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Gottlieb SWEET HEARTS - 1963
PLAYERS - 1
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 7.9 / 10
PRODUCTION : 4450 Units
THEME : Playing Cards
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Pop Bumpers (5), Gobble Hole (1)
DESIGN BY : Wayne Neyens
ART BY : Roy Parker
Internet Pinball Machine Database'Sweet Hearts' was the last Gottlieb EM game to have a Gobble Hole. The last EM game by any Manufacturer to have a Gobble Hole was Williams '1964' San Francisco.
Gottlieb JUMPING JACK - 1973
PLAYERS - 2
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 7.9 / 10
PRODUCTION : 4975 Units
THEME : Happines - Circus / Carnival
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (4), Pop Bumpers (2), 10 - Bank Drop Targets (1), Kick-Out Holes (2).
DESIGN BY : Ted Krynski
ART BY : Gordon Morison
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseThe 4 - Player version is Gottlieb's 1973 'Jack In The Box'.
Williams BRIDE OF PINBOT - 1991
PLAYERS - 4
TYPE : Solid State Electronics ( SS )MPU : Williams WPU ( Alpha Numeric )
RATING : 8.1 / 10
PRODUCTION : 8100
THEME : Fantasy - Outer Space
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Pop Bumpers (3), slingshot in pop bumper area, Ramps (2), Roll-Under Spinner (1), 2 - Ball Multiball. Upper level Bagatelle Mini Playfield, Plunger lane has elevated skill shot to drop the ball to a kicker which kicks the ball into the pop bumper area.
TOYS : The machines Rotating Head
Heartbeat Ramp ( Centre Ramp ) is a duel - path ramp which diverts the ball either to the right lane or the plunger lane, depending on the balls path.
CONCEPT BY : Python Anghelo
DESIGN BY : John Trudeau, Python Anghelo
ART BY : John Youssi
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseWilliams OH BOY - 1964
PLAYERS - 2
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 6.6 / 10
PRODUCTION : 1700 Units
THEME : Girls - Women
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Pop Bumpers (5), Passive Bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Ball Kickers (2), Kick-Out Hole (1)
DESIGN BY : Steve Kordek
ART BY : George Molentin
Internet Pinball Machine Database
Williams MISS O - 1969
PLAYERS - 1
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 6.5 / 10
PRODUCTION : 2353
THEME : Billiards
DESIGN BY : Norm Clarke
ART BY : Christian Marche
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Pop Bumpers (4), Passive Bumpers (4), Kick-Out Holes (1), Stand Up Targets (2), Slingshots (2), Horseshoe Lane.
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseIs a replay game that also has an extra ball feature which cannot be disabled, awarding one extra ball per ball in play, if earned. To qualify for extra ball, making A-B-C-D targets light the correspondingly lettered bumpers at top of playfield. Lighting all four A-B-C-D bumpers light the two horseshoe inserts, qualifying the horseshoe lane rollover button (which does not light) to award the extra ball. The schematic indicates that flashing bulbs are to be used for the horseshoe inserts. A ball rolling over the horseshoe lane button at this point will turn off the flashing horseshoe inserts and quietly award the extra ball, with no knocker sound. There are no inserts or text on the playfield or backglass to indicate the extra ball has been awarded, thus this event may go unnoticed by an uninformed player. Once the current ball in play reaches the outhole, the ball counter does not increment, the ball is served again to the shooter lane, and the A-B-C-D bumpers turn off to allow a new extra ball to be earned. The add-a-ball version of this game is Williams' 1968 'Cue-T'. Compare the playfield to that of Williams' 1966 '8 Ball'.The original name for this game was 'Miss Q' (a play on the billiards term 'mis-cue') but Williams learned the French translation of that was sexually derogatory, so they had to quickly alter the name. It is believed this change occurred before production started.
Bally POOL SHARKS - 1990
PLAYERS - 4
TYPE : Solid State Electronics ( SS )
RATING : 7.1 / 10
PRODUCTION : 2250
THEME : Billiards
CONCEPT BY : Doug Watson
DESIGN BY : Tony Kraimer
ART BY : Doug Watson
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseFeatures 8-Ball or 9-Ball option.
Williams BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA - 1993
PLAYERS - 4
TYPE : Williams WPC ( Fliptronics 2 )
RATING : 8.0 / 10
PRODUCTION : 8100
THEME : Celebrities - Fictional - Licensed Theme
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Ramps (2), Multiball (3 Modes), Autoplunger. The flippers have a lightning bolt pattern molded into them and reportedly are 1/8 inch shorter than the standard Williams flippers.
DESIGN BY : Barry Oursler, Mark Sprenger
ART BY : Mark Sprenger
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseUnder-the playfield magnet moves pinball for Mist Multiball. A player can get two or three multiball modes going at the same time for a total of a 4-ball multiball.
Bally BULLFIGHT - 1964
PLAYERS - 1
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 7.7 / 10
PRODUCTION : 825 Units
THEME : Adventure - Foreign Peoples
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Pop Bumpers (3), Mushroom Bumpers (7), Slingshots (3), Right outlane ball return
DESIGN BY : Ted Zale
ART BY : Unknown
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseHitting an Advance causes the Rotary Target Selector to step one position. Each selector position lights different targets and rollovers for increased values. The selected combination of values carries over to the next game.
Bally/Midway REVENGE FROM MARS - 1999
PLAYERS - 4
TYPE : Solid State Electronics ( SS )
Pinball 2000
RATING : 8.0 / 10
PRODUCTION : 6878
THEME : Aliens - Martians - Fantasy
TOYS : Wobbling Martians
NOTABLE FEATURES : The first game released under the Pinball 2000 (PB2K) concept.
DESIGN BY : George Gomez
ART BY : John Youssi, Greg Freres.
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseRevenge From Mars was the last pinball made under the 'Bally' label.
Gottlieb Premier CUE BALL WIZARD - 1992
PLAYERS - 4
TYPE : Solid State DMD -Gottlieb System 3
RATING : 7.3 / 10
PRODUCTION : 5700 Units
THEME : Billiards - Celebrities - Fictional
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Slingshots (4), 7-bank drop targets (2), Standup targets (21), Kick-out holes (3), Captive balls (2), Kick-target (1), 2-ball and 3-ball Multiball. Two video modes. Oscillating captive ball kicker on elevated mini-playfield. Full-sized captive cue ball on lower playfield. Two standup targets are elevated and can only be hit by the captive cue ball. This cue ball can be removed from play as an operator option.
DESIGN BY : Jon Norris
ART BY : David Moore, Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
Internet Pinball Machine Database
"Gottlieb Presents CUE BALL WIZARD!"
Gottlieb MUSTANG - 1977
PLAYERS - 2
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 7.1 / 10
PRODUCTION : 2225 Units
THEME : American West - Western
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), Pop Bumpers (3), Drop targets (3),Kicker lanes (2), Kick-out holes (2). No slingshots.
DESIGN BY : Ed Krynski
ART BY : Gordon Morison
Internet Pinball Machine Database4-player version of this game is Gottlieb's 1977 'Bronco'.
Williams AZTEC - 1976
PLAYERS - 4
TYPE : Electro-mechanical (EM)
RATING : 7.7 / 10
PRODUCTION : 10,150 Units
THEME : Historical - World Places
NOTABLE FEATURES : Flippers (2), DC Pop Bumpers (3), Standup targets (6), Spinning Target (1), Upper right kickback lane, DC slingshots.
Internet Pinball Machine DatabaseThe backglass artwork appears to have been inspired by drawings found in the book National Geographic on Indians of the Americas: a Color-Illustrated Record, first printed in 1955.
