Rocket Buster

Rocket Buster is not a pinball machine -- it's an electro-mechanical gun game produced by Supreme Enterprises of Brooklyn, New York in 1944, converted from another gun game that has not yet been identified. It was listed as new in an October 1944 issue of The Billboard.

Gameplay offered 20 flights for five cents, with a maximum of 15,000 shots available, powered by electromechanical relays and solenoids and accompanied by bell and buzzer sound effects. Its Aviation - Combat - Military - Wartime theme, with a cabinet advertised at 25 inches wide, 25 inches deep, and 8 feet high, tied into the wartime patriotic entertainment common to the period.

Little else is documented about Rocket Buster's specific origins or surviving population, and the identity of the original game it was converted from remains unconfirmed. As a wartime conversion by a lesser-known manufacturer, it stands as an interesting relic of home-front amusement during World War II.