The early mechanical machine is a gravity-fed roll-down game with the only user-directed action being the shooting of the actual balls accurately to gain the highest score possible. This game came in a one-cent and five-cent version as well as a junior and senior version with legs. Harvey Heiss designed this machine, which was more or less a copy of a Bally game of the day called “Goofy.” They legally got around a lawsuit by using casting and aluminum pins whereas Bally used wood exclusively. The “jigger” hole at the top of the play field, if scored, doubled all values on the play field. An accurate shot was the focus here to guide the ball into the highest scoring gate. All scores were tallied manually after all balls were played and potential rewards were given by the operator of the machine subject to his or her whim. Even though this was considered a game of skill, its colorful play field doubled as a gambling device, unbeknownst to the local constables.