Transmitter

The Transmitter was produced by the Stoner Manufacturing Company of Aurora, Illinois, in September 1935. It is a single-player, one-ball electro-mechanical payout machine, playable as a tabletop/counter game for 5 cents per ball.

Transmitter holds a specific place in Stoner's history as the company's first cash payout game. An earlier 1935 Stoner release, 'Tick 'a' Lite,' had paid out winnings using tickets rather than cash, making Transmitter a step forward in the payout-machine format that was becoming popular in the mid-1930s.

Details of Transmitter's specific playfield layout and artwork have not survived in the historical record, but its role as Stoner's transition from ticket payouts to cash payouts marks it as a meaningful, if modest, milestone in the company's early lineup.