Specifications
Year of Manufacture
1980
Manufacturer
Bally
Designer
Greg Kmiec
Dimensions
Height: 180 cm
Width: 77 cm
Depth: 145 cm
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“Try Tube Shot!”
Xenon
Your host
The Story of the Xenon Pinball Machine
Retro icon from 1980
Her eyes cut straight through you. Around her, the light pulses into infinity. You move toward her almost involuntarily. As if floating…
Even before you press the start button, you can feel it: this isn’t just any pinball machine.
This is Xenon, the vintage masterpiece that still mesmerizes everyone who meets her. Pure 80s magic for every sense.
Xenon seduces everyone
Xenon calls to you before she even speaks.
On her backglass, a breathtaking masterpiece by Paul Faris, she steps out of her own universe to draw you in. The flowing lines, the retro-futuristic artwork, the endless lights around her face: they pull you straight into her story.
The comic-book artwork on the playfield continues that story: everyone who enters the Xenon Tube transforms into a futuristic version of themselves.
And what happens next…?
Welcome to Xenon.
Trippy? Absolutely. Everything about Xenon breathes retro sci-fi. The pulsing light design makes it feel alive, constantly moving. Other pinball machines wink at pop culture, Xenon is pop culture.
The sound of Xenon: Suzanne Ciani’s futuristic masterpiece
Bally gave the Xenon pinball machine something no other game from the brand had ever featured before: a voice.
Electronic composer Suzanne Ciani created a sound unlike anything heard in pinball: shimmering synths, vivid effects, and a voice that feels both human and machine.
A female voice, to be precise. And in 1980, that was revolutionary. Ciani’s work wasn’t just futuristic: it was groundbreaking. Xenon’s audible female presence is powerful and mysterious all at once.
In this fascinating short documentary from the 1980s, you can watch and hear Suzanne bring Xenon’s sounds to life on her analog synthesizers. A blend of retro technology and timeless innovation.
Long before diversity was a buzzword, she proved that innovation thrives where art and technology meet, even in a world that rarely gave women the stage.
1980: the year pinball got a new face
Xenon appeared at the crossroads of two eras.
Bally had just made the leap from electromechanical to electronic technology. And Xenon became their first machine to combine that new system with Multiball.
A classic pinball machine that set the tone for everything that followed. Xenon’s Tube Shot was a direct ancestor of the ramps that now define every modern pinball game.
Add Ciani’s futuristic sound and Paul Faris’s retro artwork, and you’ll understand why Xenon feels like a time-travel experience packed into three balls.
Rent Xenon: a retro icon that leaves a lasting impression
Xenon commands attention. Wherever you place her.
Our machine has been carefully preserved and upgraded with high-quality LED lighting that stays true to the original design.
A retro showpiece that turns any event into an 80s film set. Or a stunning conversation piece for a themed party that dares to go all in.
Let yourself be drawn in by Xenon’s endless allure.
Rent her from Ballen van Staal.
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