Pastime

The Pastime, manufactured by Louisville Novelty Manufacturing Company in July 1943, is a rare surviving example of a wartime-era electro-mechanical (EM) pinball machine. Notably, it was a conversion of Stoner's earlier game 'Turf Champ,' a common industry practice used to refresh existing hardware with new art and theming.

Produced in the middle of World War II, when many manufacturers had shifted focus to military production, machines from this period are relatively scarce. As a pre-1947 design, Pastime predates the invention of the flipper, so its gameplay relied on plunging, tilting, and timing rather than flipper-controlled shots.

Specific details of Pastime's artwork and mechanics are not well documented, which is typical for conversions and games of this vintage. Its rarity and wartime origins make it an interesting artifact for collectors and historians studying the early development of pinball.