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Genie / IPD No. 997 / October, 1979 / 4 Players

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company (1977-1983)
[Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

October, 1979

Model Number:

435

MPU:

Gottlieb System 1

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

6,800 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Fantasy

Specialty:

Widebody

Notable Features:

Flippers (5), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshot (1), Star rollovers (5), Standup targets (4), 7-bank drop targets (1), 4-bank drop targets (1), Spinning target (1), Kick-out hole (1), Upper ball return lane.

Maximum displayed point score is 999,990 points per player.

Actual measured weight: 282 lbs (includes legs).

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

The flyer shows a left-side pop bumper cap value of 1000 points while the production games pictured here each have a 2000 point pop bumper cap.

We previously showed a date for this game of November 1979. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Marketing Slogans:

"Gottlieb's WIDE and Beautiful BODY"

Photos in:

Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas) External Link

, page 140
Pinball (Zsolnay), page 49
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 157
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball (Ciuffo)

, page 117

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/997 (External site)

Documentation:

790 KB

PDF

English Manual (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 525x654	Flyer, Front 884x1150	Flyer, Page 2 884x1150	Flyer, Page 3 884x1150	Flyer, Back 884x1150
Playfield 480x495 [Ron Clemins]	Playfield - Ball View 640x365 [Ron Clemins]	Backglass 400x300	Backglass - Reverse 400x300	Backglass 400x400 [Bruno Durand]
Instruction Card 640x480 [John Gray]	Illuminated Front View 816x1224	Blank Playfield 713x1021 [Dan Hagman]	Lower Blank Playfield 999x767 [Dan Hagman]	Middle Blank Playfield 947x763 [Dan Hagman]
Upper Blank Playfield 867x761 [Dan Hagman]	Blank Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [Dan Hagman]	Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Stripped Upper Left Playfield 768x1024 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Stripped Lower Playfield 768x1024 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Backglass - Detail 800x600 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Backglass - Detail 600x800 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Backglass - Detail 600x800 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Backglass - Detail 800x600 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Playfield 600x800 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]
Upper Left Playfield 800x600 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Backbox - Left 494x800 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Cabinet - Left 800x600 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Cabinet - Left 753x599 [Fr�d�ric Fran�ois]	Playfield Plastics 618x821 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Playfield Plastics 272x841 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Playfield Plastics 597x690 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Playfield Plastics 525x816 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Spinning Target - Obverse 869x443 [Ian F. McKinnon]	Spinning Target - Reverse 869x443 [Ian F. McKinnon]
Playfield* 1200x1555 [Mark Steinman]	Upper Playfield* 1200x701 [Mark Steinman]	Middle Playfield* 1200x867 [Mark Steinman]	Lower Playfield 1200x903 [Mark Steinman]	Instruction Card - 3 Balls 1200x802 [Mark Steinman]
Blank Playfield* 892x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass 1200x1122 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield 961x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backbox - Left 709x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Right 1600x619 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Illuminated Backglass 1200x1082 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 1086x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield - Detail 814x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Instruction Card - 5 Balls 1200x860 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Front View 957x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Illuminated Full View 1200x1576 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Illuminated Front View 1200x1103 [Carlos Guizzo]

Source:

Flyer

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