This was the first commercial pinball game to use flippers.
Humpty Dumpty was produced by Gottlieb, D. & Co. in 1947.
Gottlieb, D. & Co. released 632 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1929. Gottlieb, D. & Co. was based in United States.
Other machines made by Gottlieb, D. & Co. during the time period Humpty Dumpty was produced include: Superliner, Baffle-Card, Improved Deluxe Grip Scale, Cover Girl, Stage Door Canteen, Bowling League, Daily-Races (New, 1947), Daily-Races, Flying Trapeze, and Lucky Star
Name | Humpty Dumpty |
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Developer | Gottlieb, D. & Co. (United States) |
Year | 1947 |
Type | Pinball |
KLOV/MOG # | 2958 |
Sub-Type | Electro-Mechanical |
Class | Wide Release |
# Maximum Players | 1 |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Players would launch the ball with the plunger. As the ball came back down, players would use the flippers to throw the ball into the bumpers for points or into holes for points. Score was displayed on the marquee.
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This was the first pinball game to add flippers, thus adding a whole new level of control and action. The flippers were invented by a Gottleib chief designer named Harry Mabs in 1947.PThis game was released in October of 1947. By the end of that year, all other pinball machines had either been made with flippers or had been converted to add flippers.
There are 15,174 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,343 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Scarce - There are 5 known instances of this machine owned by Humpty Dumpty collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Humpty Dumpty.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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2018 | 1 | 4,800.00 | 4,800.00 |
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