Crack Shot

Crack Shot, manufactured by Automat Games Company of Chicago, Illinois in August 1935, is a pure mechanical (PM) pinball machine — meaning it predates both electromechanical scoring and, notably, flippers, which would not be introduced to pinball until 1947. As such, gameplay relied entirely on mechanical elements such as plungers, pins, and gravity, with players unable to actively redirect the ball once it was in play.

Little specific documentation survives about Crack Shot's individual features, playfield layout, or scoring rules, which was common for machines from this very early period of coin-operated pinball.

The design and artwork of Crack Shot are also not well documented today. With no confirmed theme, the machine's visual identity may have leaned toward functional simplicity typical of mid-1930s pinball manufacturing, a period when the industry itself was still taking shape.