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    gameplay_feature
    Scoring Bumpers ×23
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    ipdb_id
    529
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/529/image-14.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Bally
    ipdb.model_number
    160
    ipdb.notable_features
    1 ball for 5 cents. Scoring bumpers (23). Spinning bumper (advertised here as a 'whirling bumper', it is the bottom-most red-colored bumper on the playfield). Steel playfield. Projection score. Electronic tubes in main cabinet. Game advertised as 54 inches long by 26 inches wide.
    ipdb.notes
    The patent for the spinning bumper on this game appears to be this one: Patent No. 2,219,934 [BALL ROLLING GAME] filed August 24, 1937. Granted October 29, 1940 to Nels A. Nelson, assignor to Raymond T. Moloney. The Billboard ad shows horses on the backglass, while the flyer pictured here shows cars on the backglass. One game of each version is pictured as well. The flyer shown here advertises the cabinet as 46 inches wide, a misprint. The Billboard ad shows it as 26 inches. Also available in a ticket model.
    month
    7
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Auto Racing
    theme
    Horse Racing
    year
    1937