Information
about the game:
The company T.H. Bergmann.
Hamburg, launched a new entertainment game on
the Frankfurter Spring Fair in 1956, The
NON-STOP football game. It is an electric device
that is played by two players. Each ball (10 Pf]
gives 1O balls and consists of 1 side guard on
each side. Every goalkeeper has a catch for the
ball and a kicker between the legs, the launch
is done by pressing a button on the Handle. At
all angles are sensitive switches that activate
the automatic kickers, which swing the ball back
into the playing field, all the sides of the
playing surface are not straight but wave formed
to give an unpredictable effect. The goals are
automatically counted. As a luminous scoreboard
on the mirror plate on top of the playing field
and continues to burn after the end of the game.
After each goal, the next ball is replayed at
one of the long sides of the playing field. The
game has 10 balls or 1 to 1.5 minutes. A bell
indicates both the beginning and the end of the
game. "NO STOP" consists of a fully closed
wooden housing. On both long sides is a bright
illuminated circular disk placed with the size
of a football. These also stay burned when the
game is at rest. The red illuminated inscription
NON STOP and score are located on the two long
sides of the mirror glass. The playing surface
itself is made of seagreen formica. Production
amounts are not known.