Play Billiards using a trackball to control the cue ball. One-player game: knock all the balls in two-player game: stripes and solids. Bonus round in one-player game: knock bonus balls in for extra shots.
Gimme A Break was produced by Bally Sente in 1985.
Bally Sente released 23 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Bally Sente was based in United States.
Other machines made by Bally Sente during the time period Gimme A Break was produced include: Chicken Shift, Goalie Ghost, Hat Trick, Sente Diagnostic Cartridge, Snacks 'n Jaxson, Mini Golf, Mini Golf Deluxe, Team Hat Trick, Toggle, and Street Football
Name | Gimme A Break |
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Developer | Bally Sente (United States) |
Year | 1985 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7946 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Billiards/Pool |
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Conversion Class | Bally Sente |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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PCB | Gimme A Break PCB Image |
If you sink three or more balls in one shot, you will get a replay of your shot. Push the "position cue ball" button to cancel it.
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In the demo mode the screen can show pictures of missing children. This is controlled by dip switch settings.
There are 15,166 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,329 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Common - There are 29 known instances of this machine owned by Gimme A Break collectors who are active members. Of these, 15 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Gimme A Break machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Gimme A Break circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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This game uses the same board set as Mini Golf, only the ROM board needs to be changed.
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