A long shot, like most of these requests, but if you don't ask..........
I've worked on a lot of Bally EM slots over the years, but just acquired one that was going to be thrown in a skip and it's the most complex I've seen. The one I have goes by the name "Night Life" and it was posted on here for sale a few weeks back. I bought one of his other machines and he offered me this one too. It's not been used in years and all grease in the mechs/steppers has turned to glue, so it'll need a major overhaul.
It has a standard hold/draw function, but there is a lot more. Each win starts a feature that allows you to gamble for evens/double/nothing, this uncovers what Bally called a "Ghost Reel" and spins just that one. There are standard and "golden" (double) odds which are random, and also at random the "BALLY" symbol can be wild on between 1 and 3 reels.
Tracking down the model number took some time as there are no clues inside, but after some detective work on the FB Bally group we've found it's a previously undocumented variant of model 960. All the 960 variants are basically the same, differing only in the payouts and the artwork. Other 960 models known are "Club Ambassador" and "Embassy Club".
So while the mainly US members in the FB group could help identify it, as it was a UK export-only model no documentation has come to light. I've looked in all the "normal" places (bingo.cdyn, posted on pennymachines etc), searched the web and Ebay etc (I have a message out to one Ebay seller that seems to have a lot of slot schematics) but so far nothing found. I don't really need a parts manual as the machine appears complete, but to be in with a realistic shot of getting it back up and running I need to try and find a schematic.
If anyone has one, or knows someone that picked up paperwork from a distributor or operator and might have something, please let me know. If someone has a copy and doesn't want to part with it, if I could borrow it and get a copy made I'd be happy to then return it and make a donation to charity.
All leads appreciated. Here are a few pics of the beast.... it's in one of those fairly ugly console cabinets, but this style gives a lot more elbow room to work on the insides!
I've worked on a lot of Bally EM slots over the years, but just acquired one that was going to be thrown in a skip and it's the most complex I've seen. The one I have goes by the name "Night Life" and it was posted on here for sale a few weeks back. I bought one of his other machines and he offered me this one too. It's not been used in years and all grease in the mechs/steppers has turned to glue, so it'll need a major overhaul.
It has a standard hold/draw function, but there is a lot more. Each win starts a feature that allows you to gamble for evens/double/nothing, this uncovers what Bally called a "Ghost Reel" and spins just that one. There are standard and "golden" (double) odds which are random, and also at random the "BALLY" symbol can be wild on between 1 and 3 reels.
Tracking down the model number took some time as there are no clues inside, but after some detective work on the FB Bally group we've found it's a previously undocumented variant of model 960. All the 960 variants are basically the same, differing only in the payouts and the artwork. Other 960 models known are "Club Ambassador" and "Embassy Club".
So while the mainly US members in the FB group could help identify it, as it was a UK export-only model no documentation has come to light. I've looked in all the "normal" places (bingo.cdyn, posted on pennymachines etc), searched the web and Ebay etc (I have a message out to one Ebay seller that seems to have a lot of slot schematics) but so far nothing found. I don't really need a parts manual as the machine appears complete, but to be in with a realistic shot of getting it back up and running I need to try and find a schematic.
If anyone has one, or knows someone that picked up paperwork from a distributor or operator and might have something, please let me know. If someone has a copy and doesn't want to part with it, if I could borrow it and get a copy made I'd be happy to then return it and make a donation to charity.
All leads appreciated. Here are a few pics of the beast.... it's in one of those fairly ugly console cabinets, but this style gives a lot more elbow room to work on the insides!