Manufacturer · Chicago, IL
Bally
The original empire. Eighty years of iconic iron.
Editorial Overview
Bally's history in pinball stretches back nearly to the medium's origins. As one of the "Big Four" Chicago manufacturers, Bally produced some of the most iconic machines of the electromechanical and early solid-state eras. Their later output — Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Addams Family, Theatre of Magic — represents a golden sunset that serious collectors still chase relentlessly.
Trajectory
Bally by the Numbers
A year-by-year view of Bally's output, the average quality of those releases, and total production volume. Data combines OPDB catalog records with IPDB community ratings and production counts.
Trajectory
Machines Released per Year
Every Bally machine in our catalog, grouped by its release year.
Quality
Average Community Rating by Year
Average IPDB community fun rating of machines released each year. Years without rated machines are not shown.
Volume
Production Units per Year
Total machines manufactured per year, summed from documented production counts. Many machines have no production data; years shown reflect what we know.
