Arcade

The Irvine Kaye Steeplechase was manufactured in the mid to late 1960’s. This counter-top “Trade Stimulator” was designed to allow the players to play a nickel and could test their skill or even bet each other for drinks. Trade stimulators were typically countertop machines widely used to encourage patrons to indulge in a game of chance. They became popular in American saloons during the 1880s, their use spreading to cigar, confectionery and general stores

The Irving Kaye Super Hockey is part of the Irving Kaye Hockey game line that includes the larger “Super Jumbo Hockey” and the “Stanley Cup Hockey” games. The Super Hockey is built on a smaller footprint than the Jumbo and Stanley Cup models. We see the 6′ Super Hockey first mentioned in Irving Kaye ads in November 1958. These tables appear to be built on the same cabinet as the early 50’s pool tables and Bumper Pool tables with their

Irving Kaye’s Jokers Wild is roll-down style arcade pool game was designed for two players to play poker by alternately shooting 5 pool balls each into card identified holes to see who resulted in the best poker hand. Insert 25c for one or two players. Each player will receive five balls Players shoot from the center spot with the cue stick. Players shoot alternate turns. Joker counts only on Aces, Straights, and Flushes. Poker hand values prevail. The playfield stated

This flyer features 6 Bally pinball back glass designs available from Irving Kaye as wall art. The six game back glasses are Fireball, Flip Flop, Circus, Captain Fantastic, Wizard and Monte Carlo. The brochure offers these details: 6 Original Designs Vibrant Colors silkscreened on 1/4″ plate glass. Durable furniture quality white formica shadow box 30-1/2″ x 26-1/2″ x 3″ deep; easy to backlight. Ready to hang. Suggested Retail Price $120.00 ea. Each

The Irving Kaye Drinker-Tinker was a counter game of the steady-hand genre. Introduced in the Fall of 1967, it operated on a nickel and was designed to be used in bars to test patrons level of alcohol content, concentration and coordination. The game holds the nickel if the wand touches the bar the nickel drops into the coin box. If you successfully complete the game the coin return button will return the nickel! Size: 21″ x 20″. Drinker Tinker – the steady-hand

Introduced in 1958 the Deuces Wild was a nickel play two-player roll-down “Pokerino” style game. The players would roll the bumper-pool style balls across the glass and the balls would drop into the playfield at the top of the deck. The balls roll down and drop into holes that relate to the cards shown on the back glass. Each player would determine their poker hand based on the cards illuminated. Both the player’s five-ball poker hands stay lit until the

Batting Practice may be Irving Kaye’s most well-known arcade game. Based on the Scientific Machine Corporation’s 1941 Batting Practice this game was introduced in 1965. (In 1957 former Scientific Machine designer Jack Firestone was put in charge of production and design at Irving Kaye.) When introduced this game featured several new features not previously seen in baseball simulators. It is a single-player game that uses cast manikin players and uses plastic

Billboard Jul 13, 1946 Irving Kaye’s first enterprise mentioned in the coin-op section of Billboard magazine was Amusement Enterprises, Inc. based in New York City. Amusement Enterprises primarily manufactured coin-op bowlers. These “Skee-Ball” style bowlers had become quite popular and were being allowed in candy stores, bowling alleys, bars and amusement centers where non-skill games like trade stimulators and 40’s era pinballs (without flippers)