Fireball Classic

1 Introduction

Project Date: December, 1984

Date Of Manufacture: February, 1985

Production: 2,000 units (confirmed)

Theme: Fantasy

Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (3), Captive ball kick-out holes (2), Messenger ball (1), Spinning disc, Ramp skill shot, Left kickback outlane, Multiball (2 or 3 ball).

2 Technical Info

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

A1 Display Module: 4x AS-2518-58 (7-digits), 1x AS-2518-21 (6-digits Credits display)

A2 Power Module: AS-2518-54

A3 Solenoid Driver Module: AS-2518-22

A4 Bally MPU Module: AS-2518-35

A5 Lamp Driver Module: AS-2518-23

A8 Sound Board Cheap Squeak: AS-2518-45 (M-051-00114-B045 / A080-91603-B000)

A15 Solenoid Expander: AS-2518-66 (to drive the spinning disk)

3 Charts

3.1 Lamp Chart

SCR	conn.	lamp description	code	wire color	tr type
Q16	A5J2-22	Ball-In-Play	62	Brn-Blu	MCR-106
Q08	A5J1-23	Bonus 5K	12	Red-Blu	MCR-106
Q35	A5J1-3	Bonus 10K	45	Grn-Wht	MCR-106
Q49	A5J3-17	Bonus 15K	13	Red-Yel	MCR-106
Q54	A5J3-11	Bonus 20K	93	Gry-Yel	MCR-106
Q09	A5J1-14	Bonus 25K	67	Brn-Orn	MCR-106
Q34	A5J1-2	Bonus 30K	52	Wht-Blu	MCR-106
Q48	A5J3-16	Bonus 35K	25	Blu-Wht	MCR-106
Q55	A5J3-9	Bonus 40K	15	Red-Wht	MCR-106
Q10	A5J1-15	Bonus 45K	31	Yel-Red	MCR-106
Q11	A5J1-16	Bonus 50K	15	Red-Wht	2N5060
Q26	A5J1-7	Bonus 100K	34	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q32	A5J3-27	Bonus 150K	40	Grn	2N5060
Q59	A5J3-4	Bonus Special	14	Red-Grn	2N5060
Q52	A5J3-13	Credit Indicator	35	Yel-Wht	2N5060
Q33	A5J2-11	Game Over	95	Gry-Wht	MCR-106
Q15	A5J2-23	High Score to Date	97	Gry-Orn	MCR-106
Q37	A5J3-23	Left Kicker Arrow	98	Gry-Blk	2N5060
Q14	A5J1-18	Left Saucer 10K	58	Wht-Blk	2N5060
Q29	A5J1-1	Left Saucer 20K	41	Grn-Red	2N5060
Q36	A5J3-26	Left Saucer 30K	43	Grn-Yel	2N5060
Q57	A5J3-1	Left Saucer 40K	10	Red	2N5060
Q12	A5J1-19	Left Saucer 50K	60	Brn	2N5060
Q01	A5J1-24	Lites Right Special	50	Wht	MCR-106
Q23	A5J2-8	Match	82	Blk-Blu	MCR-106
Q60	A5J3-3	Motor Control via Solenoid Expander	81	Blk-Red	2N5060
Q13	A5J1-17	Multiplier 2X	57	Wht-Orn	2N5060
Q28	A5J1-8	Multiplier 3X	51	Wht-Red	2N5060
Q44	A5J3-19	Multiplier 4X	67	Brn-Orn	2N5060
Q51	A5J3-15	Multiplier 5X	53	Wht-Yel	2N5060
Q42	A5J3-21	Mushroom Arrow Left	64	Brn-Grn	MCR-106
Q56	A5J3-10	Mushroom Arrow Right	91	Gry-Red	MCR-106
Q41	A5J3-20	Playfield Value Double	78	Orn-Blk	MCR-106
Q46	A5J3-18	Playfield Value Triple	56	Wht-Brn	2N5060
Q24	A5J1-5	Releases Ball	48	Grn-Blk	MCR-106
Q27	A5J1-9	Right Saucer 30K Bottom	43	Grn-Yel	2N5060
Q38	A5J3-25	Right Saucer 30K Middle	36	Yel-Brn	2N5060
Q50	A5J3-12	Right Saucer 30K Top	21	Blu-Red	2N5060
Q03	A5J1-26, J2-21	Shoot Again	91, 47	Gry-Red, Grn-Orn	MCR-106
Q58	A5J3-2	Special Arrow Right	95	Gry-Wht	2N5060
Q47	A5J2-10	Tilt	35	Yel-Wht	MCR-106
Q22	A5J1-10	Top & Middle Thumper Bumper	32	Yel-Blu	MCR-106
Q02	A5J1-25		75	Orn-Wht	MCR-106
Q04	A5J1-28		78	Orn-Blk	2N5060
Q05	A5J2-16		34	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q06	A5J2-14		12	Red-Blu	2N5060
Q07	A5J1-27		53	Wht-Yel	2N5060
Q17	A5J1-11		65	Brn-Wht	MCR-106
Q18	A5J2-20		96	Gry-Brn	2N5060
Q19	A5J2-15		23	Blu-Yel	2N5060
Q20	A5J1-13		30	Yel	2N5060
Q21	A5J1-12		61	Brn-Red	2N5060
Q25	A5J1-6		94	Gry-Grn	2N5060
Q30	A5J2-6		95	Gry-Wht	2N5060
Q31	A5J2-2				2N5060
Q39	A5J3-24		72	Orn-Blu	2N5060
Q40	A5J3-22		23	Blu-Yel	MCR-106
Q43	A5J2-7		91	Gry-Red	2N5060
Q45	A5J2-1		60	Brn	2N5060
Q53	A5J3-14		84	Blk-Grn	2N5060

