Buccaneer

The Buccaneer, manufactured by Abbott Specialties Corp. of New York in October 1947, is a rolldown game rather than a conventional flipper pinball -- a category in which players roll balls down the playfield to score in holes, without the ball-control mechanics that flipper games would introduce.

A distinguishing feature is its seven-ball-per-game format, more balls than many rolldown or pinball titles of the period offered, which would have extended play and added to its appeal on location.

Beyond these basics, little further documentation survives about the Buccaneer's designer, artwork, or theme, but as an example of the once-popular rolldown genre from the late 1940s, it remains of interest to students of pre-flipper pinball history.