- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Houston Showcase and Manufacturing Company
- ipdb_id
- 2480
- ipdb.image_urls
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- ipdb.notable_features
- 20 balls for 5 cents (10 balls for each player).
Lower left apron states:
How To Play - Put coin in slot. Push forward full distance and let slide return. Press down on small lever to elevate ball to shooting position. Draw back handle of spring plunger and release.
Lower right apron states:
Rules - Green ball counts double. For amusement only. Not for gambling. Made by Houston Showcase & Manufacturing Co. Houston, Texas
- ipdb.notes
- An advertising flyer (not shown here) promotes the machine as having superior construction:
Exclusive in the Field of Really High-Class Amusement Games
Its size is 38 inches square. Height at front, 37 inches; at back, 41 inches. Weighs 120 pounds uncrated. Cabinet and legs of mahogany, walnut or figured red gum. (We ship from whichever stock we are running.) Vertical veneer five ply panels used on front sides and ends. Adjusters on legs. Legs removed when shipping and are attached to table with exclusive features of machine screws and washers entering into concealed angle iron construction at each corner. Both plungers on right of player. Coin slide operates both marble pans at once. Elevators lift one marble at a time. Exterior finished in natural colors with four coats high grade laquer.
The field itself is finished in gold, the ornamentation around holes is black. The pins are brass covered with white rubber. The field guard is finished black and the labels are black and gold. Note that marbles return to numbered pockets in front of player. Easily counted without loss of time or controversy.
The single-playfield version of this game is Houston Showcase and Manufacturing Company's 1933 'Sweetheart'.
- month
- 2
- player_count
- 2
- technology_generation
- pure-mechanical
- year
- 1933