- credit
- Bud Breitenstein — Mechanics
- credit
- Herbert G. Breitenstein — Design
- gameplay_feature
- Snap Traps ×10
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Bally Manufacturing Corporation
- ipdb_id
- 1987
- ipdb.image_urls
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- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Bally
- ipdb.model_number
- 2
- ipdb.notable_features
- Snap traps (10). Anti-tilting device breaks electric contact and locks payout mechanism from dispensing coins.
This first version of 'Rocket' has a black cabinet with a red and chrome "R" emblem on each side. Operates on 5 dry cell batteries.
- ipdb.notes
- 'Rocket' was the first automatic payout machine. It had design flaws and was reissued as Bally's 1934 'New Improved Rocket'.
The payout mechanism used in this game was invented by brothers Henry W. Seiden and Herman L. Seiden.
According to the January 1953 issue of Bally-Who, a monthly newsletter from Bally, 'Rocket' was the first game with a score totalizer that is electrically-operated. The first game with a non-electric score totalizer was Bally's 1933 'Airway'.
- month
- 10
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- electromechanical
- theme
- Sports
- theme
- Auto Racing
- year
- 1933