1978 · Bally
Dolly Parton
Known for Top saucer, DOLLY standup targets, Inline drop targets and DOLLY letters. Deep navy blue starfield sprinkled with small white and yellow stars, hot magenta paint-splash silhouette halo behind the central figure, musical staves with yellow and cyan notes at upper left and mid right and scattered orange, pink and yellow butterflies.
- Year
- 1978
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- saucer
Top saucer
- Target
DOLLY standup targets
- Drop target
Inline drop targets
- Goal
DOLLY letters
- Goal
PARTON letters
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Top saucer saucer
Drop target 1
- Inline drop targets
Targets 3
- DOLLY standup targets
- Stand-up target behind the inline drops
- Left standup target
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman One adult woman, full-height centre of the glass. adult, feminine, fair-skinned, enormous curly platinum-blonde bouffant hair, heavy blue eyeshadow, bright red lipstick, wide open-mouthed smile showing teeth. wears a floor-length bright yellow sequined gown, plunging sweetheart neckline, long yellow fringe sleeves, and a pink-and-purple patterned corset sash at the waist. right hand raised to her mouth holding a silver ball microphone on a white cable that loops down across the dress; left arm extended down and outwards holding a pink starburst sparkle. front-on, head slightly tilted, posed in a showgirl pin-up stance.
- animal Butterflies only: a large orange butterfly below the 'bally' script at top, a small orange butterfly mid-left beside her left arm, and a small yellow butterfly at mid-right near her hip. decorative, no other animals or people.
Setting
- Deep navy blue starfield sprinkled with small white and yellow stars
- Hot magenta paint-splash silhouette halo behind the central figure
- Musical staves with yellow and cyan notes at upper left and mid right
- Scattered orange, pink and yellow butterflies
Text on it
- Bally
- Dolly
- PARTON
- 3RD PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 1ST PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- High Score To Date
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- Game Over
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- DOLLY letters
- PARTON letters
-
Awards 1
- Super Bonus
Made by
- Design
- George Christian
- Art
- Dave Christensen
The cast
- Dolly Parton
Reference
Linked terms
- DOLLY standup targets also called Upper-left standups also called Dolly targets
- Inline drop targets also called Inline drop-target bank
- Stand-up target behind the inline drops also called 20,000 target
- DOLLY letters also called DOLLY also called Spelling Dolly
- PARTON letters also called PARTON also called Spelling Parton
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- pink
- red
- blue
- gold
Fingerprint: Dolly Parton, huge painted portrait of glamorous blonde woman in glittering pink outfit straddling playfield centre, legs framed between flippers, large black-and-cream roulette wheel ringed with lit numbers carrying name in curved red script behind her, giant red-and-white spotted toadstool with purple cap at lower right
A huge painted portrait of a smiling blonde country singer in a glittering pink outfit, straddling the whole centre of the playfield, with her legs visually framed between the two flippers. Behind her, a large black-and-cream roulette wheel ringed with lit numbers carries the name Dolly Parton in curved red script. Two tall magenta-blue teardrop inserts flanking her legs show the score values 2000 600 and 600 1000. A pair of white star-capped pop bumpers in the upper left and a printed electric guitar across the right of the wheel complete an unusually ornate hot-pink and gold layout.
