Back Criss Cross 'A' Lite

Sources

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credit
Harvey Heiss — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1935 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
774 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Trap Holes ×10 used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Genco Manufacturing Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/774/image-11.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB Genco revised the entirely mechanical Genco's 1934 'Criss Cross' by moving the mechanical score totalizer from the playfield to a lighted totalizer in the backbox. The aluminum casting on the lower playfield is smaller, increasing the distance between it and the outhole trough, and shows the manufacturer�s name where the totalizer used to be. A transformer was used for line power. According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 2, the first backglasses of this EM version only showed 'Criss Cross' above the lighted scoring. Genco modified the glass to add "A-Lite" to it, making the glass taller. This second backglass was never shown in advertising or flyers. The Billboard ad shows a game with the original backglass design, clearly emphasizing a backglass totalizer, yet its playfield inexplicably seems to also have the mechanical playfield totalizer. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 4 balls per play, or 10 balls per play. Trap holes (10). used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog genco-manufacturing-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog criss-cross-a-lite used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Criss Cross 'A' Lite used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog criss-cross-a-lite used