Back Bomber

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (1 field)
gameplay_feature
IPDB Vertical Up-Kickers ×5 used IPDB Cellar Holes ×15 used

Sources agree (6 fields)
theme
War IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
11 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1935 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
341 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (8 fields)
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Rock-ola Manufacturing Corporation used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-A1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/341/image-9.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The cellar holes are color-coded to match the hooded vertical up-kickers and the five score pockets below them. A ball falling into a cellar hole will be kicked back up onto the playfield to the score pocket of the same color. Landing three balls into the same score pocket causes that score to light on the backglass. The three balls are then dumped from the pocket back to the player to shoot again, accompanied by a simulated bombing noise which is a crude hammer inside the machine striking the bottom of cabinet. The Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 quotes this info from Automatic Age magazine of January 1936: In BOMBER, Rock-Ola's ingenious sound effects device reproduces the actual sound of a bomb as it hits its target. When the bomb hits, a brilliant flash of light accompanies the explosion! used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 5 balls for 5 cents. Cellar holes (15), Vertical Up-kickers (5). used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog rock-ola-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog bomber-2 used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Bomber used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog bomber used