Hearts & Spades

Hearts Spades, manufactured by Allied Leisure Industries of Hialeah, Florida in December 1978, is an intriguing entry from the early solid state electronic (SS) era of pinball. It was designed by Bob Betor with artwork by R. Michael Torrey, and its playing card theme is presented in an unusual format: a two-player cocktail table game. Allied Leisure's relatively short run as a manufacturer, from 1972 to 1979, adds to the machine's curiosity value.

Gameplay features include two flippers, three pop bumpers, two slingshots, nine standup targets, eight star rollovers, two drop targets, and two rollover buttons, all accompanied by a simple yet effective sound package of three chimes. Notably, the game shares its playfield layout with the four-player Allied Leisure 1979 release 'Disco '79'.

Although little additional information is available on this specific machine, its cocktail table format, card theme, and origins with a short-lived Florida manufacturer make it an interesting discovery for pinball enthusiasts.