Gottlieb wood-rail game; Barnacle Bill used same playfield layout with different art

Gottlieb game (1947) featuring Harry Mabbs' first flipper implementation; transformative innovation for the pinball industry.

Gottlieb pinball game (October 1947) with 6 flippers; successful competitor that influenced industry but Kordek/Genco chose conservative 2-flipper design for Triple Action.

Gottlieb pinball machine released in 1947, same year as Exhibit Mystery, cited as competitive pressure forcing operators to retrofit flipperless games

Gottlieb game (1947); first game to use 2-inch flippers; featured six flippers in reverse articulation on either side

Gottlieb EM pinball machine from the early EM era featuring lighted scoring and back glass animation

First flipper pinball game; became highly desirable to operators upon release

1947 Gottlieb pinball machine; landmark title introducing the first electromechanical flippers to pinball

Game built with 6 flippers that became the industry standard template (2, 4, or 6 flipper configurations) before Kordek introduced 2-flipper bottom design

1947 pinball machine; first to add flippers; complicated legal classification of pinball by introducing significant skill element

First pinball game with flippers; 1936; flyer considered 'holy grail' of flyer collecting; only 3 known to exist

1947 Alvin Gottlieb pinball machine, first game with flippers, features six side-mounted flippers controlled by single solenoid

1947 Gottlieb machine; featured early flipper design; on display at museum; hosts discuss it as foundational machine in flipper history

Historic pinball machine from 1947-1948; credited as first game with controllable flippers; landmark in pinball development.

First flipper game ever made (1947); playable daily in Pacific Pinball Museum; featured in presentation on pinball evolution

Fairy tale series machine on display with three others (Lady Robin Hood, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland); three machines in series missing from collection (Jack and Jill, Old King Cullen, Alibaba)

Landmark game credited with introducing flippers to pinball; released 3 weeks after the Nevada machine

Historic pinball machine on display at museum (display piece, not playable)

Historic pinball machine described as first game with flippers, featured in museum

Historic pinball machine from museum collection, playable at expo

First pinball machine to feature flippers (1947); had six flippers facing away from each other

Pinball game associated with 1947 flipper introduction; timeline uncertain relative to Sam Stern's Williams acquisition

1947 pinball machine; first game with flippers; approximately 6,000-6,200 units produced; 72 years old at time of filming; historically significant piece in Dimus's collection

Early flipper game by Harry Mabbs, mark of shift from traditional pinball to flipper-based gameplay

1947 pinball machine at Roanoke Museum; cited as beginning of flipper era in museum's historical display

Original pinball machine in museum collection; features flippers and interactivity advancing design from earlier whiffle games.

First pinball machine with flippers (1947, Gottlieb); featured six reverse-oriented flippers; marked transition from nudge-only gameplay

First pinball game with flippers (1947, Gottlieb); featured six backward-facing flippers (three per side) controlled by two solenoids; flippers served as novelty rather than functional control mechanism