Snappy

Snappy, produced by Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company in February 1938, is an early flipperless novelty game with a bowling theme, of which 2,365 units were confirmed built. It represents the mechanical, pre-flipper style of pinball common in the late 1930s.

In terms of gameplay, Snappy features 10 scoring bumpers and two captive balls, elements that added variety to a flipperless playfield of this era. Players would have encountered a playfield built around these interactions to achieve high scores, typical of novelty-play machines of the period.

The bowling theme is reflected in the machine's design, fitting a common sports motif used across many pinball and novelty games of the late 1930s. Detailed information about the specific artwork has not survived, leaving some aspects open to speculation among collectors and historians.