Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (3 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×9 used IPDB Pop Bumpers used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
- theme
- IPDB Pageantry IPDB Dancing Flipcommons Catalog Pageantry used Flipcommons Catalog Dancing used
- credit
- IPDB George Molentin — Art IPDB Ed Krynski — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Krynski — Design used Flipcommons Catalog George Molentin — Art used
Sources agree (4 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1960 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 6821 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (9 fields)
- reward_type
- IPDB Replay used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6821/image-1.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB This game is an apparent simple rename of Keeney's 1960 'Eleven Belles'. The sole picture we present was sent to us in 2012 by the owner in Italy who did not respond to our further requests for pictures and information. We later saw the game on ebay.it in 2018 and 2019 (showing the same three games as in the photo) but no responses to us from the seller. The ebay text indicated it is a one-ball game with credit maximum of 999, operating on a 10-cent Euro coin. It has automatic ball-serve and a device to divide the coins between the operator and the location. One of the ebay pictures (not shown here) confirms that the playfield has nine passive bumpers and only one pop bumper. We don't know how professionally the name change was made on the backglass. It may have been done by an operator which is not uncommon. Or, it may have been done by Keeney. In The Pinball Compendium 1930s-1960s, designer Ed Krynski commented that, when he started at Keeney in 1956, their main product was the so-called "electronic uprights" (slot machines) which, he said, they exported to the UK in addition to stateside locations. Royal Belles (and Eleven Belles) counts credits up to 999 which was indicative of machines used for gambling with the payoff being made by the location. Perhaps Keeney had a reason for changing the name for export. If it was for export, we also found an owner's report in January 2020 of a Royal Belles in possession in Ohio, USA. The game in Italy went back on ebay.it in 2021 by the same seller there. Therefore, this would mean two examples of this game exist. If anyone has access to this game, please contact us. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 1 ball per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Passive bumpers (9), Kick-out hole (1). This game has a 3-digit replay counter. Completing 1 to 12 awards 100 credits. Replay wheel maximum: 999 used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog j-h-keeney-and-company-incorporated used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog royal-belles used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Royal Belles used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog royal-belles used