NOTE: This machine was made prior to 1990; therefore, NO Warranty is available on this machine.
Flash Gordon Pinball Machine by Bally was manufactured in 1981.
Flash Gordon started as a 1930’s comic strip hero and was a very successful Hollywood motion picture serial in 1936, prompting two more serials in 1938 and 1940. A movie in 1980 coincided with the production of Flash Gordon Pinball Machine by Bally and the actors’ likenesses are featured on the backglass and playfield.
“PATHETIC EARTHLINGS…WHO CAN SAVE YOU NOW?”
From the 1980 flyer:
Flash: Jump aboard my rocket[sled and challenge Mingo City. If we attack Ming’s forces with great skill, we will have 15 seconds to multiply all playfield scores. Completing lit upper drop targets qualifies for 2x all scores, and completing lower left drop targets qualifies for 3x all scores. To start the clock we must enter the palace saucer.
Ming: Miserable Earthlings! Dare to venture past my palace guard drop target, and you will lite the lane to collect the bottom level bonus.
Aura: Challenge my father’s Empoire by entering the saucer at the foot of Ming’s throne, where you can be catapulted to the upper level to battle the Emperor, or back to the lower level to mount your assault on Mingo City. Each time you enter the palace saucer you collect the lit value.
Baron: Try the hideous Wood-Beast of Arboria if you want to multiply your bonus 2x or 3x. Then you must venture up into Ming’s palace and drop the upper targets to achieve 4x bonus. To achieve 5x bonus you must leave the palace and drop the left targets on the lower playfield.
Vultan: Join my Hawkmen and attack Ming the Merciless in his palace. There are 4 bonuses needed to defeat Ming. There is a bonus worth 19,000 points on both the upper and lower playfield. There is also an upper level mini-bonus worth 50,000 points, which is earned by dropping the upper level targets when they are flashing. The fourth bonus is the 100,000 point Super Bonus, which is earned by dropping the lower targets when flashing and lighting the other 4 lights on the lower playfield (2 in return lanes and 2 on right side targets).
