Kriss-Kross

The Kriss-Kross, manufactured by A & M Vending Machine Company of Brooklyn, New York in September 1932, is a rare example of a Pure Mechanical (PM) pin game from the earliest days of pinball. As with all games of this pre-flipper period, gameplay relied entirely on gravity and mechanical obstacles rather than any electric or player-operated components.

Detailed information on Kriss-Kross's specific rules, scoring, artwork, or theme has not survived, which is common for many obscure single-player machines from the early 1930s. This scarcity of documentation, combined with its age, makes the machine a genuine rarity for collectors and historians.

As a single-player Pure Mechanical game from 1932, Kriss-Kross represents the earliest, most primitive phase of pinball's development, well before the introduction of flippers or electromechanical scoring in later years.