Super Six of '40

The Super Six, manufactured by J. H. Keeney and Company in 1939, is a single-player electro-mechanical, flipperless machine notable for a dense playfield of 16 spring bumpers. Players would have relied on plunger shots, tilting, and careful ball placement to navigate the bumper field, since flippers were not invented until 1947.

The game includes a replay projection in the lower right of the backglass and a Green Bumper Indicator silkscreened at the center of the backglass, lit from behind to highlight bumper scoring during play. These details point to a design focused heavily on bumper-based scoring rather than complex ramps or targets, typical of flipperless machines from this period.

Little is documented about the machine's designer, theme, or original artwork. Its dense bumper layout and backglass lighting effects make it a notable example of late-1930s Keeney design, even though much of its specific history remains unclear.