Pinball Machines

Fully shopped bally eight ball deluxe pinball no reserve! What a nice looking game! Don’t you love 8 ball deluxe? This is the limited edition cabinet - super rare!!!

Overall it’s excellent and there is a new bulb to light it. The score displays are perfect and have all been resoldered so there won’t be bad connections. The coin door is very nice and shiny.

The playfield shows some serious wear - but that’s because this is such a great and dependable game. This side has a flaw just under the flipper button. Note that all of the bumper caps and targets are original 8 ball deluxe parts. Comes with coin mechs and original bally coin box.

The underbelly of the beast. This is a new bulb (will light up as soon as i install the new ballast). I rebuilt this sound board with new capacitors and adjustment potentiometers… Please feel free to call me anytime about this or any other game i have listed: 309-287-1725. Get your family christmas or chanukah shopping done for 2010 in one shot! If you can’t afford the full price of this game, use my.

We get everything working electronically. On this pin, all of the score displays not only work, but work perfectly - no missing segments; no burned up numbers. The lights, coils, and switches all work fine on this also.

But keep in mind that this game is now over 30 years old. Of the bulb sockets on the playfield and some of the switches might be a tad bit flaky from time to time. But it shouldn’t affect game play much. And the more you play it, the better things will get. The worst thing you can do to a pinball (well, maybe not the worst) is to let it sit for years without getting played.

On this pinball, we also rebuilt the sound boards (squawk and talk), replacing all of the capacitors and the adjustment potentiometers. So the sound and speech are perfect unlike many 8 ball deluxes.
We also made sure the game had all the correct original targets and bumper parts. This is a 100% original eight ball deluxe. The game really plays great. In fact, i (as well as many others i know) consider eight ball deluxe to be the best, most fun 1-ball pinball ever made (meaning it doesn’t have multiball). The rules are excellent, the shots are laid out nicely.

Consequently, this is one reason almost every eight ball deluxe you find has a playfield that looks like this one - worn with lots of bare wood showing. These games got a ton of play. In fact, it is such a great game that 8 ball deluxe is one of only two pinball machines i chose to put in my playable arcade museum in central il (see for details).
The good news is that having a worn playfield such as this one does not affect game play one bit. This still plays beautifully after our reconditioning. The flippers are nice and strong, and the rubbers, bumpers, and slingshots work great. The game comes with locks/keys, coin mechs, original coin box. Note: you might have noticed in the pictures that the fluorescent bulb is not lit, and that the ballast is missing from the power brick in the cabinet. It was missing, but i ordered a new ballast and will install it as soon as it comes in - probably today.

First of all, both of us are engineers from the university of il. Second, one of us (not me) actually worked at williams pinball during the boom years and even designed a game for williams (which they never produced, but stole several ideas from for other games). Finally, both of us were previously top founding executives at a very promising internet startup company until fairly recently. One of us (me) is down on his luck, and therefore monkeying with old pinballs again. But honestly, we should be ruling the world, not replacing rubber bands on a 30 year old bally pinball machine. God works in strange and mysterious ways. So you can own a game reconditioned by two top silicon valley executives. Physically, this game is generally in average condition. The backglass is very nice with only a couple of very minor flaws (which you can see in the pictures above if you look closely). But no bubbling, separating, etc.

As mentioned above, the game has been fully shopped and therefore has new light bulbs and rubber bands which gives the playfield a very nice, new look. It looks pretty good, but does have one little gouge in the right side under the flipper button. Bottom line: this pinball is not nice enough for a museum, but it would look and function just perfectly for a home rec room. And it sure does play is so fun! Get it out of my shop so i can stop getting distracted with it!!

Please check the photos above. Please note that you can click on the images for larger versions of each photo.

Anywhere in the country, although i have seen it go higher in remote areas of oregon and washington, plus about $60 if you want it delivered to your home. I can also work with north american van lines, if you prefer to use them.

I’m “collecting” it for them (and i won’t be held responsible for how poorly they use it). If you pick this game up at my shop, i guarantee that it will be. When you pick it up. I do not guarantee that it will meet your expectations… Ask if you have specific expectations that are not addressed above. I will then only give you my promise that it was as described when it left my shop. Once it’s out hands, i can not be responsible for any changes to its condition. I never intentionally hide anything. So please ask me if something is very important to you and i didn’t mention it in my description - let’s be safe rather than sorry. Approximate size: 70 x 28 x 54 inches (177.8 x 71.1 x 137.2 cm). Approximate weight: 250 pounds (113.6 kg) not including box or packing material. If you have any questions about this item, please.