Sun-Ray

The Sun-Ray is a rare and enigmatic pure mechanical pinball machine of unknown manufacturer and unconfirmed production date. Little documentation survives to establish its place in pinball history — even basic identifying marks are absent from the known surviving example, aside from the name 'Joe' penciled onto the underside of the playfield.

Its most distinctive features are its 31 trap holes (one functioning as the ball trough) and a single ball kicker, which together shape a distinctive, mechanically simple style of play typical of early pure-mechanical machines. Note that this Sun-Ray is unrelated to Bally's 1940s 'Sun Ray,' a non-pinball upright console game of a similar name.

Beyond its physical features, no confirmed information exists about the machine's theme, designer, or original production numbers, leaving its history for collectors and historians to piece together from the game itself.