- credit
- Edward J. Wohlfeld — Design
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Bally Manufacturing Corporation
- ipdb_id
- 2205
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- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Bally
- ipdb.model_number
- 11
- ipdb.notable_features
- 1-cent or 5-cent play. 10 balls per game. Depositing coins spins the "Free Score" dial, and this starting score is added to player's final score. Starting scores highlighted in red increase an award. Awards are listed on cards located next to dial. Balls falling in playfield gobble holes light up different floors in the skyscraper. Some holes light several floors at a time, and the entire building can be illuminated with only 4 balls. Lighting the Beacon Light on the tower doubles entire score. Playfield skyscraper is a polished metal casting. Game advertised in The Billboard as 40 inches long by 20 inches wide, while a manufacturer flyer states it is 40 inches by 17 inches. Battery operated.
Design patent US D93316 S [GAME BOARD] filed May 25, 1934. Granted September 11, 1934 to Edward J. Wohlfeld, Inventor.
- ipdb.notes
- This is one of the first pinball games to feature a light on the playfield. An earlier game with colored lights is Great States Mfg. Co.'s 1932 'Flash Ball'.
Game comes with four different dials, each having a different quantity of starting score values that are highlighted in red. The advertisements seem less than clear about the meaning of the "Awards" tied to the red starting scores, and state "this feature has the same thrill as a Jack Pot". This vagueness may have been intentional if location payouts were expected.
'Skyscraper' was invented by Edward J. Wohlfeld, President of the Indiana Metal and Machinery Company, of Indianapolis. Bally paid royalties to manufacture and distribute this game.
- month
- 12
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- electromechanical
- theme
- City Skyline
- year
- 1934