Rock-Ola Pinball Machines

Rock-Ola is an American company founded in 1927 by David Cullen Rockola, best known for manufacturing jukeboxes, though it has produced a wide range of products throughout its history.

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Founded in 1927 as the Rock-Ola Scale Company, initially producing coin-operated machines, slot machines, and pinball machines; renamed Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation in 1932.

Sold over 400,000 jukeboxes starting in 1935, with the brand name predating the rock and roll era by two decades and thought to have inspired the term.
During World War II, Rock-Ola became a prime contractor for the M1 carbine, delivering 228,500 units at $58 each before contracts were cancelled in 1944.
In the early 1980s, the company produced arcade video games, including Nibbler, Jump Bug, and Eyes.

Rock-Ola was sold to Antique Apparatus in 1992, which continued manufacturing jukeboxes under the Rock-Ola name in Torrance, California.
In 2019, British company The Games Room Company acquired Rock-Ola, with plans to maintain production in Torrance and launch a new vinyl 45 jukebox.