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Average Fun Rating: | 7.9/10 (57 ratings/33 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||
Manufacturer: | D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||
Date Of Manufacture: | April, 1963 | |||||
Model Number: | 198 | |||||
Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||
Production: | 4,550 units (confirmed) | |||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (5), Passive bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Rollover buttons (5), Standup targets (3), Gobble hole (1). No outlanes. Wedge head. Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points. Replay wheel maximum: 26 Sound: 2 bells, knocker | |||||
Design by: | Wayne Neyens | |||||
Art by: | Roy Parker | |||||
Notes: | Below each flipper are two posts with a rubber ring stretched between them. Often we see games with no plastic ball guides installed on these posts. Designer Wayne Neyens told us that the game was shipped from the factory with a "one-sided" plastic ball guide connecting each pair of posts to prevent a fast ball from somehow getting stuck inside the rings. The vertical portion of each guide would face the metal apron, allowing the rubber rings to bounce a ball back into play. Sample cabinets had one red stripe and one brown stripe. This was changed during production to be one red stripe and one blue stripe. Sample games of Slick Chick were the last Gottlieb games to use the "threaded bolt and wingnut method" of fastening the lockdown bar. Production games used the "latching method" which was the style used on subsequent games. Pictures of the underside of each style of lockdown bar are shown in this listing. | |||||
Photos in: |
Cigar Aficionado Autumn 1996, pp. 320 ,321,323,324,327,328,331,332,335,336,339,341. Pinball 1 Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 224 The Complete Pinball Book, pages 114 and 310 The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s, page 157 Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 1, page 249 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z Arcade Treasures, page 65 Pinball Snapshots, pages 13, 182, 188-191 The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 132 | |||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2208 (External site) | |||||
Documentation: | 2 MB | Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Co.] | |||
Files: | 306 KB | Motor Switch Positions Card (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Co.] | |||
448 KB | Post Adjustment Chart (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Company] | ||||
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