Niche Mechanisms 006: spirals

The ball spirals further inward!  We're not talking about machines that use circles or curves or even spirals to launch balls, no these are machines where the spiral is everything.  

There is so much that can be done with spirals!  the ball spins around the spiral and the spiral comes up spiral.  But spiral all spiral spiral?  Spiral indeed spiral!  Spiral spiral, spiral spiral spiral spiral.

1929~ 自動販売球遊機 (An automatic vending ball game) [No. 17] by 日本娯楽機製作所 (Japan Amusement Machine Manufacturing)

1930 Little Whirl Wind by Peo

1930 Play Ball by Pace

1930 Baseball Roll-et by Gottlieb

1930 Roll-et by Gottlieb

1927? 1931? Whirl-O-Ball by Briant Specialty

1930 Whirl-Ball by Peo

1931 Miniature Baseball by Gottlieb & Peo

1931 Pen-nee Golf by Pace Manufacturing

1931 Scotch Golf by Marcus

1931 Spiral Golf by Peo

 

unknown British/Australian machine, 1930s

1931 The Wildcat by Goodbody

1931 Whiz-Ball by Pace

1931 Whoopee Ball by Field Manufacturing Co

Spirals spirals spirals?  Heh, spirals...  eine spirale?  Spirale! Spirale! Spirale!

1936 Fahrt ins Blaue by Josef Fischer Automatenfabrik, Brunndöbra

1937 Spiralette by Printator GmbH, Berlin-Weissensee

1934 Wirbelwind by Raimund Singewald, Leipzig

1939 Lucky Roll by Fortune Sales

1927 (?? ??) Whirl A Ball by Linbrite Specialty

1946 Whirl-A-Ball by Amusement Enterprise Inc

Spiral spiral spiral spiral-- spiral spiral-- spiral spiral uzumaki uzumaki.  Uzumaki スパイラル uzumaki spiral SPIRAL!!

1971 Spiral Ball - スパイラルボール by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho)

1971 スパイラルボール (Spiral Ball) by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho)

1977 Gold Mine by Universal Products Inc 

スパイラル スパイラル スパイラル スパイラル.

1977 ブラックパンサー (Black panther) by ウコー (Uko)

1978 うずまきゲーム (Uzumaki game) by 柿崎計器 (Kakizaki Keiki)

1978~ Super Cars - スーパーカー by 柿崎計器 (Kakizaki Keiki) [presumed]

1979 クルクルアタック (Twirl Attack) by こまや (Komaya)

1981 スピンボール (Spin Ball) by こまや (Komaya)

 

U. Zu. Ma. Ki.

1982 Rock'n Roll - ロックンロール by こまや (Komaya)

1989 Thunder Rail - サンダーレール by こまや (Komaya)

1990s~ Kururetto - クルレット by フェイス (Face)

1990s~ Kururetto 2 - クルレット2 by エクセル (Xcel)

1994 くるくるトマト (Round and round tomatoes) by Robotex 1

1997 Kuru Kuru Attack - くるくるアタック by ジャレコ (Jaleco)

2000 Bingo Marine Circle - Bingo マリンサークル by こまや (Komaya)

 

Spiral uzumaki? Uzu-maaaaaaaki!

2009 うずまキッズ (Uzuma Kids) by 富士電子 (Fuji Electronics — FDEK)

ぐるぐるジャングル (round and round jungle) by unknown

2012 Dizzy Chicken by Bay Tek

2015 Black Hole by Coastal Amusements