Back Bermuda

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (2 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×2 used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×11 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
credit
IPDB Roy Parker — Art IPDB Jerry Koci — Design Flipcommons Catalog Jerry Koci — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Roy Parker — Art used

Sources agree (7 fields)

theme
World Places IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
11 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1947 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
2500 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
225 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/225/image-23.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 109 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB 'Bermuda' is the first flipper machine made by Chicago Coin. According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 1, designer Jerry Koci believed that Chicago Coin had invented the EM flipper before Gottlieb. While working on a baseball game in the summer of 1947, he had asked that a bat be put on a pinball machine. Chicago Coin didn't go for the idea and this decision allowed Gottlieb to be the first. Koci pursued for a patent on his EM flipper. Patent #2,520,283 [PIVOTAL BALL RETURN MEANS FOR PIN GAMES] filed January 30, 1948. Granted August 29, 1950 to Jerry Koci, Inventor. See also Chicago Coin's 1948 'Bermuda Roll Down'. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 5 balls for 5 cents. Flippers (2), Passive bumpers (11), Kick-out holes (2). used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog chicago-coin-machine-manufacturing-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog bermuda used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Bermuda used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog bermuda used