#74 Bally KISS - The Classic Pinball Podcast

Dave was finally able to sell this game after Georges endless hawking in previous episodes. He starts to experience some sellers remorse. Please join us for another Classic pinball play and review.

Highlights

• KISS was released in June 1979, though the project date was April 1978
• Jim Patla designed the game and Kevin O'Connor did the artwork
• Approximately 17,000 KISS machines were produced
• The game uses two KISS songs: 'I Want a Rock and Roll All Night' and 'Shout It Out Loud'
• Gene Simmons wanted KISS to be a talker with music technology, but the technology wasn't ready at the time
• Dave purchased his KISS machine in the early 1990s for $1,100 from someone in Revere who had gotten it from either Boston Garden or a Boston arcade
• The original list price for KISS was approximately $1,700
• Bally had an edict that girls on backglass had to be 'grapefruit size'
• KISS is sister game to Super Sonic with similar five-lane upper playfield design
• George once played KISS at John Reuter's house with a tournament player named Bowen, who significantly outplayed him

Notable quotes

Entities

• Bally· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Pentastic· event
• 8-Ball Deluxe· game
• Bally KISS· game
• Eight Ball· game
• Fathom· game
• Fireball Classic· game
• Flash Gordon· game
• Super Sonic· game
• Xenon· game
• The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
• Bill Davis· person
• Bowen· person
• Dave· person
• Gene Simmons· person
• George· person
• Jim Potla· person
• John Reuter· person
• Kevin O'Connor· person
• Paul Stanley· person
• Steve· person
• Boston Garden· venue
• Fun Spot (Laconia, New Hampshire)· venue