Telecard

The Telecard, designed by Harry Mabs with artwork by Roy Parker, was manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Company in January 1949, with 1,700 confirmed units produced. It's a single-player electro-mechanical machine notable for its use of four flippers at a time when multi-flipper layouts were still a relatively new and evolving design choice.

Gameplay centers on those four flippers alongside three kick-out holes, giving players a layout that rewards careful shot placement to avoid feeding the kick-out holes unfavorably. The machine displays a maximum score of 2,500,000 points.

Little else is documented about the machine's theme or design beyond its electro-mechanical build and Mabs' design credit, but as a well-preserved example of late-1940s Gottlieb engineering, the Telecard offers useful insight into the multi-flipper experimentation of the period.