Goofy (Junior)

Goofy (Junior), crafted by Bally Manufacturing Corporation in August 1932, dates from Bally's very first years in business and the dawn of the commercial pinball industry. Designed by Jack Firestone, it is a Pure Mechanical (PM) table-top counter game, relying entirely on gravity and mechanical components - a full fifteen years before the invention of the flipper.

Gameplay was simple and affordable: players could opt for 7 balls for one cent or 10 balls for five cents, an accessible price point that helped countertop pin games spread through Depression-era shops and taverns.

An interesting piece of history surrounds this game: according to the Encyclopedia of Pinball, Bally sought an injunction to stop the many copycat versions of 'Goofy' produced by other manufacturers - early evidence of how fiercely competitive, and imitative, the young pinball industry was in 1932.