Bally : Spot Lite
Game Parameters | |
Game Type | one-card |
Game Number | 539 |
Manufacture Date | 1951 |
Number of Holes | 25 |
Number of Odds Steps | 10 |
Max Payout | 200 |
Max Extra Balls | 2 |
Features |
- chris dade image
- bg 1
- bg 2
Cabinet
- cab 1
- cab 2
- cab 3
Flyers
- fly 1
Internals
- ball lift motor
- cam timing
- coin door
- control unit
- extra ball unit
- fuses
- mixers
- odds unit
- playfield bottom
- reflex ratchets
- reflex unit
- replay counter
- selection disc
- shutter cams
- spot relays
- tilt relay
- timer cams
- int 1
- int 2
- int 3
Game Manual
- manual (pdf) : 15.72MB
- unoptimized manual (pdf) : 63.97MB
Mixer Diagrams
- 1: mixer 1
- 1: mixer 1 (svg file)
- 2: mixer 2
- 2: mixer 2 (svg file)
- 3: mixer 3
- 3: mixer 3 (svg file)
- 4: mixer 4
- 4: mixer 4 (svg file)
- 5: mixer 5
- 5: mixer 5 (svg file)
Playfield
- pf 1
Reflex Diagrams
- main
- main (svg file)
Service Bulletin
- mixer change 1064 thru 1250
Schematic
- schematic alt : 4.84MB
- schematic serial 1230 : 6.20MB
- schematic : 4.99MB
S/I Card Reproduction
- sirepro 1
S/I Card Scan
- siscan 1
S/I Card SVG Source
- 1 (svg)
- 1 (svg)
Timing Diagrams
- shutter ball lift
- shutter ball lift (svg file)
- timer replay
- timer replay (svg file)
Unit Diagrams
- ball counter unit
- ball counter unit (svg file)
- extra ball unit
- extra ball unit (svg file)
- odds unit
- odds unit (svg file)
- replay counter unit
- replay counter unit (svg file)
- search unit
- search unit (svg file)
- selection control unit
- selection control unit (svg file)
Spot Lite
The third game out of the pipe, and we are starting to see the things that made bingo's interesting. Brought over from the later one-ball games was the advancing odds/scores, so now you could insert more coins to improve your maximum payout.
Free spotting (lighting) of numbers and extra balls further improve your chances of winning. Uniquely, enabling extra balls happens when you are cycling the game for scores/features before shooting the first ball. In addition, you can cycle for extra balls after shooting the 5th ball.
pick-a-play buttons originated on this game, were used on the follow-on game Palm Beach, and then disappeared for 9 years or so.
Spot Lite also has separate scores for horizontal vs. vertical vs. diagonal 3-in-line wins. Diagonals paying more as you have less chance of getting them.
The manuals for the early bingos didn't have details on the unit wiring. Fortunately, the Pacific Pinball Museum had a spot-lite needing a little work and loaned it to me, so the unit diagrams were created and posted.
one-card games
The game has one main card, usually a 5x5 grid of numbers.Usually, at least three numbers next to each other on either a horizontal, vertical, or the main 5 number diagonals are required to win.
There were, however, a few variations that occured over the years. The dimensions of the card, 2-in-line winners, and winning on the other diagonal combinations were all features that were used.
Another common feature was corners scoring.
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