- gameplay_feature
- Spring Bumpers ×13
- gameplay_feature
- Free Play Holes
- gameplay_feature
- Captive Ball
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Bally Manufacturing Corporation
- ipdb_id
- 1756
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/Advertisement.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-8.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-9.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-10.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-11.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-12.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-13.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1756/image-14.png"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Bally
- ipdb.model_number
- 281
- ipdb.notable_features
- 5 balls for 5 cents. Spring bumpers (13), Captive ball (1), Free Play hole (1). This game has a shooter lane to allow the ball to loop 360 degrees around the playfield before entering into play. Spinning captive ball on lower playfield arch is activated by either of two playfield rollover switches to spin inside its enclosed chamber, rolling over two switches for increased scoring. Advertised as 44 inches long by 22 inches wide. Cabinet measured 44 inches long, 22 inches wide, and 62 inches high.
- ipdb.notes
- Advertised as three different models:
Model A: Payout model $99.50
Model B: High score (novelty) model $89.50
Model C: Free�Play model (having free�play coin chute) $99.50
Regardless if Model A, B, or C, this game is listed in Bally documentation as one entry, Model 281, but spelled there as 'Paramont'.
Compare the captive ball operation of this game to that of the playfield Doodle Bug feature in Williams' 1971 'Doodle Bug'.
See also Bally's 'Skyway'.
- month
- 11
- player_count
- 1
- reward_type
- Free Play
- technology_generation
- electromechanical
- theme
- Aviation
- theme
- Air Racing
- year
- 1938