- gameplay_feature
- Spinning Bumpers
- gameplay_feature
- Trap Holes ×20
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Bally Manufacturing Corporation
- ipdb_id
- 3460
- ipdb.image_urls
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- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Bally
- ipdb.model_number
- 697
- ipdb.notable_features
- 10 cents per play for up to four players. Trap holes (20), Spinning bumper (1). The Instruction Cards labeled Spinner-1 and Spinner-2 describe two styles of play: "High Score" and "Spin Poker". The Instruction Sheet explains a third style of play: "Concentration".
- ipdb.notes
- Player presses red button at start of game to lower the score pockets (trap holes) below the playfield, five pockets for each player. The round bumper spins continuously throughout game play to fling the balls everywhere. As the colored balls fall in the pockets, each player must decide which balls to let stay in that player's pockets and which ones to reject by pressing any of five corresponding buttons on the cabinet. This pushes the undesired balls back into play in hopes of landing a higher scoring ball in the vacated pockets. A timer stops the spinning bumper and ends the game.
An article in Billboard dated Feb-8-1964 page 49 indicates that the Federal Government, in response to a legal challenge, reclassified 'Spinner' from a gaming device to an amusement device. This reduced the Federal tax from $250 to $10 per game.
- player_count
- 4
- technology_generation
- electromechanical