The Shadow Pinball Machine by Bally was released in 1994. It is based on the 1994 movie of the same name. The Shadow has the power to cloud men’s minds. But The Shadow Pinball Machine has the power to seize players’ imaginations!
Bally pinball recalls the atmosphere of mystery, suspense, danger and romance that made The Shadow a classic ’30s radio series and one of 1994’s most exciting movie adventures.
Objectives:
The goal is to complete the following tasks to engage in a Final Battle with Shiwan Khan, the game’s antagonist:
- Complete Scenes:
- Punish The Guilty
- Farley Claymore
- Duel of Wills (video mode)
- The Beryllium Sphere
- Escape Underwater Doom
- Discover Hotel Monolith
- Conquer Battle Field
- Shadow Multiball
- Khan Multiball
Game Play:
- Six of the film’s most memorable scenes have been recreated in dot-matrix modes.
- Alec Baldwin’s film dialogue is included.
- Stars Tim Curry, Penelope Ann Mill and John Lone have lent their voices for custom-recorded speech.
- Players command two phurba ramp diverters – an industry first.
- Engage in 2-, 3- or 5-ball multi-ball sequences.
- In the video mode, dodge a shower of phurbas.
- Ascend into The Battlefield, an elevated mini-playfield for the ultimate showdown between good and evil.
Features:
- Elevated mini-playfield challenges players to vanquish arch-villain Shiwan Khan by hitting all drop targets and breaking through the wall. A single thumbscrew releases the hinged playfield for easy maintenance.
- Industry first: Players can change the ramp diverters, modeled after the mysterious phurba knives, to light The Shadow’s famous rings and complete all four playfield ramps.
- At the entrance to The Shadow’s sanctum, a strange power first freezes the pinball momentarily, then draws it into a ball lock for a 3-ball multi-ball sequence.