Bally’s Corvette, released in 1994 and designed by George Gomez, is a horsepower-fueled celebration of America’s sports car — fitting, given Gomez’s own background in industrial and automotive design. The signature toy is an engine-shaped ball shaker that rumbles to life as you play, and the whole table is built around the fantasy of building, racing, and mastering the legendary ‘Vette across a three-flipper layout.
The scoring is all about combos and the engine. The left loop lights locks at the engine, and hitting the engine shot three times starts multiball, with jackpots on the side ramp and side loop. Combos are the lifeblood of a big game — they start at a base of six million and climb with tougher chains, maxing at ninety-nine million, though they reset ball to ball, so stringing them together matters. The marquee mode is Catch Me, a high-stakes head-to-head race worth 230 million and a multiball, while the recurring Route 66 modes reward the dedicated.
Smart players know the wrinkles: the engine-room combos during multiball pay huge, and after locking the first two balls, spamming the flippers when a car appears in a tunnel awards cars toward the wizard mode. There’s even a hidden upper-flipper skill shot unlocked by a secret button code at the plunge. Sleek, fast, and roaring with personality, Corvette is Gomez bringing his love of cars to the playfield — a muscular, combo-driven classic with a genuine rev under the hood.