Bally : Big Time
| Game Parameters | |
| Game Type | magic lines |
| Game Number | 563 |
| Manufacture Date | 1954 |
| Number of Holes | 25 |
| Number of Odds Steps | 8 |
| Max Payout | 300 |
| Max Extra Balls | 3 |
| Features | |
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Big Time
The follow-on game to Variety, Big Time is pretty much identical except you can move all five columns on the bingo card up/down one position.Oh, and the cabinet is a lot uglier.
magic lines games
The first feature that mechanically moved numbers!The numbers on the bingo card were on strips that could be moved one position by turning knobs/pushing buttons on the foot rail.
Usually, the numbered strips were the vertical columns of the card, and they could be shifted up/down one position. When a column was shifted up, the top number "wrapped" and became the bottom number. The bottom number wrapped to the top when shifting down.
The third type of magic line is the cleverest. It is
a horizontal line consisting of four numbers. The numbers
would shift right through all four positions. When
a number fell off the right side, it reappeared on the left.
For example, here is the four possible magic line positions
on Cypress Gardens:
12
8
14
3
3
12
8
14
14
3
12
8
8
14
3
12
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