Continental Magic Game
About This Machine
The Continental Magic Game, produced in 1991 by The Slot Construction Company B.V.B.A. (TSCC) of Brabant, Belgium, is a bingo machine — a single-player, coin-operated game distinct from standard pinball, built around 25 trap holes rather than flippers and ramps. The manufacturer's "TSCC" acronym appears on the backglass as well as on the CPU/driver board and lamp cards, some of which bear the date "91 03 20," alongside what appear to be quality-control signatures also dated 1991.
As a bingo-style machine, gameplay revolves around the ball landing in different trap holes to complete winning patterns, a format that was more common decades earlier but persisted in some European markets into the 1990s. Its Belgian origin makes it a fairly unusual example of the format from that era and region.
Details on the Continental Magic Game remain scarce, but it offers an interesting look at the niche, longer-lived corner of coin-operated bingo machines that continued to be produced well after their more famous mid-century heyday.
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Technical Details
- Notable Features:
- Trap holes (25).