Squirly

The Atlas Manufacturing Company's Squirly, produced in September 1932, is an early artifact from the pre-electromechanical era of pinball. As a purely mechanical table-top/counter game, it predates flippers, electric bumpers, and other electromechanical features that would define pinball in later decades.

The gameplay on Squirly features a distinctive "Figure 8" layout on its playfield, a notable design choice for guiding the ball through an interconnected mechanical course using tilt, gravity, and skillful handling rather than any powered controls. Due to limited surviving information, further gameplay nuances or scoring rules are not well documented.

While Squirly lacks a discernible theme, its design is characteristic of early 1930s pinball, featuring simple mechanical construction typical of the pre-flipper, pre-electric era. As an early surviving example from Atlas Manufacturing Company, it offers insight into pinball's mechanical origins before the industry's electromechanical evolution.