This link popped up on fb recently. It describes how several US manufacturers made games in Ireland in the late 1950s and early 1960s:
Searching here I found only this old thread inquiring about a backglass:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/williams-1959-backglass-made-in-ireland
/Mark
Also Atari...
Not pinball though.
https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/08/25/atari-ireland/
Quoted from MarkG:This link popped up on fb recently. It describes how several US manufacturers made games in Ireland in the late 1950s and early 1960s:
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0416/1443762-coin-operated-games-manufacturing-ireland-mondial-co-am-co-idi-bally/
Searching here I found only this old thread inquiring about a backglass:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/williams-1959-backglass-made-in-ireland
/Mark
thanks mark, that was my backglass.
One of the articles about Mondial in Ireland is from Cash Box magazine, 11 July 1959, page 51.
.................David Marston
Quoted from dmarston:One of the articles about Mondial in Ireland is from Cash Box magazine, 11 July 1959, page 51.
.................David Marston
And here it is:
https://archive.org/details/cashbox20unse_41/page/51/mode/1up
A couple more:
The Billboard, March 24, 1958
Gottlieb, Williams Build 5-Balls Abroad; Bid for New Markets
https://books.google.com/books?id=SiEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100
https://books.google.com/books?id=SiEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA105
The article mentions Rainbow, Ace High, Royal Flush, Silver, Straight Flush, Reno, Steeplechase, Jig-Saw, Soccer Kick-Off being made in Ireland.
The Billboard, June 15, 1959
Bally Coin Games, Rides Due for Output, Sales in Britain
https://books.google.com/books?id=WiAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74
"delivery of the first Bally-Britain game, the Deluxe Club Bowler, began June 8. Other current Bally products will follow in rapid succession."
You can search for more at books.google.com.
One of the articles mentions that the games assembled there were intended for the British Commonwealth so Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc.
No idea about the production numbers.
I've sold it now, but I used to own a Williams 'Crossword' that had a "Assembled in Ireland" stencilled script inside the cabinet. Whether that was in northern or southern Ireland though, I dont know.
It had the correct 3d ( a three old, pre-decimal, penny coin where 1d equalled a penny) coin chute on it so was certainly for N.Ireland and U.K mainland use.
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