Bullet Mark
About This Machine
The Bullet Mark, produced by Sega of America in Redondo Beach, California, and manufactured in October 1975, is an early solid-state electronic (SS) coin-operated game rather than a traditional flipper pinball machine - it is classified as a gun/target-style game. It was presented at the 1975 Music Operators of America (MOA) exposition in Chicago that October, and Cash Box reported production at the Redondo Beach facility was in full swing by mid-November 1975, with Sega distributing it through both Sega of America and Sega Enterprises in Tokyo.
As a two-player solid-state title from this period, Bullet Mark reflects the industry's early move away from purely electromechanical designs. Specific gameplay details, rules, and theme for this title are not well documented, and its designer is unknown.
Little else is confirmed about the Bullet Mark's features or reception, making it a somewhat obscure entry from Sega's early solid-state era. For collectors interested in the roots of electronic coin-operated gaming in the mid-1970s, it remains a historically interesting if under-documented machine.