Sparkz

Sparkz is a solid state electronic (SS) pinball machine credited to Bally Manufacturing Corporation. Bally's Numerical List of Machines shows Model 1158-E with a release-to-production date of July 11, 1978, described there as a "4 player novelty" for 4 players. However, the model does not appear on game lists found in Bally parts catalogs, so it's unclear whether Sparkz was ever actually put into production or sold.

As an SS-era Bally novelty game, Sparkz would have benefited from the faster gameplay, greater scoring flexibility, and more complex rule sets that solid-state electronics enabled compared to earlier electromechanical machines. Beyond its basic specifications, little else is documented about its design, artwork, or theme.

For collectors, Sparkz's uncertain production history is part of its appeal: it stands as one of the many obscure entries in Bally's catalog whose fate was never clearly recorded, leaving open questions about whether any units were ever built.