Running Wild Jr.

Running Wild Jr., manufactured by Genco in January 1938, is a single-player electro-mechanical (EM) game sold as both a countertop unit and, for an added charge, a full pin table on legs. Unlike later pinball machines, it is a flipperless design — players had no flippers to control the ball, relying instead on the table's fixed layout and skillful plunging and nudging.

Notable features include four spring bumpers and two ball kickers, which added deflection and unpredictability to the ball's path across the playfield. As a "Junior" model, it was likely a scaled-down, lower-cost counterpart to a larger machine in Genco's lineup, aimed at locations with limited space or budget.

Specific details about the game's artwork, theme, and designer are not documented. As an electro-mechanical, flipperless counter game from the late 1930s, Running Wild Jr. represents the type of small-footprint amusement device that was common in drugstores, bars, and other locations before pinball's post-war flipper revolution.