Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 5 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1957 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 6490 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/6490/image-1.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-4.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-5.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-6.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-11.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-7.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-10.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-12.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-13.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-8.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-9.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-14.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-15.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-16.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-17.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-18.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6490/image-19.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB The manufacturer announced this game in May 1957 (per Cash Box Jun-1-1957 page 59). This is not a gun game in a stand-alone cabinet. It was designed to be installed at carnivals, fairs, and other outdoor amusement parks, and set up as a line of multiple guns all pointing towards a target gallery. Three of these guns would be installed along a seven-foot width to allow for a safe spacing between guns. Five of these guns would be installed in a booth 15 feet wide. Operators could install a bank of these guns in mobile trailers. Each gun would have its own coin slot and was not intended to be played by more than one person therefore we list this as a 1-player game. The demand for this game was very high, including demand from U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Post Exchanges worldwide. International demand was also high, in Canada, Belgium, Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Italy (per Cash Box Apr-5-1958 page 84). We noticed the manufacturer had advertised this game in a French language section of Cash Box as Commando Mitrailleuse. Sales of this game extended well into 1959. Chicago Coin worked in cooperation with trailer builders to custom-build any size trailer to hold an entire target gallery set-up of these games (per Cash Box May-16-1959 page 69). As late as Cash Box May-14-1960 page 96, we saw reference to Chicago Dynamic Industries as having three divisions: Chicago Coin Machine Division, Commando Machine Gun Division, and Genco Products Division. Chicago Coin was still promoting this game in Cash Box Nov-12-1960 page 61 in that it would be featured at an upcoming "Parks Show" (for The National Association of Amusement Parks, Pools, and Beaches; or NAAPPB) that was held in Chicago's Sherman Hotel on November 27-30, 1960. The last date for which we saw this game still listed under "Manufacturers New Equipment" as "currently in production" is in Cash Box Apr-21-1962 page 59. This listing is not to be confused with Chicago Coin's 1972 'Commando Machine Gun'. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 5 cent, 10 cent, or 25 cent play (operator adjustable). This is a coin-operated simulation of a 50-caliber machine gun holding up to 8,000 steel shots and shoots them at high velocity. It is electrically operated (no compressors or air hoses). The player can press the trigger for an automatic burst of three shots or hold down the trigger for a continuous stream of shots (initially advertised as up to a maximum of 133, 200, 266, or 400 shots; operator adjustable. Subsequently advertised as between 130 and 525 shots per coin). The rate of fire was initially advertised as taking one minute, twenty seconds to shoot 400 shots continuously but was subsequently advertised as taking about a minute to fire 150 shots continuously. Operators were advised that the ideal distance for targets is 24 feet away with minimum distance of 20 feet. The operator would clean and lubricate the steel balls using a separately-purchased automatic washing mechanism before loading the balls into the gun's hopper. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog chicago-coin-machine-manufacturing-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog commando-machine-gun-2 used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Commando Machine Gun used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog commando-machine-gun-2 used