Few machines are as universally adored as Bally’s Attack from Mars, the 1995 sci-fi smash from designer Brian Eddy. A gleeful send-up of 1950s B-movie invasions, it casts you as Earth’s last hope against a fleet of flying saucers — and its central bash toy, a hovering Martian saucer you blast into submission, is one of the most satisfying targets ever built. Fast, funny, and impeccably balanced, it’s routinely ranked among the greatest pinball machines of all time.

The genius is in how the goals interlock. Shooting the saucers, destroying the force fields, and rescuing the cities all build toward multiballs and the legendary Rule the Universe wizard mode. Smart players know to bring down the saucer’s visor before starting a multiball so they can pound it safely, and to open the force field first, since you can’t during multiball. The marquee challenge is Total Annihilation, a four-ball blowout started by hitting each ramp and orbit three times — and clearing all four main shots without touching the visor even nets a one-billion-point hurry-up.

The table is full of beloved touches, from the mooing cows snatched by the tractor beam to the “Dirty Pool” trick of trapping a fresh ball to one-shot the next saucer. Blisteringly fast and endlessly re-playable, Attack from Mars is Eddy at the peak of his powers — a perfect storm of humor, flow, and pure blasting fun that no collection feels complete without.