Little Pro

Little Pro, manufactured by Southland Engineering of Santa Monica, California in 1964, is a single-player, golf-themed electro-mechanical bat game, a 10-cents-per-play machine built years before the shift to solid-state electronics that would sweep the industry in the mid-1970s.

Gameplay is straightforward: all nine holes are par 3, and the game ends once a player has taken 27 balls or completed all nine holes, whichever comes first. This simple golf-simulation format was typical of the electro-mechanical bat games of its era, which favored a defined shot count over high-scoring flipper play.

Collectors often compare this machine to Bromley, Inc.'s unrelated 1990 game of the same name, also called 'Little Pro.' Beyond its gameplay format, little further documentation survives about this machine's specific artwork or production numbers.