description Bally Pool Sharks Overview
Bally Pool Sharks is a 1996 pinball machine with a billiards theme. Its playfield includes a lower mechanism designed to represent the action of shooting pool balls, connecting the pinball rules to the table-game subject. The machine uses a dot-matrix display and was produced by Bally during the 1990s. It is an original sports and leisure theme intended for players interested in billiards, mechanical playfield features, and later Bally solid-state machines.
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When was Bally Pool Sharks released?
Despite some catalog entries saying 1996, pinball databases and the machine manual identify Pool Sharks as a 1990 Bally table, released around June 1990. It uses Williams System 11C electronics.
What billiards mechanics does Bally Pool Sharks use?
The table connects pinball scoring to billiards through 8-ball and 9-ball game choices, pool-ball targets, and billiards-themed shots. It has two flippers and two ramps, with an alphanumeric display rather than a dot-matrix display.
Who designed Bally Pool Sharks?
Tony Kraemer is credited with game design, Doug Watson with the artwork, Brian Eddy with software, and Zofia Bil with mechanics. Bally manufactured the table as a four-player solid-state machine.
How many Bally Pool Sharks machines were made?
Production totals are reported at roughly 2,250 to 2,500 units, depending on the pinball database. Both figures place the machine in the 1990 Bally production run.
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