3.2 Solenoids

Sol. No	Solenoid description	Solenoid Type	Wire Code	Wire Color	Connector	Driver Transistor	Solenoid Coil Type
1	Saucer Left	Momentary	48	Grn-Blk	A3J1-3, J2-4	Q2	AO-27-1300
2	Saucer Right	Momentary	511	Wht-Vio	A3J1-2, J2-9	Q1	AO-27-1300
3	Side Return Kicker	Momentary	95	Gry-Wht	A3J1-5	Q4	AE23-800
4	Thumper Bumper Top	Momentary	85	Blk-Wht	A3J5-10	Q8	AN-26-1200
5	Thumper Bumper Middle	Momentary	80	Blk	A3J5-12	Q13	AN-26-1200
6	Thumper Bumper Bottom	Momentary	78	Orn-Blk	A3J5-11	Q14	AN-26-1200
7	Slingshot Left	Momentary	71	Orn-Red	A3J5-9	Q9	AO-26-1200
8	Slingshot Right	Momentary	74	Orn-Grn	A3J5-15	Q10	AO-26-1200
9	Outhole	Momentary	67	Brn-Orn	A3J5-13	Q12	AN-26-1200
10	Ball Release	Momentary	83	Blk-Yel	A3J5-14	Q11	AO-27-1300
11	Knocker	Momentary	85	Blk-Wht	A3J2-6, J3-7, J5-8	Q16	AR-26-1200
12	Gate	Continuous	91	Gry-Red	A3J5-7	Q17	GA-34-4000
13	Coin Lockout	Continuous	36	Yel-Brn	A3J2-8	Q19	FO-36-7000
14	Flipper enabling relay	Continuous	--	--	--	Q15	48V Relay
16		Momentary			A3J2-10	Q5	--
17		Momentary			A3J2-11	Q6	--
18		Momentary			A3J2-12	Q7	--
15		Momentary			A3J2-5, J3-4	Q3	--
19		Continuous			A3J2-15, J3-9, J5-3	Q18	--

Flipper Circuits	Power Wire	Flipper Coil Wire	Flipper Connector	Flipper Button Wire	Button Connector	Coil
Left Flipper	60 (Brn)	40 (Grn)	A3J1-8	20 (Blu)	A3J2-2	AQ-25-500/34-4500
Right Flipper	60 (Brn)	70 (Orn)	A3J1-9	10 (Red)	A3J2-1	AQ-25-500/34-4500

3.3 Switch Matrix

			Strobe 0	Strobe 1	Strobe 2	Strobe 3	Strobe 4
	to Playfield	--	A4J2-1 Wht-Red (51)	A4J2-2 Orn (70)	A4J2-3 Gry-Yel (93)	A4J2-4 Wht-Yel (53)	A4J2-5 Yel-Red (31)
	--	to Cabinet	A4J3-2 Red-Yel (13)	A4J3-3 Red-Grn (14)
Return I-0	A4J2-8 Wht-Grn (54)	A4J3-9 Red-Wht (15)	1 Right Slingshot	9 Coin Chute III (Right)	17 Top Lane 20K	25 Boob-Ball Target	33 Not Used
Return I-1	A4J2-9 Brn-Yel (63)	A4J3-10 Brn-Wht (65)	2 Left Slingshot	10 Coin Chute I (Left)	18 1000 Points Buttons	26 Not Used	34 Not Used
Return I-2	A4J2-10 Wht-Orn (57)	A4J3-11 Blu (20)	3 Bottom Thumper Bumper	11 Coin Chute II (Middle)	19 Kicker Off (2)	27 Not Used	35 Not Used
Return I-3	A4J2-11 Orn-Blk (78)	A4J3-12 Blu-Red (21)	4 Middle Thumper Bumper	12 Right Mushroom	20 Kicker On	28 Trough #3 Right	36 Not Used
Return I-4	A4J2-12 Brn (60)	A4J3-13 Blu-Yel (23)	5 Top Thumper Bumper	13 Middle Mushroom	21 Right Outlane	29 Trough #2 Center	37 Not Used
Return I-5	A4J2-13 Wht-Brn (56)	A4J3-14 Blu-Wht (25)	6 Credit Button	14 Left Mushroom	22 Left Outlane	30 Trough #1 Left	38 Not Used
Return I-6	A4J2-14 Brn-Wht (65)	A4J3-15 Blu-Orn (27)	7 Rebounds (6)	15 Tilt (3)	23 Right Saucer	31 Gate Lane	39 Not Used
Return I-7	A4J2-15 Wht-Blu (52)	A4J3-16 Yel (30)	8 Outhole	16 Slam (2)	24 Left Saucer	32 Top Lane 10K	40 Not Used

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