“We can rebuild him. We have the technology.” Bally’s The Six Million Dollar Man, released in 1978, brings the bionic adventures of Lee Majors’ Steve Austin to the playfield, and it earns a genuine footnote in pinball history: it was the first solid-state machine to support up to six players at once, and remains the only six-player game Bally ever built. Designed by Greg Kmiec with artwork by Dave Christensen, it’s a quintessential early-electronic table that wears its 1970s TV license proudly.

The scoring is classic late-70s simplicity with a bionic twist. The top saucer is your main target, advancing the bonus multiplier and lighting the outlanes for a special, while the spinners — lit by spelling out the 5-0-0-0-0 targets — pay a steady 1,000 per spin and reward a player who can rip them repeatedly. The most thematic feature is the survival mechanic: complete the Bionic Power Awards to swing open a gate that saves your ball from a right-outlane drain, then hit the center standup to raise an up-post between the flippers, briefly making yourself nearly invincible.

It’s an accessible, fast, and charming machine, and that record-setting six-player capacity makes it a natural centerpiece for a party or a busy arcade. For fans of vintage television and the early solid-state era alike, The Six Million Dollar Man is an affordable, likeable classic — a little slice of bionic nostalgia that still plays great today.