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Pinball machine:Midget Hi-Ball Pinball Game

Peo Manufacturing1932

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester, United States

In June 1932 Peo Manufacturing released Midget Hi-Ball, a smaller, counter top version of its January 1932 pin game Hi-Ball. The Rochester, New York-based manufacturer is best known for creating the 1930 countertop game Little Whirl-Wind. That game proved so popular that other larger manufacturers produced dozens of imitations and variations such as Whiz-Ball, Spiral Golf, and Whirl-O-Ball. Suffering from fierce competition and too many larger companies capitalizing on Peo?s ideas, Peo was out of the coin-operated amusements business by the end of the 1930s.

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  • Title: Pinball machine:Midget Hi-Ball Pinball Game
  • Creator: Peo Manufacturing
  • Date Created: 1932
  • Location: Rochester, NY
  • Subject Keywords: video game, electronic game, pinball machine, mechanical game
  • Type: Arcade Games
  • Medium: wood, glass, metal, paint
  • Object ID: 114.294
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