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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameFormat), Flipcommons Catalog.
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- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameFormat)Long before the light-gun arcade cabinet, the coin-operated gun game stood shoulder to shoulder with pinball on the arcade floor - and was very often built by the same hands. The shooting games gathered here came from [[manufacturer:williams]] and [[manufacturer:bally]], pinball powerhouses that also armed players with mechanical rifles and pop-up targets. They range from wartime-era novelties like [[manufacturer:bally]]'s *[[title:torpedo-6]]* (1942) to safari-themed shooting galleries such as [[manufacturer:williams]]'s *[[title:safari-3]]* (1954), where the goal was marksmanship rather than a well-timed flip. Catalogs list them beside pinball because they shared a factory, a route operator and a coin slot - but there is no playfield here, only a target downrange.
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- 7Flipcommons Catalog
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- gun-gameFlipcommons Catalog
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- Gun GameFlipcommons Catalog