Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (1 field)
- theme
- IPDB Bowling IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Bowling used
Sources agree (3 fields)
- year
- 1932 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 5392 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Karom Golf Table Corporation used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5392/image-1.jpg"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB The manufacturer advertisement states two or more can play but offers 10 balls (5 frames) for 5 cents. Likely this classifies as a 1-player game with suggestive selling in the ad. This game may be listed as a pinball machine in other resources while we offer the following assessment. We are not sure how this game shoots the balls, or even if there is really just one ball recycled ten times. A gauged plunger, expected of a pinball machine, is not obvious in the advertisement in this listing. The pull knob is apparently only for resetting the pins in whatever manner this occurs. To the right of this knob may be what is a small push-button which suggests an electric operation, perhaps a ball shooter. Or, maybe it is merely a keyhole for accessing the cashbox in a way not evident in this drawing. The knob on the far right front has great vertical travel, and may be a ball lift mechanism and/or a way of aiming the ball towards the desired pins to knock down. Although the lower playfield is out of view in the advertisement, it seems that points are not scored by balls landing in score pockets, but instead bowling pins are knocked down with points tallied visually and recorded by the player(s) on the score sheet provided. To simulate bowling, the knob would be pulled to reset the pins after each frame. This game looks really like a small arcade bowling machine and not an unusual flipperless pinball machine, thus we classify it as not a pinball and show it here for informational purposes. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 10 balls for 5 cents. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog karom-golf-table-corporation used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog pin-boy-bowling used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Pin Boy Bowling used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog pin-boy-bowling used