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Oklahoma

Manufacturer: United Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1942-1962)
Year: 1949
Date: June, 1949
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1

About This Machine

The Oklahoma pinball machine, produced by United Manufacturing Company in June 1949, is a single-player electromechanical (EM) game with an American West theme. It was the first game from United to use a drop chute for coin insertion, replacing the coin slide used on the company's earlier games.

The machine offers five balls for five cents and features two flippers (which United referred to as "control kickers," both operating simultaneously from a single solenoid), four pop bumpers, and six kick-out holes, but no slingshots. Two bells provide the game's sound effects. A period announcement in The Billboard claimed a high score of 9,990,000 points, though the backglass's millions counter only goes up to 8.

The Oklahoma's design favors clean lines and minimal ornamentation, with artwork conveying its American West theme. Little additional information is available about this machine, but its coin-mechanism innovation and straightforward EM feature set make it a notable entry in United's late-1940s lineup.

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Technical Details

Theme:
American Places - American West
Notable Features:
5 balls for 5 cents. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Kick-out holes (6). No slingshots. Sound: 2 bells

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