Douglas Mahar : photos : Sea View Playland : 1956 Chicago Coin Steam Shovel. This game was here the first day I walked in here in the late 70's. It still plays for a dime! You move two levers which operate the steam shovel to scoop up as many beans as possible and dump them in the hopper in a given amount of time (one minute.) Uses a converted Doepke toy steam shovel. Had multiple ratings on the backglass for how much bean weight was put into the hopper. Used two levers to operate the crane. Very similar to Williams' Crane (2/56), but the Williams game uses four buttons to control the crane instead of levers (making the Williams Crane more difficult to control). The beans in the game are Lentil beans. ***UPDATE*** I now own this machine. I purchased this from Jan in September, 2004. I played it one last time in the old barn before taking it away.- powered by SmugMug

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Douglas Mahar > My story about my pinball collecting and where it all started, SeaView Playland in Dennisport, Massachusetts. Cover of the issue my article appeared in. GameRoom contents reprinted with permission of its publisher.

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Douglas Mahar > This is the sign that greets you when you come in off Lower County Road. Hilary and I visited one last time on August 28th, 2004. I had to go to say goodbye, one last time before they closed for the summer, and probably for ever. The town of Dennis may be buying the property and if they do all the buildings could be bulldozed. One of the last great old places on the Cape may be going away after 53 years in business, so I had to go.

Douglas Mahar > The Barn of Fun as you come in from the parking lot.

Douglas Mahar > Say hi to the purple hippo as you walk in! He's part of the mini golf course, and Jan the owner said runaway kids used to crawl up into a hole in his belly and make a makeshift beds from cardboard and sleep in there!

Douglas Mahar > The row of classic Electromechanical Pinball Machines. These four machines were here when I was going here in 1979! The Medieval Madness wasn't working today but all the EM's were! Go figure.

Douglas Mahar > 1956 Chicago Coin Steam Shovel. This game was here the first day I walked in here in the late 70's. It still plays for a dime! You move two levers which operate the steam shovel to scoop up as many beans as possible and dump them in the hopper in a given amount of time (one minute.) Uses a converted Doepke toy steam shovel. Had multiple ratings on the backglass for how much bean weight was put into the hopper. Used two levers to operate the crane. Very similar to Williams' Crane (2/56), but the Williams game uses four buttons to control the crane instead of levers (making the Williams Crane more difficult to control). The beans in the game are Lentil beans. ***UPDATE*** I now own this machine. I purchased this from Jan in September, 2004. I played it one last time in the old barn before taking it away.

Douglas Mahar > 1956 Chicago Coin Steam Shovel.

1956 Chicago Coin Steam Shovel. This game was here the first day I walked in here in the late 70's. It still plays for a dime! You move two levers which operate the steam shovel to scoop up as many beans as possible and dump them in the hopper in a given amount of time (one minute.) Uses a converted Doepke toy steam shovel. Had multiple ratings on the backglass for how much bean weight was put into the hopper. Used two levers to operate the crane. Very similar to Williams' Crane (2/56), but the Williams game uses four buttons to control the crane instead of levers (making the Williams Crane more difficult to control). The beans in the game are Lentil beans. ***UPDATE*** I now own this machine. I purchased this from Jan in September, 2004. I played it one last time in the old barn before taking it away.