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Border Beauty

gameactive5 mentionsFirst seen Jul 19, 2015Last seen Mar 29, 2018

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Border Beauty is a game mentioned in 0 episode(s).

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  • factualhigh

    Border Beauty was the first Bally bingo produced in a year and a half

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • factualhigh

    Border Beauty uses a 20-hole playfield instead of the standard 25-hole layout

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • factualhigh

    Mystic lines feature three independently controlled buttons (A, B, C) that manipulate column positions on the playfield

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • factualhigh

    Star zones in Border Beauty only count for section scoring when they are the fifth ball in that section

Recent Mentions (4)

  • First 20-hole bingo game; recently completed coin flash animation for Multi-Bingo; identified as having unique wiper position versus other similar games

    Episode 418 - Robo-Frenzy Progress, Multi-Bingo Coin Flash, 1939 Exhibit AvalonMar 29, 2018
  • Bally bingo game; speculated by Phil Hooper to be where Bally refined the timing bug fix by moving the Control Unit 14B switch to the replay cam's index unit

    Episode 130 - Magic Screen Timing BugJul 19, 2015
  • 1965 Bally bingo pinball machine featuring 20-hole playfield, Mystic Lines mechanic, and quadruple-deck scoring; subject of this episode

    Episode 320 - 1965 Bally Border BeautyJan 25, 2016
  • Earlier Bally bingo pinball machine from which Beauty Beach inherited the doubled score feature

    Episode 321 - 1965 Bally Beauty BeachJan 26, 2016

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Source: Nicholas Baldridge
Episode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • opinionmedium

    Bingo players did not enjoy Border Beauty's reduced odds mechanics compared to previous machines

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • factualmedium

    Border Beauty was the first pinball machine to feature quadruple-deck scoring

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • factualhigh

    The maximum payout for a single color in Border Beauty is 1200 replays with the doubling feature

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • opinionhigh

    Border Beauty's artwork features stereotypical Mexican imagery that is likely offensive

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty
  • factualhigh

    Green and blue odds in Border Beauty's quadruple-deck scoring are tied together, making it functionally triple-deck scoring

    Source: Nicholas BaldridgeEpisode 320 - 1965 Bally Border Beauty