Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 3 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1932 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 3927 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Great States Manufacturing Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3927/image-1.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB Game was equipped with either a 1-cent or 5-cent coin chute. This pin table may have been the first machine to feature colored playfield lights. According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 2, clear flashlight bulbs were used, powered by batteries placed under the playfield. To make the lights have color, pharmaceutical gel capsules were cut in half, and the halves were placed over each light bulb to color them red, green, yellow, and blue. Sam Gensberg would copy this idea three years later on his highly successful Chicago Coin's 1935 'Beam-Lite'. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 10 balls for 1 cent or 5 cents. Colored lights flash as balls fall in playfield pockets. Walnut finished cabinet advertised as 30 inches long and 15 inches wide. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog great-states-manufacturing-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog flash-ball used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Flash Ball used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog flash-ball used