Coin Slot

Issue: 1976 September 020

Coin Slot Magazine - #020 - 1976 - September [International Arcade Museum]
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Coin Slot Magazine - #020 - 1976 - September [International Arcade Museum]
The Pinball m*
Machine
A Brief History by Shelle Gilgoff
From the moment the plunger
hits the ball and the bells start
ringing you enter the strange
and awesome world of pinball.
You are transported from here
to there and until the last ball
leaves the playfield you are to
tally captivated by the myste
rious world surrounding the
game.
How did all this evolve you are
no doubt asking yourself. It
began way back in the 1830's
when men in pubs began to
play
a
game called
BAGA
TELLE. The game was played
with cue sticks and balls but
the playfield resembled more
that of a pinball playfield than
of a pool table.
The next appearance of a pin
ball type game came in 1898 when the Caille Brothers produced a
game called LOG CABIN. Although never really very popular it is
credited with the origination of the name pinball from the metal
pins in the playfield that deflected a ball from landing in a score
value hole.
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use to vending. The first finan
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also one of the current manufacturers, introduced BALLY HOO.
With the roaring twenties came an outpouring of coin-operated de
Both of these games sold new for $16.50 and earned on location up
to $35 a week.
In the depression years inexpensive amusement
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