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{{short description|1979 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Bally Pin
| image =
| caption = Bally Pin cover art
| developer = Dave Nutting Associates, Inc.
| publisher = Bally Manufacturing Corporation
| designer = 
| series = 
| engine = 
| released = 1979
| genre = Pinball
| modes = [[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Software:Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Engineering:Bally Astrocade|Bally Astrocade]]
}}

'''''Bally Pin''''' is a pinball-based video game released in 1979 for Bally Astrocade. It was programmed by Bob Ogdon with sound by Scot L. Norris.

== Gameplay ==
The game is played with two joysticks by up to four players. Each player is given 5 balls. Players earn points by using the flippers to hit the bumpers, drop targets, upper kicker targets, and spinner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bally Pin instruction card |url=https://ballyalley.com/cart_manuals/pdf_manuals/bally%20pin%20(instructions)(bally)(color)(300%20dpi).pdf |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>

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== Reception ==
The game was considered the best pinball simulation ever offered for any home gaming system at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Astrovision's Rising Star: Bally Pin and Galactic Invasion|url=https://ballyalley.com/articles_and_news/Astrovisions%20Rising%20Star/Astrovision's%20Rising%20Star%20(Video)May%201982)(Arcade%20Alley%20column).pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406080634/https://ballyalley.com/articles_and_news/Astrovisions%20Rising%20Star/Astrovision's%20Rising%20Star%20(Video)May%201982)(Arcade%20Alley%20column).pdf |archive-date=2021-04-06 }}</ref>
Electronic Games magazine called the game skillfully constructed with realistic play and vivid colors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electronic Games review of Bally Pin|url=https://ballyalley.com/articles_and_news/Bally%20Pin%20Review/Bally%20Pin%20Review%20(May%201982)(Electronic%20Games).pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406080757/https://ballyalley.com/articles_and_news/Bally%20Pin%20Review/Bally%20Pin%20Review%20(May%201982)(Electronic%20Games).pdf |archive-date=2021-04-06 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{moby game|id=https://www.mobygames.com/game/bally-astrocade/bally-pin}}
*[https://ballyalley.com/cart_manuals/pdf_manuals/bally%20pin%20(instructions)(bally)(color)(300%20dpi).pdf Bally Pin instruction card] at [https://ballyalley.com/ Bally Alley]

[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]


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