The Perfect Skittle-Alley

The Perfect Skittle-Alley, manufactured by the Advance Automatic Machine and Device Company, is believed to date to the early 1930s, based on a surviving example documented in the United Kingdom. As a Pure Mechanical (PM) pin table, it predates the electromechanical era of pinball and reflects amusement design of its time.

The game is themed around skittles, an outdoor bowling-style game, translated into a coin-operated tabletop format. The pin table itself measures 36 inches long, 16 inches wide, and 10 inches high without legs, with the legs adding 34 inches — a compact design suited to counter or small-space placement.

Little else is documented about The Perfect Skittle-Alley's specific mechanics, designer, or artwork. Its rarity and the scarcity of surviving information make it a curiosity for historians tracing the earliest, pre-flipper era of coin-operated amusement machines.