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<blockquote data-quote="Lostboy" data-source="post: 232941" data-attributes="member: 1412"><p>Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I've been thinking about this more lately. I know this long wishlist isn't realistic, but I would at least love a couple of the key tables. Here's a bunch of "firsts":</p><p></p><p>-(1700s) A Bagatelle game with plunger</p><p>-(1871) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4542" target="_blank">1871 Redgrave Parlor Bagatelle</a>" didn't invent, but patented the plunger, increasing the popularity of pin games</p><p>-(1892) "Coin Game Board" the first horizontal coin-op pin game</p><p>-(1931, June) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3552" target="_blank">Whiffle Board</a>" considered the game that sparked the birth of pinball due to its success</p><p>-(1931, November) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=129" target="_blank">Baffle Ball</a>" considered the game that put pinball into the mainstream due to its national widespread success</p><p>-(1932, January) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4817" target="_blank">Ballyhoo</a>" the first game by Bally, and was a big hit</p><p>-(1932, March) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=5293" target="_blank">Double Shuffle</a>" the first machine to feature mechanical flippers, although it had no plunger</p><p>-(1932, June) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4963" target="_blank">Official</a>" the first known machine to be advertised as "Pin Ball"</p><p>-(1933, January) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=236" target="_blank">Big Broadcast</a>" the first score totalizer</p><p>-(1933, June) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=383" target="_blank">Brokers Tip</a>" a more modern TILT mechanism</p><p>-(1933, October) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1987" target="_blank">Rocket</a>" the first gambling pin game to feature an automatic winner payout</p><p>-(1933, November) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3029" target="_blank">Contact</a>" although not containing any one firsts, it was the first game to combine multiple features that are in use today; electricity, TILT, legs, sound effect, etc</p><p>-(1935, February) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=872" target="_blank">Flash</a>" the first to have the ability to win an extra play</p><p>-(1936, July) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=340" target="_blank">Bolo</a>" the first bumpers (they looked like bowling pins)</p><p>-(1936, December) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=405" target="_blank">Bumper</a>" the first to have bumpers resembling more like the ones we see today</p><p>-(1947, October) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1254" target="_blank">Humpty Dumpty</a>" the first electromechanical flippers</p><p>-(1948, January) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2650" target="_blank">Triple Action</a>" the first to have just two flippers at the bottom of the machine</p><p>-(1948, October) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2055" target="_blank">Saratoga</a>" the first pop bumpers</p><p>-(1950, October) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2313" target="_blank">Spot Bowler</a>" the first to move the two flippers closer to the position to what we're used to today</p><p>-(1962, October) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2713" target="_blank">Vagabond</a>" the first to offer drop targets that we're used to today</p><p>-(1975) "<a href="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2294" target="_blank">Spirit of '76</a>" the first solid state game</p><p>etc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lostboy, post: 232941, member: 1412"] Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I've been thinking about this more lately. I know this long wishlist isn't realistic, but I would at least love a couple of the key tables. Here's a bunch of "firsts": -(1700s) A Bagatelle game with plunger -(1871) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4542"]1871 Redgrave Parlor Bagatelle[/URL]" didn't invent, but patented the plunger, increasing the popularity of pin games -(1892) "Coin Game Board" the first horizontal coin-op pin game -(1931, June) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3552"]Whiffle Board[/URL]" considered the game that sparked the birth of pinball due to its success -(1931, November) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=129"]Baffle Ball[/URL]" considered the game that put pinball into the mainstream due to its national widespread success -(1932, January) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4817"]Ballyhoo[/URL]" the first game by Bally, and was a big hit -(1932, March) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=5293"]Double Shuffle[/URL]" the first machine to feature mechanical flippers, although it had no plunger -(1932, June) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=4963"]Official[/URL]" the first known machine to be advertised as "Pin Ball" -(1933, January) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=236"]Big Broadcast[/URL]" the first score totalizer -(1933, June) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=383"]Brokers Tip[/URL]" a more modern TILT mechanism -(1933, October) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1987"]Rocket[/URL]" the first gambling pin game to feature an automatic winner payout -(1933, November) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3029"]Contact[/URL]" although not containing any one firsts, it was the first game to combine multiple features that are in use today; electricity, TILT, legs, sound effect, etc -(1935, February) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=872"]Flash[/URL]" the first to have the ability to win an extra play -(1936, July) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=340"]Bolo[/URL]" the first bumpers (they looked like bowling pins) -(1936, December) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=405"]Bumper[/URL]" the first to have bumpers resembling more like the ones we see today -(1947, October) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1254"]Humpty Dumpty[/URL]" the first electromechanical flippers -(1948, January) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2650"]Triple Action[/URL]" the first to have just two flippers at the bottom of the machine -(1948, October) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2055"]Saratoga[/URL]" the first pop bumpers -(1950, October) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2313"]Spot Bowler[/URL]" the first to move the two flippers closer to the position to what we're used to today -(1962, October) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2713"]Vagabond[/URL]" the first to offer drop targets that we're used to today -(1975) "[URL="http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2294"]Spirit of '76[/URL]" the first solid state game etc [/QUOTE]
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