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Bermuda / IPD No. 225 / November 16, 1947 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company (1932-1977)
Date Of Manufacture: November 16, 1947
Model Number: 109
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 2,500 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: World Places
Notable Features: 5 balls for 5 cents. Flippers (2), Passive bumpers (11), Kick-out holes (2).
Design by: Jerry Koci
Art by: Roy Parker
Notes: 'Bermuda' is the first flipper machine made by Chicago Coin.

According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 1, designer Jerry Koci believed that Chicago Coin had invented the EM flipper before Gottlieb. While working on a baseball game in the summer of 1947, he had asked that a bat be put on a pinball machine. Chicago Coin didn't go for the idea and this decision allowed Gottlieb to be the first. Koci pursued for a patent on his EM flipper.

Patent #2,520,283 [PIVOTAL BALL RETURN MEANS FOR PIN GAMES] filed January 30, 1948. Granted August 29, 1950 to Jerry Koci, Inventor.

See also Chicago Coin's 1948 'Bermuda Roll Down'.

Photos in: The Billboard, Jan-17-1948, page 122
The Billboard, Feb-14-1948, page 128
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Images:
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Image # 7876: Bermuda Promo Photo
Promo Photo
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[Raphael Lankar]		 Image # 14501: Bermuda Backglass
Backglass
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[John Campbell]		 Image # 14502: Bermuda Playfield
Playfield
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[John Campbell]		 Image # 21571: Bermuda Playfield
Playfield
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 		 Image # 26617: Bermuda Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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Image # 26618: Bermuda Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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 		 Image # 26619: Bermuda Backbox - Right
Backbox - Right
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 		 Image # 26620: Bermuda Front
Front
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 		 Image # 44990: Bermuda Backglass
Backglass
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[Kim Mitchell]		 Image # 45026: Bermuda Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse
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[Kim Mitchell]
Image # 53855: Bermuda Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 53856: Bermuda Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 53857: Bermuda Instruction and Score Card
Instruction and Score Card
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 53858: Bermuda Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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[Sean Kavanagh]		 Image # 59351: Bermuda Billboard Ad (The Billboard, Jan-17-1948, page 122)
Billboard Ad*
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[Rob Hawkins]
Image # 61860: Bermuda Backglass
Backglass
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[Joe Cole]		 Image # 61861: Bermuda Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield
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[Joe Cole]		 Image # 61862: Bermuda Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View
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[Joe Cole]		 Image # 61863: Bermuda Backbox Insert - Front
Backbox Insert - Front
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[Joe Cole]		 Image # 61864: Bermuda Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox
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[Joe Cole]
Image # 61865: Bermuda Under Playfield
Under Playfield
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[Joe Cole]		 Image # 61866: Bermuda Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet
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[Joe Cole]		 Image # 68960: Bermuda Instruction and Score Card
Instruction and Score Card
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[Ted Morris]		  
Source: BB 1/24/48 p84 [?]
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