Pro Basketball

Description

Pro Basketball,1961, Chicago Coin, 1 player, manikin players. A copy of Chicago Coin's 1947 Basketball Champ and even more advanced than the 1976 Exidy Old Time Basketball, but in a more modern cabinet and with more advanced scoring and score reels instead of backglass scoring. The player controls the offensive manikin, who automatically turns to get a ball from the feeding tube, then automatically turns into the shooting position. The player controls the offensive manikin's shot, but the player does not turn or move the manikin unlike Genco's 1954 2 Player Basketball. The defensive manikin does move left and right using a motor and raises his arms to block the offensive shot. After the offensive manikin shots, he automatically turns towards the ball feeding tube to get another ball. Game uses 1.5" 38mm hollow balls. Ping-pong balls do not work well most pingpong balls are 35 or 40mm and are too light. The size of the balls really must be 1.5" or then will not feed correctly to the mannequin player. Essentally these are the same balls as used in Genco's 2 Player Basketball and in the earlier Basketball Champ. The game will work with eight balls minimum, but really nine to twelve should be installed. There are score reels for the player's score, for the number of shots made, and the total number of balls given. This is a really excellent manikin basketball game, second only to the 1954 Genco 2 Player Basketball.

Pro Basketball was produced by Chicago Coin Machine Co. in 1961.

Chicago Coin Machine Co. released 455 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1931. Chicago Coin Machine Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Chicago Coin Machine Co. during the time period Pro Basketball was produced include: World Series, Duchess Bowler, Shoot the Clown, Pony Express, Ray Gun, Pro Hockey, Wild West, Long Range Rifle Gallery, Continental Ball Bowler, and Princess Bowler