Bally’s KISS, released in 1979, is one of pinball’s earliest and most beloved rock-band machines, immortalizing the face-painted superstars at the absolute height of KISS-mania. Designed by Jim Patla with art capturing Gene, Paul, Ace, and Peter in full makeup, it’s a clean solid-state table whose backglass lights up the letters K-I-S-S as you score and animates them during Game Over — a little jolt of arena showmanship.

The scoring centers on the spinner and bonus-building. The center top lane is the key shot: plunging into it opens the gate, lights the spinner, and advances your KISS letters, so players prize a well-aimed full-plunge skill shot that finds that middle lane. Completing KISS advances the bonus, with extra bonus for the column and row arrows, and lighting the side A-B-C-D targets activates a 2X multiplier worth chasing. It’s straightforward, fast, and built around that satisfying spinner rip.

A genuine piece of both pinball and rock-and-roll history, KISS is a time capsule of late-70s excess and one of the era’s most collectible licensed machines. For fans of the band and the early solid-state age alike, it’s a loud, colorful, good-time table that still rocks and rolls all night.