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  1. By Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)
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    The Magic Screen is a painted metal screen that slides in front of the [[gameplay-feature:bingo-cards]] of a [[game-format:bingo-pinball]] machine: the numbers on the card stay put while the screen moves across them, changing what pattern pays — an inversion of the card-moving features that came before it.[1] ## Scoring through the screen In the screen's home position the card scores conventional colored lines; sliding it left trades lines for irregular colored sections, and within a section lit numbers pay without needing to be adjacent at all.[2][3][4] Striped "Super Sections" sweetened it further, scoring a section as one number better than the player actually had.[5] The screen made winning combinatorial, and finding the wins became the player's own job. Screen games added an R-button to the machine: the game only scans for winners when it is pressed, and every new screen position needs a fresh press.[6] A winning combination the player fails to find and score before starting the next game is simply lost.[7] ## Origins The first Magic Screen game was *[[title:carnival-queen]]* (1958, [[manufacturer:bally]]), which also introduced the R-button.[8][1][6] The screen games became a mainstay — [bingo.cdyn.com](https://bingo.cdyn.com/), a collector archive devoted to the genre, rates them as probably the most popular style Bally made.[9] The section-scoring idea outlived the screen itself: [[gameplay-feature:mystic-lines]] machines kept the colored sections and dropped in-line scoring entirely.
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/carnival_queen
    First introduced in Carnival Queen, the numbers on the card are stationary, but a moving metal screen is slid across them.
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/carnival_queen
    In the screen home position, the standard three color in-line scoring is available. As the screen is slid left, the in-line scoring is replaced with section scoring.
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/carnival_queen
    to win in a section, the lit numbers DO NOT need to be adjacent!
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    Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/a-beginners-guide-to-bingo-pinball
    They were "Magic Screen" games, which allowed the player to shift the entire bingo card, mechanically rearranging it's design, and in the process, changing the way replays were scored.
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/carnival_queen
    The striped sections were called "Super Sections", and when the corresponding feature was lit, they score as one better than you really had
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/carnival_queen
    Another significant change happened on this game - the addition of the R-Button on the foot rail. To score, you have to push the R-button every time you want the game to scan for winners. If you change the screen position, you need to push the R-button again to rescan.
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/glossary.html
    you need to push the R-button for every winning combination you set. If you don't find all the possible winners before starting the next game...too bad!
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    Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #456
    First 'Magic Screen' game.
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    Bingo Pinballs — https://bingo.cdyn.com/machines/bally/carnival_queen
    This machine begins a style of game that is probably the most popular Bally made
  2. By Flipcommons Catalog
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    Magic Screen
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    magic-screen
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