Back Spelling-Bee

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Sources agree (4 fields)

technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1956 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
5791 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (10 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Trap Holes ×18 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/5791/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5791/image-20.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB Same game as Bally's 1955 'Crosswords' but backglass has different colors. This game was ideal for placement in locations that would not accept traditional bingo machines. It has no multiple-coin capacity or variable odds. The game shown here has its lower cabinet and playfield each stamped with serial number S1333 while its backbox is stamped as S333. Stapled inside the backbox is a manufacturer's tag indicating the name 'Bally Crosswords'. This would indicate that 'Spelling-Bee' was not produced ahead of that game. Its backglass shows the year 1956. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Trap holes (18). Balls landing in lettered holes on the playfield light the corresponding letters on the backglass to form words. Patent No. USD177,950 [CABINET FOR AMUSEMENT APPARATUS] filed November 7, 1955. Granted December 16, 1958 to Charles G. Troeller, Chicago, and Donald E. Hooker, Wilmette, Ill., assignors to Raymond T. Moloney, Chicago, Ill. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog spelling-bee-3 used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Spelling-Bee used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog spelling-bee-2 used