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Average Fun Rating: | 8.6/10 (6 ratings/6 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | August, 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 2,300 units (confirmed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Sports - Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Gobble hole (1). No outlanes. Maximum displayed point score is 6,990,000 points. Replay wheel maximum: 26 Sound: 2 bells, knocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Wayne Neyens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Roy Parker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | The backglass carries Gottlieb's famous phrase: Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs! The backglass is silkscreened with the words "Game Over" and the backbox insert has a hole for a light bulb to light these words but inexplicably the factory did not install a socket or wiring to this hole. This game does have a Game Over Relay, a relay that first appeared in Gottlieb games five months earlier with Gottlieb's 1957 'Royal Flush'. Reportedly, some 'World Champ' games have had this lamp installed after-factory by collectors. The backglass indicates a possible 7-million point score and the schematic shows a lamp socket is wired for this '7'. However, Gottlieb did not actually wire this lamp socket in the game itself. The 100,000 unit stops stepping at 6900, not 7000, making the maximum possible displayed score to be 6,990,000 points. See also Gottlieb's 1957 'World Champ (Extended Play Prototype)'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
All About Pinball, page 50 The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s, page 104 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z GameRoom Magazine, Vol 9 No. 9, September 1997, front cover and page 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 4 MB | Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Company] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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