- credit
- Harry Williams — Design
- gameplay_feature
- Trap Holes ×25
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Williams Manufacturing Company
- ipdb_id
- 1310
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1310/image-12.jpg"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Williams
- ipdb.model_number
- 134
- ipdb.notable_features
- 5 balls per play. Trap holes (25). Cabinet advertised as 32 1/4 inches long and 22 inches wide.
Ball composition: Catalin, 1 1/8 inch diameter.
- ipdb.notes
- Rolldown play to score poker hands.
The manufacturer's original playfield drawing (not shown here) is dated 8/24/55 and has the signed initials HEW.
A Cash Box article dated Oct-22-1955 page 42 indicates there had been a heavy amount of orders for this game. The article also suggests that this game with legs removed would fit perfectly on a counter, given its smaller size.
A Billboard article dated Nov-12-1955 page 158 titled 'Coinmen You Know' credits Art Weinand, Williams Manufacturing Company sales manager, as saying a "second release" of Jolly Joker had begun.
- month
- 8
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- electromechanical
- theme
- Cards
- year
- 1955