Bermuda Roll Down

The Bermuda Roll Down, manufactured by Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company in 1948, is a single-player electro-mechanical rolldown game built around a World Places theme. It followed the company's 1947 title 'Bermuda,' to which it is closely related. Roughly 250 units were confirmed produced, making it a relatively scarce example of the format.

Gameplay on the Bermuda Roll Down follows the classic rolldown style of the era, with players navigating the ball down the playfield toward scoring lanes and targets rather than using flippers, which had not yet been introduced to pinball. Its layout and rules are typical of late-1940s EM machines, emphasizing timing and ball placement over the more complex shot-making of later designs.

Little documentation survives about the machine's designer or specific artwork, which is common for games from this period. Even so, as a period example of Chicago Coin's rolldown lineup, the Bermuda Roll Down offers a window into the transitional pre-flipper years of pinball, when manufacturers were still experimenting with format and theme.