Sink the Japs

Sink the Japs is a historically notable electro-mechanical, flipperless pinball conversion kit from Victory Games, produced during World War II starting in October 1942. Rather than an original game, it was a conversion kit for Genco's 1941 title Seven Up, sold to operators wanting to update their existing machines with a wartime, patriotic theme. It offers a glimpse into the patriotic sentiment of its time, as America's involvement in the war was escalating.

Gameplay on Sink the Japs follows the underlying flipperless Seven Up design, guiding a steel ball through the playfield to score points by hitting targets and navigating obstacles, without flippers to control the ball's path. What sets it apart from the original game is its rugged, wartime-themed conversion package, reflecting the austerity and practicality of wartime America.

Little is known about its designer or specific art details beyond its wartime, patriotic theme, but as a conversion kit advertised in Billboard from 1942 through 1945, it serves as an example of how existing pinball machines were repurposed and re-themed to reflect the events and sentiments of their time.