This metal cased game is a late example of the simple steer-a-coin type, brought up to date with a '60s driving theme and lamps to indicate the outcome. There is also a floor-standing version. It is believed that these were sometimes sited at motorway service stations.

Guide your inserted coin from top to bottom by carefully tilting the horizontal tracks with the two levers. If the coin overshoots the end of a track you lose; if you reach the end, the coin is returned. Judging by the name casting, with 1p denomination, this Formica-clad vertical steer-a-coin game was made just after decimalization, although it resembles games of an earlier period.

Three balls are released for a penny; each ball is fed into play be turning the handle on the left. Shoot the balls skywards by sharply tapping the end of the pivoted lever. The object is to drop one ball into each of the three columns. Any that miss the columns are returned to play. A win is rewarded with a boxed gift or cash (according to operator setup) by turning the handle again. Apparently this game was withdrawn from production because skilled players were able to win too easily. Certainly it is one of the rarer Bryans games.

Simple but entertaining penny rolling game.

Rolling Road has a different layout to the more commonly seen Steer-A-Ball (a version of which Hawtins also made). Relief moulding creates the "mountainous course" around which you must negotiate a large ball by tilting the track with the steering wheel. Your coin is returned if you complete the course without error. Also unusual on this model is the tubular ball lift.

The silver arrow swings back and forth, driven by an electric motor, and when a player inserts a penny in the slot a ball enters the arrow, coming to rest just above the arrow head. The player then presses the button below the coin slot to release the ball over one of the five cups. The centre cup pays 6D plus jackpot, those adjacent to it pay 4D and the outer cups pay 2D.

There are three challenges: First steer the ball down a see saw towards the gap in the first switch box; then try to catch it in the fingers; and finally, push the knob to drop it over the third switch box. There are 5 balls for 1d, and achieving a score of at least 9 returns your penny. The score dial and coin return are activated electro-mechanically.

This attractive version of the game appears to be by Hawtins of Blackpool. You steer a large metal ball along a series of horizontal, increasingly perilous runs and your coin is returned if you successfully negotiate the hazards. Simple in concept and construction, these reliable games were popular with players and operators alike.

Popular ball steering game. This is the more common version with painted wooden backboard. After insertion of a penny, a large cast carousel inside raises the ball into play when the steering wheel is rotated. Your penny is returned for completing the course.