What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

[JeremeK]

I'm looking for this handheld toy that's much like the wooden labyrinth and Screwball Scramble. This game was different from these because you didn't have any knobs to turn or push. You only relied on your skills in tilting. You had a steel ball bearing and you had to get it from start to finish over teeter totters, topsy turvy paths, and narrow ledges. This also differed from Screwball Scramble by being enclosed with a clear glass on top instead of being open.

Do you know this game and what it's called? Thank you.

[joybee]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Could it be this ?


I remember the real full size ones in the arcades. The were pretty much as you describe - pinball machines with a glass top. They were designed to rock and tip so that you could direct the ball. Can't find a pic of one of those though I'm afraid !

[JeremeK]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

No it wasn't. Thanks for trying though. This had yellow pathways. The top wasn't necessarily glass, more like a clear hard plastic.

[Heather74]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hi could it have been a pocketeer have a look at the first picture posted bt Stevef.
https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/s...ght=pocketeers

[JeremeK]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Nope. That wasn't it either. Thanks for trying. It is a lot like that one, though. The pathways I remember were yellow.

[Heather74]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hehe I was hoping you maybe colour blind, or at least pocketeers came in different colours.

[rossobantam]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

that Pocketeer (Steeplechase) was one of the best in the range...on mine though the little boat hardly moved at all

[DrMondo]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hi there,

Did part of this game have two small, metal bars that you had to guide the ball down? Also, did it have a small "mini-maze" within it, that was covered so you couldn't see the ball?

EDIT: Is this the game in the picture? (even though it doesn't have a top!)




Thanks!!

[Heather74]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hi Drmondo, welcome to DYR, i'm afraid the English version of your game is Screwball Scramble.

[Heather74]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hoping I may have killed two birds with one stone

[JeremeK]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Still not it.

Thanks for trying, though! I really appreciate it.

[Heather74]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Never mind, we'll keep looking

[dblue54]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hi
I am looking for this game -made by tommy- it was in a yellow plastic not red but looked almost like this one do you have an idea where to find or look for it? i would like to buy it for my daughter who is 30 now but still can't forget this beloved toy we bought her long time ago.

[Heather74]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

Hi When looking for this one I also came across Tomy's AAAAGHH!
Is this the game you are looking for? If so theres two for sale on Ebay

[childofthe80's]

Re: What is this game that's much like Labyrinth and Screwball Scramble?

There is a game called Run Yourself Ragged that is very similiar to Screwball Scramble...Could that be it?