Flying Aces

'Flying Aces' was the last game from this manufacturer. We have found Genco-sponsored ads for this game only in an International Section of Cash Box magazine from 1958, and these ads were printed in German, Spanish, French, and Italian. The Spanish ad shown here indicates that the game was available in both replay and novelty models. This game was generally unknown in the USA until "found" in Australia in the mid-1990's. In a featured article in the March 1997 PinGame Journal, the author wrote that two of these games were imported into Western Australia in the 1950's or early 1960's after being purchased from a dealer in California. While one of the games was in "fine condition", the other had been previously stripped of parts and was quite worn. The author also pointed out that the schematic is undated and that the reverse side of the backbox mirror was stamped with a 10-year guarantee starting June 12, 1956. This may have been why we originally showed a 1956 date for this game. However, Steve Kordek's list of Genco games places Flying Aces as their last one produced, and he indicated a date of "July 07, 1958". The Cash Box ads appearing in four languages show us that Genco marketed this game to Europe. As of mid-2000, one was located in Australia and three were in the USA. We previously showed a Production Count of "4" but have since removed it, because we really do not know how many of these games were made (and exported).