Michael Gardi has created a modern version of an early 20th century game called GEE-WIZ which involved mimicking a horse race using a flywheel and metal balls.
The game worked by releasing a spring-loaded ripcord mechanism that would accelerate a flywheel and fire balls up a set of tracks embedded in a 45 degree slope on the game board.
The balls would then strike model horses and push them along the track, with the winning horse being indicated when a flag is tripped.
Gardi created new versions of the game using 3D printing to recreate the playing board, whilst also reverse engineering and machining a new flywheel mechanism to ensure that the gameplay was as accurate as possible.
