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Card Whiz / IPD No. 447 / July, 1976 / 2 Players

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

July, 1976

Model Number:

374

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

3,359 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Cards/Gambling

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (3), Dip targets (3), 9-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1), Right outlane ball return gate. End-of-ball bonus. 3 or 5 ball play.

Maximum displayed point score is 99,990 points per player.

Replay wheel maximum: 15

Sound: 3 chimes, knocker

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

The 4-player version of this game is Gottlieb's 1976 'Royal Flush'.

We previously showed a date for this game of May 20, 1976. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Gottlieb Domestic & Export Sales Sheets for Card Whiz: 3250 total
Domestic Sales: 2030
Export Sales: 1220

The above total does not include 109 Sample games produced in 1975 per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics.

Photos in:

The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 96
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, page 209
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/447 (External site)

Documentation:

4 MB

PDF

Installation Procedures And Game Operation Instructions (Manual) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Company]

7 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Company]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer 612x785	Backglass 565x461 [Joe Iozzia]	Upper Playfield 582x477 [Joe Iozzia]	Cabinet - Front View 383x597 [Joe Iozzia]	Cabinet - Right 551x475 [Joe Iozzia]
Cabinet - Front 550x409 [Joe Iozzia]	Backglass 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Illuminated Backglass 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Illuminated Playfield 480x640 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Lower Playfield 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]
Illuminated Lower Playfield 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Illuminated Upper Playfield 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Playfield 480x640 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Illuminated Playfield 480x640 [Grant Campbell-Beams]
Cabinet - Front 640x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Cabinet - Left 540x480 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Cabinet - Right 517x474 [Grant Campbell-Beams]	Backglass 617x454	Backglass - Reverse 619x480
Cabinet - Front View 360x480 [Fran�ois Isnard]	Playfield 1200x1892 [Mark Steinman]	Upper Playfield 1200x923 [Mark Steinman]	Lower Playfield 1200x857 [Mark Steinman]	Illuminated backglass 1200x1060 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Playfield 848x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Instruction Card - 3 Ball Play 1200x914 [Frank Anderson]	Instruction Card - 5 Ball Play 1000x764 [Frank Anderson]	Inside Backbox* 1200x1050 [Will White]	Under Playfield* 1191x2500 [Will White]
Under Playfield - Relay Bank* 1200x593 [Will White]	Under Playfield - Target Bank* 1200x753 [Will White]	Under Playfield - Target Bank* 1066x1058 [Will White]	Under Playfield - Relay Bank* 1200x663 [Will White]	Inside Cabinet* 1200x1009 [Will White]
Inside Cabinet - Detail* 1200x985 [Will White]	Inside Cabinet - Detail* 1080x2500 [Will White]	Inside Cabinet - Detail* 1200x737 [Will White]	Inside Cabinet - Detail* 1200x831 [Will White]	Inside Coin Door* 1200x933 [Will White]

Source:

Machine | Flyer

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