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  1. By Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)
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    Looping shooter lanes are [[gameplay-feature:shooter-lanes]] laid out so that the plunged ball travels a full circle around the playfield before it drops into play.[1] They belong to the 1930s — to [[technology-generation:pure-mechanical]] boards and the early [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] tables that followed them, machines with no [[gameplay-feature:flippers]] anywhere on the playfield. A game was pins, holes and one shot from the plunger, which made the plunge itself the skill: how hard the player pulled it and let it go was most of what they could do about where the ball went.[2] The loop made the most of that — a long, visible arc that delivered the ball to the top of the field from an unexpected side.
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    Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #1756
    This game has a shooter lane to allow the ball to loop 360 degrees around the playfield before entering into play.
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    Pinball Repair & History (pinrepair.com) — https://www.pinrepair.com/prewar/index.htm
    relied mostly on a good plunger shot, and not much more
  2. By Flipcommons Catalog
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    Shooter Lanes
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    Looping Shooter Lanes
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    looping-shooter-lanes
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    active