Kiss-themed pinball machines were produced by Bally in 1979 [1] and Stern in 2015. [2] There are also some pinball machine conversion kits, [3] [4] a Kiss pinball machine prototype [5] and a Kiss pinball video game .
In 1979 the first Kiss arcade pinball machine was produced by Bally, and stayed in circulation well into the 1980s. [6] In 1978, Barry Imhoff declared, "there will be 20,000 Kiss machines." [7] 17,000 produced Kiss pinball machines are confirmed. [1]
John Popadiuk produced a Kiss-themed pinball machine prototype in 2014 but the game never went in production. [5]
A Kiss pinball machine can be seen in the bar scene of the 1981 slasher film Friday the 13th Part 2 , in 1986's Psycho III, in the 1988 Swedish film Strul , as well as in the television show Dallas as a part of the 20th episode of season 6 entitled "Brothers and Sisters" during a bar scene with J.R. Ewing and Walt Driscoll. In “Detroit Rock City” filmed in 1999 then later seen in “Role Models” with Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd in 2008.