Liberty

The Liberty pinball machine, released by the Sullivan-Nolan Advertising Company in May 1942, is a conversion of Bally's 1941 game 'Flicker.' Sullivan-Nolan produced only wartime conversions between 1942 and 1943, repurposing existing machines to keep games in operation amid WWII-era material shortages, a practice that highlights the pinball industry's resourcefulness during the war.

As an early-1940s electro-mechanical machine, Liberty predates the pinball flipper by several years; flippers were not introduced until Gottlieb's Humpty Dumpty in October 1947. Gameplay would have relied on skillful plunging, tilting, and target-based scoring rather than flipper control, consistent with EM games of the pre-flipper era.

Little is documented about Liberty's specific design, art, or theme beyond its status as a Flicker conversion. Its age and the short operating window of its manufacturer make it a scarce and historically interesting find for collectors of wartime pinball conversions.