1978 Bally Mata Hari SS
Final
Winner of two awards at the 2024 Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown! 1st Place Best of Show and 1st Place Best Restoration! Over 150 pins from all eras were in the competition.
Here's a rundown of the new parts. Everything else got fixed and/or rebuilt and polished along the way:
Outside Edge Playfield Hardtop
CPR Backglass
CPR Plastics
PiniTech LED Score Displays
Comet LEDs
All PCBs repaired, re-capped and bullet-proofed
Weebly MPU with updated Game ROM rules (by Quench)
Extensively damaged cabinet repaired and repainted
Pinball Pimp cabinet stencils
New ground braiding run throughout the cabinet, plus new power cord
New side rails
New legs and levelers
New playfield rails by Reese Rails
Reproduction cabinet tech labels
Reproduction apron and shooter gauge decals
New drop targets and decals
New flipper buttons
Coin door disassembled, cleaned/polished, and rebuilt with new pricing plates. Working coin mechs!
New pop bumper caps
New rubbers
All in all, there are about 130 hours into this restoration. This 46 year machine now plays better and faster than it ever did and it looks like it just came off the assembly line.
Below are a couple of videos of gameplay. I made these two videos a few years ago and I have since updated the game ROM on Weebly’s replacement CPU to Quench’s fantastic update with new scoring rule options and a few OEM bugs fixed. Watch for an updated video showcasing the new Mata Hari game ROM soon.
