Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb '2001'

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2001 / IPD No. 2697 / January, 1971 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

January, 1971

Model Number:

298

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,200 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Fantasy

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (4), 10-bank drop targets (2), Kick-out holes (5), Standup targets (4). Two slingshot kickers in upper playfield. Backglass light animation: completing a bank of drop targets lights one of four "starred" cards in backglass. Lighting three cards makes playfield specials lite alternately.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points.

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

The add-a-ball version of this game is Gottlieb's 1971 'Dimension' but with different artwork.

The backglass in the manufacturer’s flyer shows colors that are not replicated on all the production glasses that we show. Specifically, the large green area below the score reels are a uniform color of green in the flyer, the lower right striped area has stripes that are as yellow as the upper playfield, and three of the five large stars above ‘2001’ are this same yellow color. In some production glasses, the area below the score reels alternate between green and yellow-green, the stripes are yellow-green instead of yellow, and the three stars are also yellow-green. Even if allowing for color variations in flyer printing and/or camera processing, or differences with lighting used when the games were photographed, these color differences appear discrete and suggest more than one color set was made during backglass production. However, based on the game shown here having serial number 05430, we cannot say with confidence that production games with backglasses that match the flyer are Early Production. Other explanations for these color variations are possible.

'2001', its add-a-ball version 'Dimension', and the add-a-ball export version 'Galaxie', all made by Gottlieb in 1971, are the first pinball machines to feature multiple banks of drop targets.

We previously showed a date for this game of February 1971. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, pages 195-196
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2697 (External site)

Documentation:

3 MB

PDF

Partial Manual (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

768 KB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 432x431	Playfield 354x461 [Russ Jensen]	Flyer 884x1153	Backglass 541x476 [Tom Graham]	Playfield 450x600 [Tom Graham]
Lower Playfield 640x480 [Tom Graham]	Cabinet - Right 450x600 [Tom Graham]	Cabinet - Floor View 1024x768 [Vic Campolattaro Jr]	Backbox - Right 1024x1365 [Vic Campolattaro Jr]	Cabinet - Right 1024x768 [Vic Campolattaro Jr]
Backglass Animation - Annotated* 1000x1106 [Doug Fox]	Illuminated Backglass 400x447 [Bruno Durand]	Middle Playfield - Light Shields Removed* 1024x682 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Lower Playfield - Light Shields Removed* 1024x682 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Instruction Card* 1024x758 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Ball In Play Card - Reverse* 1024x766 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass* 1024x1144 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Plastics* 1024x1114 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass 788x768 [Jay Stafford]	Back Door 804x768 [Jay Stafford]
Illuminated Playfield* 1024x1171 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Upper Playfield - Light Shields Removed* 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Cabinet - Front - Coined for Francs* 1024x643 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Upper Playfield 1200x800 [Mark Steinman]	Middle Playfield 1200x800 [Mark Steinman]
Lower Playfield 1200x800 [Mark Steinman]	Backglass - Detail 1200x900 [Miroslaw Adamczewski]	Illuminated Backglass 1200x1169 [Billy Loretelli]	Illuminated Playfield 1200x1382 [Billy Loretelli]

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