Rolling Stones
About This Machine
The Rolling Stones pinball machine, designed by Jim Patla with art by Greg Freres, was manufactured by Bally in 1980. It was part of Bally's run of celebrity and music-licensed machines around that era, following titles such as KISS. Knocking down the "Satisfaction" target plays the song's namesake tune, tying the theme directly into gameplay.
In terms of gameplay, the Rolling Stones offers a variety of features: two flippers, three pop bumpers, two slingshots, and five standup targets, along with horseshoe lanes, star rollovers, a 4-bank drop target, a solitary drop target, and a kick-out hole. With 5,700 units confirmed produced, it was a reasonably successful release for Bally.
The cabinet artwork became notable for a production quirk: early cabinets showed the band's name in blue with a blue tongue-logo trademark and incorrectly colored Union Jack on the cabinet front, with red and blue reversed from their intended colors. This was corrected during the production run to show the band name in red, a red tongue logo, and a properly colored Union Jack. Artist Greg Freres has said the tongue was always intended to be red and the backboxes throughout the run are consistent with more red than blue. This mix-up makes early-production cabinets a point of interest for collectors today.
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Technical Details
- Theme:
- Celebrities - Licensed
- Model Number:
- 1187
- MPU:
- Bally MPU AS-2518-35
- Notable Features:
- Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (5), Horseshoe lanes (2), Star rollovers (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), Solitary drop target (1), Kick-out hole (1).
Credits
- Designer:
- Jim Patla
- Artist:
- Greg Freres