Playfield has a little bit of wear above home plate, see pics. Front of cabinet looks very nice but appears that it was repainted on the front around the coindoor.
Fun Ball has been fully serviced by our in house electro-mechanical technician who specializes in vintage electro-mechanical pinball machine repair. He has went through this game from top to bottom for proper operation. We encourage any prospective buyer to please visit our store and see and play this game in person.
However often times, electro-mechanical machines need to be adjusted after transport due to their age and nature. In addition, between and Williams produced some games using the same mechanism but with other racing themes such as Jalopy old cars that race , Spark Plugs horse racing , Sea Jockeys motor boat racing , and Handicap horse racing , all using the Hayburners mechanism to move little cardboard figures.
Williams took a break until Daffy Derby in , which was a one flipper pinball game with the familar mechanical horse running unit. A different approach to the horse race theme was taken with Turf Champ in This pinball had the horse running unit in playfield instead of the backbox, and was the only horse race pinball that allowed the player to pick their horse instead of the game doing it for them.
This game had a very large playfield width to accomodate the playfield mounted mechanical horses. Again there were no horse race games until Nags in , which was Williams last single player woodrail pinball game, and used the better backbox mechanical horse running unit. This was probably the best of the horse race pinball games, as it used score reel scoring, and had a pop bumper playfield turntable that rotated during game play! Williams last use of the horse running unit was in 's Winner , which again used a playfield mounted horse race unit.
This saved the playfield for the ball, but unfortunately Winner just didn't play well and hence is not very desirable. Manikin Mannequin Games. Please email me if you have any of these for sale! There are other cool mechanical animation games that use "manikins" or "mannequin" if you prefer.
There are some baseball manikin games, such as the Rockola World Series and Evans Bat-A-Score with the World Series being the most famous, and the Evan Bat-a-Score being much more unknown, and not nearly as elaborate as the World Series. But there are plenty of non-baseball manikin games too. Some very unusual examples includes H. I was always a fan of skee bowling, but the size of a skee bowler makes owning one impossible.
Because of this, the manikin versions are very cool. I would love to find one of these, especially the Gottlieb Skeeballette. There are also several basketball manikin games, including Genco's Two Player Basketball , which is probably the most famous. They also make a "jungle" version of this games, called Monkey Jungle. Chicago Coin had the original version which Genco copied and updated called Basketball Champ and the later Pro Basketball , both single player. Another very unusual manikin game is Mutoscope's Silver Gloves Two manikins actually box each over for the knock out!
I'de love to find one of these too. These games are actually bowling games, but are the size of a pinball game. There is a manikin bowler that the player controls.
This game was reissued by Williams in as Mini-Bowl. Sega even copied Williams and came out with their own manikin bowler in the called Pro-Bowler. Another manikin game is Williams' Mini Golf. This game had a manikin golfer, and a nine hole playfield. The object is to putt the ball into the correct golf holes one to nine a very linear game, since you always started with hole number one! There were several other manikin golf games related to Mini Golf. The first was Southland Engineering's Little Pro , which was actually the first manikin golf game Williams bought the rights from Southland to produce the nearly identical, but more well-known, Mini Golf.
There is also the Williams Hollywood Driving Range. The game play is more like a pitch and bat less linear Golf game. Hollywood Driving Range also has traditional score reel scoring instead of just strokes and holes , and backglass animation.
Interestingly, in Bromley released an updated version of the Mini Golf called Bromley Little Pro , which was a ticket-spitting redemption game. Bromley added some features to the game like electronic scoring and sound, and also hazzards like ramps and a spinning wind mill. The good thing about the Bromley version is you can continue your game.
If you could never get past hole three on Mini Golf, at least with Bromley's Little Pro you could continue your current game for 25 cents!
All American Baseball Game , Amusement Machine Corp, made to , one player, the game World Series by Rockola was based on and nearly a copy of, manikin playfield players. The "batter up" names included real ball players of the time, such as Babe Ruth. George Miner, the inventer of this game, sold all the rights and tool equipment to Harry Williams in Miner sold to Williams because nickel play arcade machines like his baseball had died at the arcades, being replaced by penny pinball games.
