The action pans from right to left so we will look at the first section of games in that order.
The first one on the right is very difficult. I do not think it is the original paint job. Important to note the black riser section at the bottom is the exact height of some Williams games around 1955, with the cabinet pushing forward in a narrow section in that unique way. The only other company with a similar cab was Keeney, but their game Ranger (1955) doesn't quite match because there is darker colour around the Keeney score reels. That is another thing to note: there are only 3 score reels. Some games then had 4, even if one was a dummy reel.
Lots more under the cut...
The second game is very hard to figure out because this cabinet also has a different paint job, but the lower cabinet is a distinct shape, with a thin portion of it cut away, and leaning back at a distinct angle.
The key to identifying this one is to pay attention to the cloud shapes:
The third game:
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| note the very unique marquee along the top of the machine |
The fourth game:
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| note the vertical stripes with the pair of center flags, lighter wood trim, and the rest of the marquee lines up. |
I am unable to make out any details of the fifth game.
After the initial gun lineup, the couple walks to the left and we see a row of machines including pinball machines. On the far right of that line we see a gun game then 3 pin-style games, but not with enough clues to begin analyzing them.
The third-from-the-left machine is a baseball game. We can tell by the slant of the playfield glass. A big clue is the height of the backglass, as many of the baseball games of that era had taller glasses.
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| at the top of this image we can see the wooden lockdown bar of the baseball game, with a nice curve facing the player |
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| backglass of the baseball game. It is far in the background, and the only real detail we can see on the glass is the swoop near the bottom left. |
I believe this can only be one game: King Of Swat
On the next game you can see the triangular housing for bowling pins, and a very distinctive backglass. There are other machines with a similar backglass, but they have longer playfields.
There is a pinball machine:
Approaching the next side, there is a large shooting gallery game.
When the couple walks around the corner, to the left, we encounter a few more machines. On the very far left we see the butt of a rifle, but can't see any details of that machine.
The next game, from the left, is a Moving Target Rifle Gallery and then a Space Ace, and another gun game to the right of the pillar.
Next game is from Japan!
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| 1962 Punching Bag - パンチングバッグ by セガ (Sega) |
Though there are some slight visual differences, like how the instructions are centered in the clip, but left-aligned in the flyer image...
Behind the man crossing his arms we see a much older style gun game.
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| very distinctive dial surrounded by white clouds, with the tube gun resting beneath it. |
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