Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (1 field)
- theme
- IPDB Horse Racing IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Horse Racing used
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 7 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1943 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 3848 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Roy McGinnis Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3848/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3848/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3848/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3848/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3848/image-5.jpg"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB 'Whirlaway' was a conversion of these 1-player games: Bally's 1940 'Sport Event' Bally's 1940 'Sport Special' Bally's 1940 'Record Time' Bally's 1940 'Dark Horse' Bally's 1941 'Blue Grass' We previously showed a date of 8-1943 for this game. The earliest Billboard ad we found is dated Jul-17-1943, page 78. On page 77 in that Billboard issue, the Sullivan-Nolan Adv. Co. of Chicago advertised to convert Bally one-ball free play games just like Roy McGinnis was doing, mentioning by name four of the five games listed above, but did not specify new names for their conversions. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Console cabinet. Backglass measures 23 by 23 inches. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog roy-mcginnis-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog whirlaway-2 used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Whirlaway used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog whirlaway-2 used