Big-Game

The Mills Novelty Company's Big-Game pinball machine is an early pin table dating to the early 1930s, produced by one of the pioneering companies of the pre-flipper pinball era (Mills Novelty Company was active from 1932 to 1942). The cabinet carries Mills' red certification seal and shares its coin slide location and ball-shooter escutcheons with Mills' 1932 'Official (Pin Table),' helping date the game to that early period.

Big-Game's gameplay centers on 10 balls for 5 cents, a generous ball count typical of the era's high-volume pin games. The playfield features 28 trap holes feeding into two outhole troughs, rewarding players who could consistently land balls in scoring positions.

Big-Game's theme centers on hunting sports, with artwork depicting game animals in a woodland setting, consistent with early pin-table styling. Limited information survives about this specific machine beyond its features and Mills' certification, making it an intriguing artifact for collectors and historians of pre-flipper pinball.