Re-Vue
About This Machine
The Re-Vue pinball machine, manufactured by V. P. Distributing Company in 1944, is a wartime conversion of Bally's 1939 'Headliner.' As with related machines from this manufacturer, an existing flipperless cabinet was reworked and relabeled during a period of wartime material shortages.
Re-Vue's gameplay reflects its flipperless, electro-mechanical design: players used plunger shots and gravity, rather than flippers, to route the ball toward bumpers and scoring targets. Its artwork and mechanical layout are consistent with the simpler conventions of early 1940s EM machines.
Very little is documented about Re-Vue beyond its manufacturing details and its origin as a converted 'Headliner' cabinet, leaving enthusiasts to appreciate it chiefly as an example of wartime-era pinball production.