Royal Aces

The Royal Aces pinball machine was manufactured by Pacific Amusement Manufacturing Company (PAMCO) of Chicago in May 1937. It shares the same playfield as PAMCO's 1937 'Royal Races,' fitted with a new backglass, and is a single-player electro-mechanical (EM) machine from the pre-flipper era.

As with most pinball games of the mid-1930s, gameplay relied on plunging skill, rollovers, and target scoring rather than flippers, which would not be introduced to the industry for another decade. Details of Royal Aces' specific scoring mechanisms are not well documented.

The design and art of Royal Aces reflect the straightforward aesthetic typical of 1930s pinball machines. No information is available regarding its theme or specific artwork. As a variant of an existing PAMCO design rather than a wholly original one, it nonetheless offers a glimpse into the rapid, low-cost design iteration common among manufacturers of this early era.