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Silverball Mania pinball machine

Collector Value Est.

$1,000–$1,800

USD · Market estimate

Near-mint / restored. Worn or stored examples sell for 30–60% less.

DemandModerate
Rarity15/100
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Bally · 1978

Silverball Mania

1970sSSaka SBM, SB

Notable Features

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (11), Star rollovers (2), Horseshoe lane (1), Kicker (1). Backglass carry-over feature gives award for completing S-I-L-V-E-R-B-A-L-L (operator option). Going through the horseshoe lane or top center rollover when lit changes an outlane located below the flippers into a kicker that propels an otherwise drained ball upward through the flippers back onto the playfield. Balls that exit via the left or right outlanes can be nudged by the player onto unique wireforms that will route the ball to this center outlane/kicker. Maximum displayed point score is 999,990 points per player. Actual measured weight: 232 lbs (includes legs).

1978
Year
10,350
Produced
4
Players
Specifications
Manufacturer
Bally
Year Released
1978
Type
SS
Display
alphanumeric
MPU
Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Model #
1157-E
Units Produced
10,350
Players
4
Credits
Design
Jim Patla
Art
Kevin O'Connor

Historical Notes

One of the playfield plastics shows artist Kevin O'Connor's Jeep Cherokee drawn in chrome. According to Kevin at the 2004 Texas Pinball Festival, some of the reflections in the silver balls on the sides are of Kevin himself, who wore a beard for many years. The game came to O'Connor as a blank whitewood and he designed the art from an idea he got from a comic by a comic who drew everything in chrome, tying in well with the pinball.

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