BIG VALLEY pinball machine from Bally (05/1970) in Gameplay

Greetings from germany. It's a really great EM multiball pinball machine, this Big Valley. Produced in 1970 it was certainly a real hit at the time. I myself never got to know this pinball on location because it was a long way before “my time” playing pinball machines. During the game, you absolutely have to manage to "free" the trapped balls (sometimes one - sometimes two) and thereby score big points. Illuminating the pop bumpers is also essential, because then the score just rustles. This pinball machine is really fun when 4 players play against each other and one steals the balls from the other. A really crazy idea that Bally realized. Check it out if you ever meet this iconic game somewhere!

[@Urko2005]

Great table.

[@augustusrooster4735]

My cousin had this game in his garage in the late 70s. Great channel Tomy, I really enjoy it. Greetings from the USA!

[@jayducharme]

What an action-packed table!

[@supremester2]

This is another game that I’ve never seen before and I really appreciate you sharing with us. I agree with you that it looks like it might not be as fun to play as a lot of other games, but that was pretty common with Bally games at the time. Certainly this was a clever game with all its bells and whistles, but what Bally did not bother with for too many years was the playability factor of their games. So even though this had some great things to do on the game, the bottom line is it doesn’t play very well. It appears. And the person doing the playing knows what he’s doing. He’s a good player. Bally would in a few years start making really fun games, but this was the nadir of their, creativity in my opinion. I agree with you about the tilt needs to be adjusted because this is a game that really needs some shaking up because it drains too easily on the sides.
Great camera work we got to see the whole game! Thank you you are appreciated!

[@alb2620]

Another wonderful video. Even near the end of his design career, Ted Zale games remained very good. Once he retired Bally games kind of lost their magic, although Space Time is pretty cool.

[@davidmcclinton895]

Was this one of the first Multi balls?