Auroran

Auroran is a single-player electro-mechanical game released in December 1937 by the Stoner Manufacturing Company of Aurora, Illinois, and its title is a playful nod to the company's hometown. Stoner was one of the busier second-tier manufacturers of the 1930s pinball boom, producing games from 1933 to 1941.

Detailed documentation of Auroran's playfield, rules, and artwork has not survived in the available record. As a 1937 machine it predates the flipper by a decade, so gameplay would have revolved around the plunger shot, scoring contacts and holes, and skillful nudging.

While its specifics remain obscure, Auroran is a representative artifact of the late-1930s EM era and of Stoner's regional Illinois manufacturing story, and its hometown-tribute name gives it a small measure of charm among prewar titles.