- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Northwest Coin Machine Company
- ipdb_id
- 3956
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3956/image-1.jpg"]
- ipdb.notable_features
- 10 balls for 1 cent or for 5 cents. Game was shipped with ten marbles and ten steel balls; operator could choose which set to use. Game advertised as 28 inches long, 14 inches wide, 6 inches high in the front, and 8 inches high in the back.
- ipdb.notes
- According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 1, Bally Manufacturing had sought an injunction to stop the many copycat games that were made of Bally's 1932 'Goofy (Junior)' by other manufacturers. As a result, the name of this game was changed to Northwest Coin Machine Company's 1932 'Spoofus'. Advertising flyers for this game were updated to add text to advise of this change even if the game pictured in the flyer still showed the original name. One such ad is pictured in this listing.
The marketing arm of this manufacturer was known as International Amusement Company, located at the same address. EOP1 lists �Goofus� as being produced by Northwest Coin Machine starting August, 1932 and under the marketing name starting September, 1932. We don�t know if this meant the game was advertised under both company names starting in September or if an advertising transition had occurred from one name to the other.
- month
- 8
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- pure-mechanical
- year
- 1932