Harry Williams was hired by Bally in , and Bally was going to remake the Miner baseball game. Miner was contracted by Bally to make some improvements, but was killed in an airplane crash on October 7, Rockola then produced the game as "World Series" in All Star Baseball , Chicago Coin, , , two players. B: Bally Baseball , Bally, s exact date unknown , a shuffle alley with a unique baseball theme.
Genco Baseball Electric , Genco, June , an electric pinball baseball with a playfield mounted running man unit using balls. Genco Baseball Shuffle , Genco, s exact date unknown , a shuffle alley baseball game.
Big Bat , Bally Midway, , electronic pitch and bat. Big Inning , Bally, , one player, light animated runners on playfield and backglass, automatic pitching unit player only controls the bat , unusual cabinet design almost pre-WW2 styling.
A very basic one player pitch and bat note the low number of colors used in the backglass artwork. Bush League , Gottlieb, s exact date unknown , small pinball-ish style pitch and bat. One player, completing game title awards replay carry over feature , hitting seven targets in one games awards extra inning, fast and slow pitch randomly selected , animated infield "players" that catch the ball then turret around and throw the ball to another base turret for double plays, backglass running man unit, playfield lights to simulate men running to the bases, replay and extra inning.
An updated replay version was released that had an engineering change to the original game. This added a "double play" relay under the playfield, after production started. Also available in novelty version with no replays. Double Play was probably the most advanced and most animated EM baseball ever produced by Williams. F: Fast Ball , Exhibit Supply Company, late s exact date unknown , one player, flipper baseball game, woodrail head and body. Small pitch and bat with backglass running man unit that uses steel balls.
Home Run , Chicago Coin, , six players. Home Run Ball Gum , maker unknown, s exact date unknown , one player. A pitch and bat gum ball machine. Not a pitch and bat, but a ball "roll down" type game. Uses an old Williams style running man unit. Last Williams baseball with a silkscreened playfield all games after this used a formica playfield. Evans, , payout pinball with mechanical horses on the playfield. Made in three version regular, lightup, payout. L: Last Inning , Sega, Lite League , Amusematic, date unknown.
Little League , Midway, , one player. M: Magic Baseball , Shelden Dickson and Steven Omaha NB , , game uses a "hair drier" to elevate and float the baseball in the strike zone in front of the player.
The player could control how much air power was fed to the ball, controlling the height of the ball. Then the bat was swung to hit the ball. Mills Softball , Mills, pre-WW2, one player, flipper less pinball baseball game. Official Baseball , Genco, , a pinball game, not a pitch and bat. Pennant Fever , Williams, , two players, solidstate digital scoring with volt gas discharge displays, three pitches. Play Ball , Exhibit Supply, , has a playfield mounted running man unit using balls, spits tickets like a redemption game!
Play Ball slot machine , Mills, s, a baseball slot machine. Play Ball , Genco, , a rolldown game. Play Ball , Gottlieb, , single player flipperless baseball game.
Play Ball , Midway, , one player. Play Ball! R: Rocket Ball , Chicago Coin, mids exact date unknown , one player, a ball popping shuffle alley. Short Stop , Exhibit Supply, , one player, pinball game but no flippers. Based on a shuffle bowler cabinet, the player uses a flipper type button to pitch the ball in the backglass. Then you must slide the puck to operate the bat when the ball is over the plate. Too early or too late, no hit.
The scoring lanes left to right are single, double, home run, triple, single. Too far left or right is an out. It's designed as a one or two player game with a seven inning total, and a three shot limit instead of outs. The backglass features light animation for base runners. Slug Fest , Williams, and , two players, solidstate dot matrix scoring, made in and then re-run again in , game number was made in , game number was made in T: Tenth Inning , United, , a smaller game, 10th inning, almost countertop sized.
