Bowling Flipper

The Bowling Flipper, manufactured by Rally (Rally Play Company) of Nice, France in 1961, is an electro-mechanical, two-player pinball machine with a bowling theme. It was brought to Rally by Victor Salmon, a partner in the French firm Alben Mfg., making it a notable single-title contribution to Rally's lineup.

As with other bowling-themed pinball machines of the era, gameplay would have combined standard flipper-controlled play with scoring elements referencing the sport of bowling. Details of its specific rules, layout, and artwork are not well documented, which is typical for many European machines from small manufacturers of the period.

Little further information survives about the Bowling Flipper's designer or the specifics of its release, but as a product of Rally -- a French manufacturer active through the 1960s -- it represents an interesting example of pinball manufacturing outside the dominant American companies of the time.