Back Shuffle Ball

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  1. By IPDB
    gameplay_feature
    Mechanical Flippers ×8
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Western Manufacturing Company
    ipdb_id
    2139
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2139/image-1.jpg"]
    ipdb.notable_features
    1-cent or 5-cent play. Mechanical flippers (8). Each of two flipper push rods on front of cabinet activate four flippers simultaneously. No plunger. Walnut cabinet advertised as 32 inches long, 16 1/2 inches wide, and 9 inches high.
    ipdb.notes
    Almost identical to Gravatt's 1932 'Double Shuffle' except it uses push rods instead of levers and its playfield was made colorful. According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 1, Western Mfg. discovered that Gravatt's game wasn't patented, so they improved upon it with this game. Introduced the same month as Hercules Novelty's 1932 'Double-Shuffle (Junior)'. Western Manufacturing Company was located at 123-125 N Jefferson St. in Chicago, Illinois, when this game was made.
    month
    9
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    pure-mechanical
    year
    1932