Eclipse

The Bally Eclipse, manufactured in September 1935, is an early electro-mechanical (EM) payout machine from Bally Manufacturing Corporation. It reflects the state of pinball design in the mid-1930s, a period when manufacturers were beginning to combine mechanical playfields with electromechanical scoring and payout hardware, well before the invention of flippers in 1947.

As with most payout machines of its era, gameplay likely centered on skillfully guiding the ball toward scoring holes using tilt and gravity, with successful shots registering toward a payout rather than a simple point total. Specific details of the Eclipse's theme, artwork, and rule set are not documented.

While little is known about the machine's designer or its specific features, the Eclipse's age makes it a notable surviving example of Bally's mid-1930s payout-machine output, illustrating the transitional design language of the era.