Showbiz Pizza Ball Shooting Frog Ticket Redemption Game

[famicom]

Does anyone know the name of the electro-mechanical Frog game they used to have at Showbiz Pizza (and probably Chuck E. Cheese)?

I was reading an older thread on KLOV that mentioned it, but the description was vague and didn't have the name or any pictures.

I don't remember the exact details either, but this is what I remember:

It was an upright glass case about the size of an upright cabinet with a large frog inside with a mouth that opened and closed. You used a metal lever to try to shoot balls into its mouth. The balls traveled along a corkscrew spiral of metal wire similar to a pinball ramp.

I'm not sure if it was constantly opening and closing or if it started wide open and closed little by little after every shot.

There was probably a scoreboard and some lily pad decorations. The previously mentioned thread thought it might have even had actual water inside, but I don't remember that.


That's all I can really remember, and I could be wrong on some of the details.

 

[Sprout]

I don't remember playing it, but found this:



Pulled image from this site, which also has a few more details...

 

[famicom]

You're the man. That's definitely it! Really appreciate the help as I spent about an hour googling and searching the KLOV game database to no avail.

It says the release date is 1996, but there was definitely a version way before that. 1989 at least but probably around 1987


Edit: with the exact name I was able to find this on Reddit—an older version more along the lines of the original that I remember

 

[dudah]

I saw one in Japan! I collect EM arcade games and would love to own one!

 

[AlexHorse]

Oh wow I remember seeing this game but don't remember actually playing it when I was a kid. Completely forgot about it till I saw those pics!

 

[dudah]

It's a timing game, the frog opens and closes his mouth faster as the game goes on. I remember getting frustrated at a Chuck E Cheese in the 90's on the third level.