Baffle Ball

Baffle Ball is a pinball machine created in 1931 by David Gottlieb, founder of the Gottlieb amusement company.

Gameplay

For one US cent players got ten balls. They would be fired up onto the playfield and fall into pockets and holes. Some ball targets were worth more than others, and players tried to fire the ball at just the right speed. Unlike later pinball machines, Baffle Ball had no flippers. The best target was the Baffle Ball, a tiny hole at the top which would double all points. The game used no electricity, and all scoring had to be done by hand.

Description

While bagatelle-derived "marble games" have long existed previously, Baffle Ball was the first commercially successful game of its type, being affordable enough for store and tavern owners to quickly recoup the machine's cost. Over 50,000 machines were made, jump-starting the arcade pinball field; it spawned a home version in 1932 called Baffle Ball Senior.

Baffle Ball was responsible for the launch of the company Gottlieb that went on to make pinball machines such as Ace High and Black Hole. The game sat on top of bar counters and the bartender might award prizes for high scores. It is very popular with and sought after by collectors.

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Buffalo Bill

by: Eminem

It Fits Perfect
Better watch out sucka now I got ya where I want ya
Onslaught comin and I'm packin in my lunch a
Buncha missle launchers n a buncha contra
Ban-van ful of ganga, now come on ja-
Man stop! Man said, "Marshall, Oh-my-God, ya
Doin the cha-cha and the cucaracha with a quad-ra-
Polegic, boogyin down to Frank Sinatra."
Lindsey to the Lohan, naked will you let me watch ya?
Who'd a knew the pew'd a do to me what it's done?
Such sin-a-sism when it's ism in my system.
Blunt-igmatism betta spliff up to my lips son,
So much on my hands, I gotta give my kids a fist-bump.
Christo-pher Reeves swimmin in my swim trunks,
"Mista help me"s what he said to me, and then sunk.
Women, skinnin them and cuttin them up in chunks,
In clumps- the woman with coca-butter skin once.
Once again they call me Buffalo Bill,
Buffalo Bill, Buffa-Buffalo Bill.
Skin em up, hem em, sew em up in those kilts,
Up in those kilts, uppa-up in those kilts.
Man, you don't want to go up in those hills,
Up in those hills, uppa-up in those hills.
You better beware, stay clear of Buffalo Bill,
Buffalo Bill, Buffa-Buffalo Bill.
Always, you can see him lurkin in the hallways-
Carcasses of caucasian females in his crawlspace.
How the hell did he fit em all into such a small place?
Hide em in the wall- well how long will the drywall take?
Well fuck it then, I've got nothin but time- aw wait.
Until it dries, for the moment I guess you're all safe.
After I sand it and buff it, I guess that i'll paint
My chainsaw's out of gas, my regular saw aint.
Now here I come again, damn stomach rumble-in,
You can even hear the evil spirits comin from within.
Someones in the back of my damn house rummagin,
It's a girl, she looks pretty thin, but i want her skin.
Vin, on the hunt again, when will it ever end?
Evelyn, why you tryin to fight? You will never win.
Severin legs, arms, damn there goes another limb.
Pull the lever then, trap door, get the zepodin.
Once again they call me Buffalo Bill,
Buffalo Bill, Buffa-Buffalo Bill.
Skin em up, hem em, sew em up in those kilts,
Up in those kilts, uppa-up in those kilts.
Man, you don't want to go up in those hills,
Up in those hills, uppa-up in those hills.
You better beware, stay clear of Buffalo Bill,
Buffalo Bill, Buffa-Buffalo Bill.
Now, what ya know about Buffalo Bill?
Nothin, so chill. Fuckin hoe, ya better fuckin hold still.
Make sure none of that lotion in the bucket dont spill.
Cut em, gut em n just get to stuffin those girls.
Man,I think she had enough of those pills,
So take that thing away to come back later, just to clutch in those steel
Blades, Baby when I cut ya don't squeal,
I hate the loud noises, I fuckin told you!
I keep hearin voices, like "Wouldn't ya like to go an get your butcher knife,
And push it right through her, while ya put your shishkabob skewers
into her barbaquer? Would ya do to her
What ya usually do to a girl who's skin's newer?"
"In a world of sin-doer, this is turnin into a
Torment tournament of sorts, Christmas ornaments you are."
I'll be sure to Gin-sue ya til theres no more skin to ya.
Boo-ya, who ya think your fuckin with? Duck, because here he comes again.
Once again they call me Buffalo Bill,
Buffalo Bill, Buffa-Buffalo Bill.
Skin em up, hem em, sew em up in those kilts,
Up in those kilts, uppa-up in those kilts.
Man, you don't want to go up in those hills,
Up in those hills, uppa-up in those hills.
You better beware, stay clear of Buffalo Bill,




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