will discontinue their pinball division. Star Wars episode 1 is their final pinball machine and production will be stopped November 18. This is the end of an era, for over 50 years Williams has been making pinball machines and the Bally name has been in the buisness even longer. Williams were the makers of such arcade classics as Gorgar, Black Knight, Pin*Bot, Fun House, The Addams Family, Twilight Zone, and Attack From Mars to name a few. Their video game and slot machine departments will continue operations as normal." Bummer. |
The Bally table king But I just handed my Pinball crown to him. |
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It's just wrong. I love pinball... and my favorite gothclub in DC used to have a pinball machine that I would use to check my level of inebriation. Best damn field sobriety test out there (I don't drive anyway but I do like to know how drunk I am) |
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