Back Football (Improved)

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  1. By IPDB
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    O. D. Jennings and Company
    ipdb_id
    6295
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6295/image-1.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    5 cent play. This game has a shooter lane to allow the ball to loop 360 degrees around the playfield before entering into play.
    ipdb.notes
    The original version O. D. Jennings' 1934 'Football' had problems that resulted in this improved version. The image shown here is from the Jennings in-house publication Tips and Topics and indicates the game had been "improved 100%". A comparison of a few picture ads appearing before and after the introduction of the Improved version show no difference on the playfield between the two versions. However, the two-tone cabinet sides in the "before" ads show three panels in sequence as light-dark-light while the Tips and Topics ad shows the panels as dark-light-dark. We don't know if this was an intended difference.
    month
    2
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    electromechanical
    theme
    Sports
    theme
    Football
    year
    1935