Headlite
Manufacturer: Rock-ola Manufacturing Corporation, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1932-1938)
Year: 1936
Date: February, 1936
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
The 1936 Rock-ola Manufacturing Corporation's Headlite is an electro-mechanical (EM) single-player pinball machine from February 1936. Specific details about its gameplay, artwork, and theme are not well documented.
As an early EM machine, Headlite's ball movement would have been governed by gravity, pins, and targets rather than player-controlled flippers, which were not introduced to pinball until the late 1940s. Its mechanism likely relied on the electromechanical relays and solenoids typical of Rock-ola's output during this period.
Little is known about Headlite's designer or specific features, and detailed records of this machine are scarce, making it a relatively obscure entry in Rock-ola's mid-1930s pinball lineup.