Hi-Skor

The Hi-Skor, manufactured by the King Amusement Company in July 1932, is a Pure Mechanical (PM) cue game -- played with a cue stick rather than a plunger -- predating the introduction of flippers (which were not invented until 1947) and modern electrical or electronic components entirely.

The machine measures 60 inches long including its shooting platform, 26 inches wide, and 42 inches tall at its highest point, a substantial footprint for an early-1930s amusement game. As a cue game, it likely required players to strike the ball directly with a cue rather than launch it with a spring plunger, in keeping with mechanical, skill-based amusement games common before pinball's coin-operated boom later in the decade.

Beyond its size and 1932 manufacture date, few details about the Hi-Skor's specific gameplay, scoring system, or designer have survived, leaving much of its history undocumented.