Score Board

Score Board is a 2-player electro-mechanical (EM) pinball machine released by Williams Electronics in April 1967, built around a baseball theme with mechanical backbox animation and a 'Bat Game' novelty format. Unlike its counterpart, Williams' 1967 'Base Hit,' Score Board does not award replays -- it is strictly a novelty-play machine, with wins settled through the backbox animation display rather than extra games.

The playfield features seven hanging targets and three ramps, giving players a batting-themed set of shots to aim for. IPDB notes that period trade publications like Billboard and Cash Box only referenced this game indirectly, through ads for 'Base Hit,' where it is spelled as one word, 'Scoreboard' -- while the machine's own backglass spells it as two words, 'Score Board.'

No designer is credited for Score Board, and detailed records of its release are scarce, but its combination of baseball theming, mechanical backbox animation, and novelty-only payout scheme make it a distinctive entry in Williams' late-1960s EM catalog.