Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (2 fields)
- theme
- IPDB Auto Racing IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Auto Racing used
- credit
- IPDB Bud Breitenstein — Mechanics IPDB Herbert G. Breitenstein — Design Flipcommons Catalog Bud Breitenstein — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Herbert G. Breitenstein — Design used
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 10 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1933 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 1987 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (11 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Snap Traps ×10 used
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Bally used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Bally Manufacturing Corporation used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1987/image-17.jpg"] used
- ipdb.model_number
- IPDB 2 used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB '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'. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 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. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog rocket-3 used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Rocket used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog rocket-3 used