Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb 'Centigrade 37'

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Centigrade 37

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Centigrade 37 / IPD No. 480 / August, 1977 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

August, 1977

Model Number:

407

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

1,721 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Fantasy - Science Fiction

Specialty:

Mechanical Backbox Animation

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Standup targets (2), 4-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1). Backbox animation (thermometer advances when playfield targets are hit). Right side of playfield has parallel lanes of serial rollovers. Left and right dual inlanes. Open-elbow right inlane allows ball to pass from inlane to outlane and vice-versa. No slingshots. Wedge head.

Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points.

Design by:

Allen Edwall

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

The normal temperature of the human body is 37 degrees Centigrade (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

Gottlieb Domestic & Export Sales Sheets for Centigrade 37: 1600 total
Domestic Sales: 838
Export Sales: 762

The above total does not include 121 Sample games produced in 1977 per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics.

Price to operator: $995 FOB Chicago, per newsletter from authorized distributor dated August 1977.

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, page 79
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 223

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/480 (External site)

Documentation:

651 KB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Files:

7 MB

PDF

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

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer 884x1144	Cabinet - Front View 712x960 [Pascal Villedieu]	Backglass 600x570 [Patrick Dellosso]	Playfield 560x603 [Patrick Dellosso]	Cabinet - Right 581x600 [Patrick Dellosso]
Cabinet - Front 600x579 [Patrick Dellosso]	Cabinet - Back 340x601 [Patrick Dellosso]	Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Left 709x738 [Vic Camp]	Playfield - Detail 700x933 [Raphael Lankar]
Backglass - Detail 700x1224 [Raphael Lankar]	Backglass - Detail 700x1138 [Raphael Lankar]	Playfield - Detail 700x933 [Raphael Lankar]	Illuminated Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Backbox - Left 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Cabinet - Front View 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Backbox - Right 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Right 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Inside Lower Cabinet 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Under Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Inside Backbox 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Animated Advance Unit 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Backglass - Reverse 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Backbox Insert 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Backglass Animation 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Top Rollovers 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Left Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Right Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Backglass 1200x1600 [Mark Ebner]	Playfield - Detail 1200x1600 [Mark Ebner]	Cabinet - Front 1200x900 [Mark Ebner]	Partially Stripped Playfield 1200x1600 [Mark Ebner]	Partially Stripped Upper Playfield 1200x1600 [Mark Ebner]
Partially Stripped Lower Playfield 1200x1600 [Mark Ebner]	Lower Playfield 1200x900 [Jay Stafford]	Upper Playfield 1200x918 [Mark Steinman]	Middle Playfield 1200x800 [Mark Steinman]	Lower Playfield 1200x928 [Mark Steinman]
Plastics 1200x1713 [Juan Jos� Lyon ]	Illuminated Front View 429x757 [Jesus Maria Rey]	Backglass* 1200x1555 [Billy Loretelli]	Playfield* 1200x1600 [Billy Loretelli]	Playfield* 1200x1600 [Billy Loretelli]
Upper Playfield* 1200x1600 [Billy Loretelli]	Cabinet - Right* 1133x1600 [Billy Loretelli]	Backglass - Reverse 928x1024 [James Schidlowsky]	Sample Game - Backglass* 1200x1218 [Jean-Louis Dufloux]	Sample Game - Schematic Date* 491x396 [Jean-Louis Dufloux]

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