Time

Time, manufactured by Pacific Amusement Manufacturing Company (PAMCO) in 1935, is an early electro-mechanical pinball machine designed by Frank K. Maitland. The game showcases inventive problem-solving in its ball-scoring mechanism, a hallmark of the period's pinball designs.

The gameplay on Time is straightforward yet ingenious. The machine features a ballkicker at the bottom of the playfield, which propels losing balls upwards until they land in score holes, since the game has no outhole trough for balls that fail to score. A unique aspect of the game is its playfield clock: the long minute hand is positioned at the "12" with a forked tip that catches a ball entering from above, then rotates clockwise around the dial and deposits the ball into the first vacant hole.

The machine's design and art are minimalist, typical of early 1930s pinball, with clean lines and no overt theme or artwork. Frank K. Maitland filed a patent (No. D095852, "Amusement Game Board") for the design about a month after production began, which was granted on June 4, 1935.