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    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Paul E. Berger Manufacturing Company
    ipdb_id
    472
    ipdb.notable_features
    1 cent or 5 cent play, for 5 or 7 balls per play. The last coin is visible. Object of game is to shoot seven differently-colored marbles into pockets having the same colors. Handle on side of game shoots ball. Handle on front of game moves a row of scoring pockets back and forth to catch balls.
    ipdb.notes
    Similar to a pachinko machine. An article in The Billboard, Jan-4-1936 page 71 refers to this game as having five balls. According to a brief article in Automatic Age, Feb-1935 page 145, the manufacturer was in full production of this machine at that time. The article states, "For each of the seven balls there is a pocket of the same color. Awards are made according to the number of "matches" at the end of the game." We infer the awards are given by the location.
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    pure-mechanical
    year
    1936