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Bug-A-Boo

Manufacturer: Games, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois
Year: 1955
Date: 1955
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1

About This Machine

Bug-A-Boo, credited to Games, Incorporated of Chicago in 1955, is not a standalone pinball machine — available evidence suggests it was actually a conversion backglass, not a separately sold game. No advertising has been found for an "electronic upright" called Bug-A-Boo, which points to it being an otherwise-unadvertised alternate backglass offered by Games, Incorporated for their existing game, The Hunter.

The backglass carries "Fruit Symbols" artwork, and the deliberately non-descriptive name Bug-A-Boo is consistent with the coin-machine industry's practice of avoiding names that might draw attention to any gambling implications of these games.

Because it was likely sold only as a conversion option rather than a complete machine, very little independent documentation of Bug-A-Boo exists beyond the flyer that records its name and artwork.

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