#72 Fireball Classic - The Classic Pinball Podcast
PodcastAnalysis updated last month28 min listenBy George
In this episode Dave and George are back in the basement for a review of the Bally Midway game: Fireball Classic.
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TL;DR
The Classic Pinball Podcast reviews Fireball Arcade Classic (1985) with gameplay and design analysis.
Synopsis
George and Dr. Dave discuss and play Fireball Arcade Classic (1985), a Bally electromechanical game designed by Barnyard George and George Christian with artwork by Barnyard Doug. They explore its unique playfield design featuring no outlanes to the flippers, mushroom targets, dual saucers for multiball, and compare it to the original 1971 version and Fireball Arcade 2. The episode includes gameplay demonstration, technical discussion of zipper flippers and cabinet design, and maintenance observations.
Entities
- Bally· company
- Midway· company
- 8-Ball Deluxe· game
- Bad Cats· game
- Fireball Arcade· game
- Fireball Arcade 2· game
- Fireball Arcade Classic· game
- Firepower· game
- Gilligan's Island· game
- Medusa· game
- CPR· organization
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- Barnyard Doug· person
- Barnyard George· person
- Doug Watson· person
- Dr. Dave· person
- George· person
- George Christian· person
- Jeff· person
- Tommy Skinner· person
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