After the decision to buy a Bally Fathom there has been six months of research over the internet and in news groups, emailing, phoning and faxing people in the United States, Australia, Switzerland, Holland, Austria and Germany. In spite of everybody being helpful I recognized that information about the Fathom can be found on the net but often brief and incomplete.

After finally getting my Fathom Nr. 3195 from a local dealer in Germany it took me about 60 hours to get it working properly. During the cleaning process I more and more discovered that this machine is a real pearl: The backglass quality is superb, definitely a 10, the playfield must have been mylared since the first day – about a 9, and all the plastics are in pretty good shape – no scratches or broken pieces. Just a bit yellow as usual on a machine of that age. Beside a few scratches the cabinet is okay too, I would give it an 8.

So I decided to share the information I collected during my search and started planning a website about the Bally Fathom pinball machine.

My aim is to give the collector and the curious the best and comprehensive information available. You will find information about pinball history, about the artists who built that machine, guides for playing it, a gallery of pictures of the beautiful artwork of course, some technical stuff covering maintenance and restoration tips, a download area with game roms, flyers and score cards and a highscore and an owners list.