Theatre of Magic Pinball Machine
Theatre of Magic Pinball Machine by Bally was manufactured in 1995 . This game was designed by John Popadiuk and features many of his design staples such as magnets, a bash toy, and elaborate ramps.
“Theatre of Magic Pinball Machine will intrique and amaze players of every level. But don’t be fooled. Like the best magic illusions, Theatre of Magic only looks easy.”
Objective:
- Perform eight different magic tricks
- Complete a rather simple wizard mode.
- Spell “Theatre”
- Advance the clock to Midnight Madness – (not to be confused with the midnight madness featured in some other Bally/WMS games), as well as a video mode featuring a virtual pinball game.
Gameplay: (From the Original Flyer)
Presto!
The Spirit Ring levitates pinballs and alters their course from one staircase to another.
Poof!
The Magician’s Trunk holds a multitude of secret powers, and player’s attention. It spins, levitates pinballs and captures them for multi-ball play.
Voila!
Enter the Theatre’s haunted basement by shooting balls into the trap door. At the start of multi-ball, watch pinballs rise from the basement.
Ta-Daaa!
DigiPin is just one of many surprises players will find deep inside the haunted basement.
Stupendous displays of spellbinding power! Amazing acts of enchantment! And incredible achievements in pinball engineering! It’s all inside Theatre of Magic.
The newest Bally pinball takes players to a shadowy old theatre where wondrous powers have lain dormant for years. Inside, there’s a ravishing female magician who morphs into a tiger and a bird, pinballs that levitate or suddenly change direction, a magic trunk packed with tricks and surprises and an amazing mirror that seems to be an impossible extension of the playfield. A mysterious trap door leads to the haunted basement where players encounter multi-balls, special awards and never-before-seen phenomena behind every curtain…
Notable features:
- Flippers (2)
- Pop bumpers (3)
- Slingshots (2)
- Tiger Saw Multiball (2)
- Trunk Multiball (3)
- Trunk Multiball with Vanish Lock (4)
- Magna-Save (2)
- Captive Ball (1)
- Newton ball post (1)
- Rotating trunk with magnet, Levitating ball
Toys:
- Magic trunk on playfield – levitates ball with magnet and makes it “disappear” to start multi-ball.
- “Spirit Ring” – a round magnet which grabs the ball from the left ramp and releases it to the ramp across the playfield.
- Upper rollovers are hidden from player’s view by the ramps, but can be seen with a mirror on the back panel.
- A hidden scoop that pops up from the playfield in a manner similar to the trolls in Medieval Madness, which releases balls shot into the crate and locked balls for multiball, as well as giving a mystery award during normal gameplay.