Setting
- Ornate victorian floral scroll backdrop in pink, red and teal
- Printed roulette wheel graphic on bare wood
- Deep pink apron with gold filigree
Symbols
- Playing-card suit outlines in the ornate corner medallions
- 12-sided roulette wheel with number pockets
- Electric guitar
- Microphone
- Gold filigree scrollwork
- Illuminated round number lamps
Notable shapes
- Two tall teardrop/pear-shaped teal-and-gold windows flanking the painted legs
- The large 12-sided roulette wheel printed on the wood
- A teal ornate panel with gold cartouche at lower centre
- A metal ball-guide chute protruding at upper right
- Two teardrop insets with 'aces' style lettering at lower left and lower right
Art motifs
- Curving red script lettering
- Gold filigree borders
- Victorian floral ornament
- Marquee-light rosettes at top corners
Themes
- Country music singer
- Show business
- Casino roulette
- Celebrity portrait
Title on it
- Dolly parton
Text on it
- Dolly Parton
- LIGHTS MULTIPLIER
- SHOOT AGAIN
- When Lit
- COLLECT BONUS
- INSTRUCTIONS
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- DOLLY PARTON
- MANUFACTURING CORP. CHICAGO, ILL. 60607
- Bally
- 1704
- 2000
- 600
- 1000
- 7
- 26,250
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 26,250 POINTS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Glamorous smiling blonde adult woman, curly platinum hair piled high, red lipstick, sparkly sequined magenta-pink top with puffed sleeves and matching trousers, painted life-size across the centre of the playfield, leaning forward with one hand on her hip, holding a microphone, legs descending into the lower playfield between the flippers |
| Other | Printed electric guitar lying diagonally across the right side of the roulette wheel, cream body with dark fretboard |
A full-length portrait of a glamorous blonde woman dominates the centre of the playfield: she is painted from the thighs up, leaning forward with one hand on her hip, wearing a sparkly magenta-pink sequined top with puffed sleeves and matching trousers, her curly platinum-blonde hair piled high, smiling with red lipstick and holding a microphone. Her legs run down into the lower playfield between the two flippers. Behind her is a black-and-cream 12-sided roulette-style wheel printed on the wood, ringed with lit numbers and the words Dolly Parton in curved red script and LIGHTS MULTIPLIER in gold, with an illustrated electric guitar lying across the right of the wheel. The playfield artwork is hot pink, red, teal-blue, gold and black in an ornate Victorian-floral scroll style with gold filigree borders. White-capped pop bumpers sit at the upper left, a plunger lane and habitrail run up the right, and a teal drop-target style panel with gold-framed windows sits lower right. The bottom apron carries COLLECT BONUS, the two magenta shooter lanes read 2000 600 and 600 1000, and a magenta SHOOT AGAIN When Lit insert sits just above the flippers.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- navy blue
- yellow
- magenta pink
- purple
Fingerprint: Dolly Parton platinum blonde bouffant in yellow sequined gown, singing into ball microphone with pink starburst in hand; magenta paint-splash silhouette framing center; four corner score windows with pink and purple stars; musical notes and butterflies floating across navy starfield; bright saturated colors, pin-up showgirl pose
A giant pin-up singer in a shaggy platinum-blonde mane and a floor-length yellow sequined gown, singing into a ball-mic while a pink sparkle bursts from her other hand. She is encircled by a hot magenta paint-splash silhouette. Four arched '1ST/2ND/3RD/4TH PLAYER' score windows sit in the corners, each backed by a fan of pink and purple stars. Yellow musical notes and scattered butterflies float over a navy starfield.
Setting
- Deep navy blue starfield sprinkled with small white and yellow stars
- Hot magenta paint-splash silhouette halo behind the central figure
- Musical staves with yellow and cyan notes at upper left and mid right
- Scattered orange, pink and yellow butterflies
Symbols
- Microphone
- Music staff and notes
- Butterflies
- Pink sparkle starburst
- Seven-pointed pink and purple stars behind each score window
- Four-player arched score windows
- Magenta scrollwork cartouche
- Paint-splash silhouette
Lettering
- Hot pink script with thick white keyline and drop shadow for 'dolly'; smaller red-with-yellow-outline capitals 'parton' beneath it; a red cursive wordmark at top centre with yellow outline; small orange-yellow capitals curved along the arches of the corner score windows; cyan cursive for 'high score to date' and 'game over'; white-outlined yellow capitals on a magenta scroll for 'ball in play'.
Themes
- Country and western singer
- Music and microphone
- Showgirl pin-up
- Player versus player match feature
- Musical notes
Title on it
- Dolly parton
Text on it
- Bally
- Dolly
- PARTON
- 3RD PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 1ST PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- High Score To Date
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- Game Over
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One adult woman, full-height centre of the glass. adult, feminine, fair-skinned, enormous curly platinum-blonde bouffant hair, heavy blue eyeshadow, bright red lipstick, wide open-mouthed smile showing teeth. wears a floor-length bright yellow sequined gown, plunging sweetheart neckline, long yellow fringe sleeves, and a pink-and-purple patterned corset sash at the waist. right hand raised to her mouth holding a silver ball microphone on a white cable that loops down across the dress; left arm extended down and outwards holding a pink starburst sparkle. front-on, head slightly tilted, posed in a showgirl pin-up stance. |
| Animal | Butterflies only: a large orange butterfly below the 'bally' script at top, a small orange butterfly mid-left beside her left arm, and a small yellow butterfly at mid-right near her hip. decorative, no other animals or people. |
A painted, trans-light style backglass with a dark navy-blue background scattered with small white and yellow stars. Filling the centre is a single full-height figure: a smiling adult woman with voluminous curly platinum-blonde hair, blue eyeshadow, red lipstick and an open-mouthed grin, standing front-on in a floor-length bright yellow sequined gown with a plunging sweetheart neckline, a pink-and-purple corset sash at the waist and long yellow fringe sleeves. She holds a silver ball-mic up to her mouth in her raised right hand, its white cable looping down across her dress, while her left arm extends down-left holding a pink starburst sparkle. Two large pink-outlined script logos read 'Dolly' over 'PARTON' in the left half. Four arched score windows in the four corners show '3RD PLAYER', '2ND PLAYER', '1ST PLAYER' and '4TH PLAYER' in curved orange-yellow lettering, each flanked by a fan of pink and purple seven-pointed stars, with unlit white 7-segment digit windows. Between the right pair sits a magenta scrolled panel reading 'BALL IN PLAY' above a credit display, and 'High Score To Date' in cyan script. Musical staves with yellow and cyan notes run across the upper left and mid right, with pink, orange and yellow butterflies. A magenta cartouche bottom-left reads '1 TO 4 CAN PLAY' and 'Game Over' appears in cyan script at bottom right. A magenta paint-splash silhouette frames the figure. Red cursive 'Bally' sits at the top.
