Bloody China

Bloody China is a 1985 conversion kit of unknown manufacture, designed to convert Bally's 1978 'Strikes and Spares' into a new martial-arts-themed game. Its origin is unusually murky: it was previously attributed to Geiger-Automatenbau, but Geiger later clarified he was not the manufacturer, only having purchased a batch of Bloody China backglasses (and possibly a small number of playfields and plastics) at an estate bankruptcy sale in Luxembourg. A Geiger-made flyer does depict a Bloody China playfield, suggesting he sold at least some converted games despite not creating the kit himself.

A complete example located in Germany combines a Strikes and Spares backbox with a Star Trek lower cabinet decorated in sheet-metal veneer bearing Geiger's "G" insignia — a separately sold decorative kit, not evidence that Geiger manufactured the conversion. Partially legible text beneath overpainting on that example's playfield apron references "Luxembourg" and a telephone number, hinting at the kit's true, still-unidentified origin.

As a Solid State Electronic four-player conversion kit, Bloody China's specific gameplay features, artwork, and designer remain undocumented, making it one of the more mysterious entries in pinball history — a game whose backstory is, so far, better documented than the game itself.