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Notable Features

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Gobble hole (1). 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score is 8,990,000 points. Sound: bell Tilt penalty: game over. This game featured "Styling of the 60's" with a new cabinet design having anodized aluminum trim and tapered tubular chromium steel legs. A shelf with cigarette holder allowed for placement of drinks and increased the length by six inches. The plywood bottom was increased from 1/4-inch to 3/4 inch in thickness. Williams used this cabinet design on several games during 1960-1961.

Historical Notes

See Darts for Billboard articles about the introduction of this new-style cabinet to the pinball industry. The manufacturer's original playfield drawing (not shown here) is stamped ORIGINAL, shows the name as 'High Ways', is dated 10/26/60, and has the signed initials SFK. The manufacturer's Tool Room copy of this drawing (also not shown here) is stamped MASTER, shows the name as 'High Ways', drawn 12/1/60, completed 12/29/60. The backglass depicts an 'Oasis' restaurant and rest stop. The original five 'Oasis' restaurants were built in 1959 along the Illinois Tollway. A sixth one was built in 1968 and a seventh one was built in 1975. One was closed in 2014 to be demolished, leaving six of them along this road, operating as fast food restaurants.

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