Backglass
- navy blue
- yellow-orange
- red
- white
Fingerprint: Blonde woman with enormous orange-gold curly bouffant halo glowing like lightbulb, holding microphone in fringed gold dress with hot pink aura, four identical 126500 mechanical score windows with starburst surrounds, curving red-yellow script Dolly with yellow PARTON, snakes harps saxophones butterflies floating on starry navy filigree
A single enormous blonde woman with a vast orange-gold curly halo of hair, glowing like a lightbulb, holding a microphone to her mouth in a fringed gold dress with a hot pink aura. Four identical 126500 mechanical score windows with starburst surrounds, in a strict two-up/two-down rectangle. The curving red-and-yellow script title with smaller block PARTON tucked under it on the left side. A coiled snake, a harp, a saxophone, beamed music notes and orange butterflies floating on a starry navy filigree background.
Setting
- Dark navy night sky
- Scattered small white stars
- Pale grey filigree scrollwork
- Red border frame
Symbols
- Musical notes and beamed note groups
- Harp
- Saxophone
- Trumpet bell motif
- Butterflies
- Starburst medallions
- Curved snake
- Lightbulb-style glow
- Filigree scrollwork
Lettering
- Large curving red script with yellow outline and highlight for the first name, small yellow all-caps block beneath; red cursive logotype at top centre; ornate cream script for the game-over and high-score text; a red ribbon banner with yellow script for the player-count text
Themes
- Country music singer
- Stage performer
- Night sky
- Musical instruments
- 1970s pop culture
Title on it
- Dolly parton
Text on it
- Bally
- Dolly
- PARTON
- 2 BALL PLAY
- High Score To Date
- 02
- 0
- 126500
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- Game Over
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One adult female, centre, full length; enormous curly 1970s bouffant hair rendered as a flat orange-gold disc with a glowing hot pink outline; red lips, open smiling mouth, painted arched eyebrows; yellow-gold fringed long-sleeve dress; right hand raised holding a round microphone at her mouth, left arm extended outward palm up; body interior shaded like a lit lightbulb, outlined in a pink-red aura |
| Creature | A coiled dark brown and tan snake with a red tongue in the right-hand area near the match window, curled into loops |
| Animal | Three to four orange and black butterflies with patterned wings scattered upper centre, mid right and lower left of centre |
Translucent backglass panel with a dark navy-blue night sky scattered with small white stars and pale grey-white filigree scrollwork, framed by a red border. At centre a single blonde woman with a huge 1970s-style curly bouffant halo, orange-gold disc-shaded hair, red lips and a wide open-mouthed smile, stands facing forward in a shimmering yellow-gold fringed dress. She holds a microphone up to her mouth in her raised right hand and extends her left arm outward with palm up. The figure is outlined in a hot pink/red aura. Her torso and skirt have a lightbulb-like glow. To the left the title is a big curving red-and-yellow script logo reading Dolly with a smaller yellow block-capital PARTON beneath. Across the top centre a red cursive logotype sits among music notes. Four mechanical score windows with curved metal surrounds occupy the two upper corners and two lower corners, each showing the red-and-orange digits 126500, flanked by starburst medallions. On the right a 2 BALL PLAY sign sits above a small 02 / 0 match-counter window. Butterflies, beamed musical notes, a coiled snake, a harp and a saxophone are scattered over the background. Bottom right a small script Game Over.