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right Chicago Coin was one of the early major manufacturers of pinball tables. Chicago Coin, founded in 1931, would make pingames and modern pinball machines for over 45 years before being sold to the Stern family in 1977 and becoming Stern Electronics, Inc. The proper name of the entity was Chicago Coin Machine Division of Chicago Dynamic Industries. The signage on the final corporate location (1725 W. Diversey Parkway) said: "Chicago Dynamic Industries". ==Early history== As its names implies, Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company was located in Chicago, Illinois, the center of the pinball and arcade game industry since the early days of the coin-operated amusement industry. Chicago Coin was formed in 1931 by partners Sam Gensburg, Lou Koren and Sam Wolberg. 〔("The Early Pinball Books" ) by Russ Jensen〕〔"Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2: Contact to Bumper 1934-1936" review by Tim Ferrante〕 Incidentally, Sam Gensburg's three brothers Louis, Meyer, and David formed a rival pinball company called Genco. Genco would remain a competitor with Chicago Coin until the companies merged in 1959. The first Chicago Coin pingame was actually manufactured by Stoner, a manufacturing partner of Chicago Coin. The game was called ''Blackstone'' and was made in 1933. The first original Chicago Coin game was a pingame called ''Leland'', produced two months after ''Blackstone''. In 1935, Chicago Coin produced ''Beam-Lite'', which sold an astounding 5,703 units. Chicago Coin's first pinball table to have flippers was ''Bermuda'', released in November 1947. Unlike the "big three" of the post-flipperless pinball industry, Chicago Coin was often seen as not being as innovative as rivals Gottlieb, Williams, and Bally. Additionally, CC pinball tables were often seen as lower quality than their more popular rivals. Chicago Coin would struggle to shake this reputation throughout its existence. Chicago Coin made ball bowlers from 1957 - 1973. Some of these machines are regarded as the finest ball bowlers ever produced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chicago Coin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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