Bally’s Harlem Globetrotters On Tour, released in 1978 and designed by Greg Kmiec, brings the world-famous basketball showmen to a lively solid-state playfield. With three flippers — including a distinctive pair of “scissor” flippers — three spinning targets, and a four-in-line drop bank, it’s a brisk, bonus-heavy table that captures the fun, freewheeling spirit of the Globetrotters’ act.

The game is all about building and protecting your bonus. The key to big scores is racking up the 20K bonus on the first ball, since it carries over ball to ball — aim to push it to 30K or 40K over the game. The in-line drops add value to the left-orbit spinner, so the winning loop is to milk that spinner and collect GLOBE letters at the center saucer, with the in-line drops multiplying your bonus. An extra ball is lit by completing the five left standups below the spinner. One word of warning the table teaches quickly: mind the gap between those two left scissor flippers, where an unlucky ball drains in the most embarrassing way possible.

Fun, fast, and built around a rewarding spinner-and-bonus rhythm, Harlem Globetrotters On Tour is a charming celebration of basketball’s greatest entertainers. For collectors who love a good spinner game and a slice of late-70s sports nostalgia, it’s an upbeat and likeable Bally classic.