Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Ball Pinball Machine by Bally
Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Ball Pinball Machine is a 1990 pinball machine released by Midway (under the Bally name). It is based on Warner Bros’ Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. This is the first of only two licensed pinball tables ever to feature the Looney Tunes characters (the second being Sega’s Space Jam).
“This is it! Hare-Raising Pinball!”
Get ready for a Bally pinball spectacular from Midway Manufacturing Company…Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Ball!
Universal appeal, instant recognition, here’s the pinball machine that features the world’s best loved and best known Looney Tunes characters. And they’re all together playing a major role in the international, multi-million dollar 50th Birthday celebration of the legendary Bugs Bunny!
Complete with the original musical scores and voices from the characters themselves, this is magical pinball that surprises players and has operator’s profits soaring like an Acme Rocket. It’s a total package and timeless theme for players of all ages! And that’s not all folks…
Gameplay:
- BEEP! BEEP! Wile E. Coyote is at it again, in hot pursuit of the ever evasive Road Runner on a plunger skill shot that can award up to 500,000 points!
- I SAY, I SAY SON! Only Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Ball features features an inverted lower playfield area for a totally new dimension in pinball action. Be challenged by shooting the Watchdog targets to light the “Big Score” on the first ever 2-sided Daffy Duck captive ball for 500,000 points. And the “Tweety Cake Slide” Bonus ramp is only a flip away to score up to 1 million points!
- ROUND AND ROUND SHE GOES! The Tasmanian Devil and She Devil take players on a challenging whirlwind shopping spree up a curving, swerving center ramp that can score up to 500,000 points or possible Extra Ball!
- SPELLBOUND EXCITEMENT! The action never stops with Speedy Gonzales’s Kick-Out as players try to score 1 million points by completing the target banks to spell out L-O-O-N-E-Y T-U-N-E-S!
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUGS! Everybody’s invited , but what’s a Birthday Ball without a cake? Amazing 50 million point shot when Bugs blows out all the candles for an operator adjustable timed feature that will keep everyone coming back for more!
- SURPRISE PRESENTS! The surprises keep coming because even when Bugs Bunny’s Birthday Ball is over the fun doesn’t stop. At the end of every game, players have the chance to get their own Surprise Present thanks to a unique Bally pinball exclusive that’s bound to entertain and beguile first time, every time!
Features:
- 3 flippers
- plunger skill shot
- 3 pop bumpers
- 3 slingshots
- 19 standup targets
- 3-bank drop target
- kick-out hole
- spinning target
- captive ball
- left outlane kickback
- In the upper left area of the playfield is a small inverted playfield having a flipper to propel the ball downfield to loop around a ramp and hit a captive ball. In multi-player operation, a unique playfield award feature exchanges scores between players.