TV Baseball , Chicago Coin, , , two players. Other Coin Operated Sports Games, Alphabetic Order: This includes horse racing, hockey, football, baseketball, boxing, golf, sports related animated pinball, non-baseball pitch and bat, sports bowling games, and manikin bowling games.
Bally Basket Ball , Bally, , bally basketball game. Basketball - Midway , Midway, , domed basketball, holes line the concave court and players on opposite ends try to be the first to launch the ball out using a numbered series of push-buttons on their control panel.
Basketball - Sega , Sega, Basketball Champ , Chicago Coin, , one player, balls automatically delivered to an offensive manikin basketball player which the player controls and uses to shoot for a basket. Also a defensive manikin that moves left and right in front of the player controlled offensive manikin. Slightly longer than a conventional pinball game. The Boxing Machine , maker unknown, date unknown s , a modern version of Mutoscope's K.
Champ Carnival , Midway, , one player, a circus themed pitch and bat. Carnival Target, Midway, , two players, a pitch and bat.
Criss Cross Hockey , Chicago Coin, , one player, two animated hockey players the one by the backbox is controlled by the machine compete to try and score goals against each other. Also see Max Manufacturing's Champion Hockey. Grand National Sweepstakes , Seeburg, , Seeburg Grand National was made in the early 's when gambling on pinball games had become extremely popular.
Seeburg wanted a piece of the action, so they made this cash payout horserace game. The player selected the number of the horse desired to bet on, then the circle of horses would spin, and if it stopped on that horse number, you won! Backglass animation, similar to Williams' Apollo pinball game. Horse Shoes , Exhibit Supply, , Horseshoes a dice game, but does not payout, more of a trade stimulator.
But still a neat game, just not a pay out model. Exactly the same game as Williams' Hayburners , but with a car race theme. Unique "space age" cabinet design that Williams used just under a year. Also has a red animated animal score reel in the center of the playfield with pictures of the animals that are knocked down by hitting the center target.
Fighters is a manikin boxing game. Little Pro , Bromley, , a 9 hole par 3 golf game. Fully electronic, and has golf obsticles like ramps and a moving windmill.
Midget Skee Ball , Chicago Coin, , 1 player, manikin player skee bowl game, also see the copy of this game, Satomi's Pitch Ball , Must shoot holes one to nine, in order, with a limited number of shots. The rights for this game were bought from Southland Engineering. Hence Mini Golf is very similar to their Little Pro game. Score reels only show strokes taken and hole number. A more pitch and bat style of this game was released in with Williams' Hollywood Driving Range game.
Only about of these were made, as they did not sell well they had to compete with videos and pinballs. Has a manikin golfer next to the conventional "pitch and bat" style bat. Unfortunately the manikin is often broken from pitched balls. Replay version of Par Golf. Pro Basketball , Chicago Coin, , one player manikin basketball game. Pro Block a Shot basketball , Briarwood, , two players.
Pro-Bowler , Sega, , two players, mechanically animated manikin bowling game. Five foot playfield length. Pro Hockey , Chicago Coin, August , two player hockey game. Quarterback , Genco, , one player, 1. Set Shot Basketball , Richman Corp. There are five or six ping pong balls that fall into holes. Each hole has a lever that you manually trigger to flick a paddle under the ball to shoot it towards the basket. Each basket is scored on the backboard scoreboard lights.
Shuffle Slugger , United, circa exact date unknown , two player. A shuffle alley with a baseball theme. Silver Gloves , Mutoscope, , two players, manikin boxers fight each other boxing , one control moves the fighter forward and back, the other control swings the fighter's arm, when a fighter is knocked out by a hit to the chin, the manikin actually falls down for the count, three knock outs and the other player wins. Sock it , Western Equipment, ish exact date unknown , one player, payout pitch and bat game.
Sockit was one of the first pitch and bat game ever produced. Steeple Chase , United, s exact date unknown , animated horses in backbox that move based on holes scored. Looks like a rolldown cabinet pinball, but there are no flippers.
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