Bally : Miss America
| Game Parameters | |
| Game Type | magic lines |
| Game Number | 603 |
| Manufacture Date | 1957 |
| Number of Holes | 25 |
| Number of Odds Steps | 8 |
| Max Payout | 600 |
| Max Extra Balls | 3 |
| Features | |
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Miss America
After a long string of Magic Square games, Bally tried something different with Miss America. Take the Magic Line concept from Variety, make the lines horizontal instead of vertical, and let the player pass numbers between two cards next to each other on the backglass.Also take the colored lines and use four colors - red, yellow, green and white. Red and yellow lines on the left card, green and white lines on the right.
The right card could only be activated at mystery intervals, so you had to deposit coins/credits until you got it.
Corners scored Red 5-in-line on the left card (there is no green lines on that card). The right card corners didn't score.
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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