Contact (Master)

Pacific Amusement Manufacturing Company's Contact (Master), released in April 1934, is an electro-mechanical, flipperless pinball machine designed by Harry Williams. Advertised by the manufacturer at 18 x 36 inches, it was one of several size variants in the Contact family of games alongside the smaller 'Baby' and 'Senior' versions.

Typical of pre-flipper era EM machines, the Contact (Master) relies on gravity, angled playfield pins, and skillful plunging rather than player-operated flippers. It features two kick-out holes and runs on three dry cell batteries, characteristic of the electro-mechanical technology used in the early 1930s.

Little further information survives regarding the machine's specific artwork or theme. As part of PAMCO's early Contact series -- a lineup that helped establish the company as a pioneer in the nascent coin-operated pinball industry of the 1930s -- the Contact (Master) remains a significant piece of pinball history for collectors and researchers.