Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Sources agree (5 fields)
- credit
- Harry Williams — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1935 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 1894 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1894/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1894/image-2.jpg"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB 'Quick Silver' was the first game from any manufacturer to have the Free Game feature invented by Bill Bellah, a 17-year-old janitor at Harry Williams' Automatic Amusements Company in Los Angeles, and licensed to Keeney by Bellah's family. It is seen on the left side of the lower apron. It allowed the player to start a new game by pushing in the coin slide without a coin in it. No longer did players have to show the location attendant a qualifying score to be given a nickel to start the next game as a free earned replay. The mechanism was advertised as a "replay feature", invented and patented by Bill Bellah. Patent No. 1985736 [GAME APPARATUS] filed October 8, 1934 and granted December 25, 1934 to W.H. Bellah. An extensive story about Bill Bellah and his Free Game mechanism is found in the Encyclopedia of Pinball, Volume 2, pages 73-75. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 5-cent play. Advertised as measuring 20 inches by 40 inches. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog j-h-keeney-and-company-incorporated used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog quick-silver used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Quick Silver used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog quick-silver used