Back Towers

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Sources agree (4 fields)

technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1942 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
5095 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Passive Bumpers ×19 used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5095/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5095/image-2.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB According to Dick Bueschel in the Jan 1994 issue of GameRoom magazine, 'Towers' was the last game Keeney made before the War Production Board banned the production of non-essential items during WWII. He stated that Keeney never advertised 'Towers', and estimated its date as Jan 1942. Bueschel went on to say that this game was advertised in the Sept 1942 issue of The Coin Machine Journal by the Buckley Trading Post, a wartime reseller of games. Lastly, he said that General Vending Sales advertised 'Towers' as a used pre-war game in their July 15, 1947 catalog and indicated it was a free play game, selling for $39.50. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Passive bumpers (19). The backglass shows an apparent rooftop view of a downtown city area with office buildings in the foreground and several taller, tower-like structures in the background. These towers do not appear to be meant to hold people and look more like art-deco fantasy than representative of real structures. The downtown area is bisected by an aerial viaduct full of long, streamlined cars in motion. Several aircraft are depicted on the playfield. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog j-h-keeney-and-company-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog towers used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Towers used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog towers used