History Of Magic Screen Bingo Machines :: Pinball Nirvana

History Of Magic Screen Bingo Machines

Bingo, A Fun Challenge!

By Wally

I have been playing Bingo Pinball for about twenty-five years, and consider myself
a 'good player'. Like any game of skill, the more you play the better youl become.
A flippered pinball game may take a player years to master, where a bingo game
can take decades and still be just as fun and exciting as day one.

Bingo, A Fun Challenge!
In Hawaii, where I live, there are over 100 bingo machines in operation, almost all 'Magic Screen' machines. (Images for the following machines are
in the Pinball Nirvana Bullet6

Bingo Gallery, clicking on the machine name will take you to the Internet Pinball Database for that machine!) Bullet6

Carnival Queen, Bullet6

Sea Island, Bullet6

Ballerina, Bullet6

County Fair, Bullet6

Laguna Beach, Bullet6

Roller Derby, Bullet6

Can-Can,

Bikini and Bullet6

Lido are
among the more popular bingos.

MAGIC SCREENS : First introduced in Carnival Queen, the numbers on the card
are stationary, but a moving metal screen is slid across them. The screen has
in-line scoring and irregularly shaped colored section scoring. In the sections,
rather than needing 3,4,or 5-in-line, you can get 3,4, or 5-in-section to score.
While some sections have numbers that are in a line, to win in a section, the
lit numbers DO NOT need to be adjacent!

What makes these games so popular? Is it is pure relaxation, or is it the money
that could be won? For me, it is both. Are these games gambling devices? Not
at all. A gambling device is defined by law as a 'game of chance', i.e. a slot
machine, a crap shoot, etc. Bingos are pure physical and mental skill. These
games should be an Olympic event But in the real world, ironicaly, after mastering
a bingo game, the highest honor a player can get is to be '86'ed' [not allowed
to play) in a bingo parlor, because the player almost always leaves with a profit.

I know there are countless bingo players out there like myself who would love
to play a new magic screen bingo on their PC. If we all contact Druadic, show
our support and feedback, he will see the demand and build the first magic screen
table. As I have been encouraging him: "Build it and they will play".

And although there are no Magic Screen bingos recreated for VP yet, Pinball Nirvana does have 14 regular bingos to try out and enjoy. They can be found in the Bullet6

Bingo
download section, and include 400, Atlantic City, Broadway, Coney Ialand,
Gayety, Lite A Lite, Metro, and Stars.

Wally Voeks

edit by webmaster: Since this article was written, Hung
has released Bullet6 Continental and Bullet6 Malibu Beach, click on the title to download!

Updated Jun 29, 2004 Written by Wally Voeks 634 reads

>>> Browse archive for this topic

Printerfriendly display
Only logged in users are allowed to comment. register/log in