Get down and boogie — Boogie is a music-and-dancing solid-state four-player from Allied Leisure, a lesser-known manufacturer, catching the disco-era energy of its theme, designed by Jack Pearson with art by Roland Berrios. With an alphanumeric display, it’s a scarce and intriguing curiosity from the deeper corners of the solid-state era.
The layout is a solid, engaging spread in the classic early-solid-state mold: two flippers, a single pop bumper, a pair of slingshots, a generous eight standup targets, four solitary drop targets, and left and right outlane detour gates. Those detour gates are a genuinely welcome feature, giving a player real chances to save the ball from an outlane drain, while the eight standups and four drop targets offer plenty of objectives to work through. It’s a clean, target-rich design that rewards accurate shooting and keeping the ball alive, all in service of its groovy, danceable theme and the boogie-night spirit it evokes.
Boogie is exactly the kind of off-the-beaten-path machine that makes pinball collecting so endlessly fascinating — a title from a smaller, lesser-known manufacturer, carrying its own character and a fun, disco-era theme. Allied Leisure never had the marketing muscle of the big houses, which makes its machines a rewarding pursuit for the collector who prizes the industry’s underdogs and rarities. For anyone who loves the deeper cuts of the solid-state era, it’s a worthy find. Work those eight standups and four drops, use the detour gates to survive, and boogie the night away. Sometimes the most interesting machines come from the least expected names, and this disco-fueled title keeps the dance floor moving. Get down and drop a coin.