1965 · Bally
50/50
Deep blue night sky with scattered four-pointed white stars, silhouettes of city buildings and a domed structure behind the figures, a rocket on a rising diagonal trail, a purple flying saucer with a dashed trail in the upper right and a bar interior with counter, stools and a red-and-yellow striped awning at the right.
- Year
- 1965
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Three sharply dressed young people at bar, dark-haired man holding tiny white puppy against chest in maroon shirt, tall central sign framed by scalloped yellow lamps with two giant stacked red 50 numerals, purple flying saucer and rocket upper right sky
The most memorable element is the trio of sharply dressed young people at the bar, with the central dark-haired man in a maroon shirt holding a tiny white puppy against his chest. A tall central sign framed by a scalloped border of round yellow lamps, carrying two giant red 50 numerals stacked one above the other, dominates the upper middle. A purple flying saucer with a dashed trail drifts in the upper-right sky beside a rocket, and a blank pink sticker sits over the lower-right corner. A vertical white instruction card on the right edge carries the wording PLAY SKILL GAME in FUN with REPETITION.
Setting
- Deep blue night sky with scattered four-pointed white stars
- Silhouettes of city buildings and a domed structure behind the figures
- A rocket on a rising diagonal trail
- A purple flying saucer with a dashed trail in the upper right
- A bar interior with counter, stools and a red-and-yellow striped awning at the right
Symbols
- Red shield shapes containing white numerals 1 and 2
- Four cream score ovals per player
- Two large red 50 numerals in stacked cream ovals
- Scalloped border of round yellow light bulbs
- Red-and-yellow striped awning
- Purple flying saucer
- Rocket with exhaust trail
- Tall drinking glass
- Small white puppy
- Yellow bollard posts at lower left
- Blank pink rectangular sticker at lower right
Lettering
- Bold condensed sans-serif capitals in red with white outlines on cream and yellow panels; a red cursive script logo above the central sign; red script capitals on the white instruction card at the right
Themes
- Bar or cocktail lounge
- Night city
- Flying saucer and rocket
- Youthful social scene
- Score reels
Text on it
- Bally
- 2 PLAYER
- 50
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- 1 3 8 7
- 1 8 5 4
- 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY
- PLAY SKILL GAME
- FUN
- with REPETITION
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young woman, long bright red hair, mustard-yellow blouse, high-waisted white skirt, holding a tall slim glass, standing left of centre and turned slightly right |
| Man | Young man with short dark hair, maroon short-sleeved shirt, white trousers, smiling, holding a small white puppy against his chest, dead centre |
| Woman | Young woman with shoulder-length blonde hair in a close-fitting red dress, smiling towards the viewer, standing right of centre |
| Woman | Small background figure in a red top standing behind the bar counter on the right |
| Man | Background figure in bright green trousers and a pale shirt seated on a bar stool at the right |
| Woman | Background figure in a white top and pink skirt standing at the far right of the bar scene |
| Other | Small background figure in dark clothing at a machine on the far left |
A wide, landscape-format painted backglass with a deep blue night-sky background dotted with white stars and streaking rockets. Across the top run three marquee signs: left and right yellow-framed panels each carrying a red shield with a white 1 or 2 above a red-and-white 1ST PLAYER / 2ND PLAYER ribbon, a row of four cream ovals holding score digits, and a red band reading 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY. In the centre a tall vertical sign edged with a scalloped border of round yellow lamps holds red-and-white 2 PLAYER, two stacked cream ovals each with a large red 50, and a red cursive logo above. The main illustration shows three young adults leaning at a bar counter: at left a red-haired woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and high-waisted white skirt holding a tall glass; centre a dark-haired man in a maroon shirt and white trousers cradling a small white puppy; right a blonde woman in a close-fitting red dress smiling outward. Behind them on the right, a smaller bar interior shows a woman in a red top behind the counter, a man in bright green trousers seated on a stool, and two other figures. A rocket rises behind the trio and a purple flying saucer hovers upper right. A blank pink rectangular sticker sits at lower right. Flat, saturated, hand-inked mid-century cartoon colouring.