# Balls-A-Poppin / Circus

"Balls-A-Poppin" (1956) was the first pinball machine to introduce multiball play, allowing up to nine balls on the playfield. Players could trigger multiball by hitting a kick-out hole, which would launch additional balls. Bally followed this with "Circus" in 1957, using the same playfield design but moving the bonus ball counter to the playfield​.

## Manufacturer
[Bally Manufacturing Co.](/manufacturers/bally-manufacturing-co)

## Production
1956–1957

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