Back Bowling Alley

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (1 field)

theme
IPDB Bowling IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Bowling used

Sources agree (5 fields)

technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
10 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1949 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
3662 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (8 fields)

ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-1.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-4.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-5.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-6.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-7.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-8.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-9.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-10.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-11.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3662/image-12.png"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB This is Not A Pinball. It is a shuffle bowler, also called a puck bowler, but may be listed as a pinball in other resources. We have seen three different backglasses for a 2-player Chicago Coin "Bowling Alley" and also their 6-player game with that name. The only one that debuted in 1949 is the 2-player version pictured here and is the only one of the 2-player glasses where player scores are tallied horizontally. The earliest reference we found for this game was in The Billboard, Oct-29-1949, pages 119-120 indicating the game debuted "last week." Chicago Coin announced in The Billboard, Nov-12-1949, page 86 that samples were being shipped to distributors. It would be shipped to operators on dime play but was convertible to nickel operation. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 10 cents per player, 10 frames each, two players alternate play. Scoring a strike in the first shot constitutes one frame or, if a strike is not made, two shots constitute a frame. Cabinet advertised as approximately 8 feet by 2 feet. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog chicago-coin-machine-manufacturing-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog bowling-alley-2 used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Bowling Alley used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog bowling-alley-2 used