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🕹 Game Name: Dolly Parton Pinball
📛 Alternate Names: None
📅 Release Date: 1979
🔫 Genre: Pinball / Electro-Mechanical Hybrid
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Bally Manufacturing
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Bally
🔢 Max Players: 4
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction:
Bally’s Dolly Parton Pinball hit arcades in 1979, blending country music stardom with flashing lights, colorful art, and addictive gameplay.
🕹 Game Description:
The cabinet showcases Dolly herself, complete with a vibrant playfield full of bumpers, spinners, and drop targets that capture the feel of a stage performance.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Players launch the ball into a lively playfield with two flippers and multiple scoring lanes.
👉 🏻 The main objective is to complete the target banks and spin features for multipliers.
👉 🏻 Bonus scoring is stacked by hitting Dolly’s themed targets and collecting letters.
👉 🏻 Four-player competitive play keeps arcade challenges fierce.
📕 Background & History:
Released during the late ’70s pinball boom, Bally capitalized on Dolly Parton’s rising fame. It became a sought-after crossover between music fans and arcade collectors.
👓 Lonster's Review:
This machine is pure charm. The artwork is bold, the soundtrack cues are catchy, and the playfield layout keeps you chasing that high score. A great blend of personality and classic Bally pinball mechanics.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Bally printed over 7,000 units, making it one of the more common licensed tables of its era.
👉 🏻 It was one of the first celebrity-themed pinball tables tied directly to a music star.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Skilled nudging can save center drains, a must for marathon runs.
👉 🏻 Knowing when to cradle the ball is key for precision shots.
🌟 Legacy:
Dolly Parton Pinball remains a standout from Bally’s golden age. Its combination of a legendary star and arcade craftsmanship makes it a timeless collectible and a fun reminder of pinball’s cultural impact.