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Seven Seas / IPD No. 2102 / January, 1960 / 2 Players

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

January, 1960

Model Number:

163

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

700 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Deep Sea Fishing - Sailing - Relaxation

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Gobble holes (2), Bullseye targets (2), Rollover buttons (2). Metal cigarette holders on side woodrails. Pop bumpers lite via side rollovers and turn off only when ball drains between flippers. The two gobble holes each have a bonus ladder for an end-of-ball bonus. These "bonus holes" lite alternately throughout play for double bonus. Ball falling in these bonus holes do not turn off pop bumpers for next player. Both players matching lit number at end of game awards 2 or 10 replays (adjustable). 3 or 5 ball play.

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player.

Tilt penalty: game over, per player.

Replay wheel maximum: 26 replays.

Sound: 3 bells, knocker

Design by:

Wayne Neyens

Art by:

Roy Parker

Notes:

The game pictured in Gottlieb's flyer has their famous phrase on the backglass: Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs! However, it does not appear on any of the examples of this game that we have seen.

We previously showed a date for this game of December 1959. An article in The Billboard Jan-11-1960 page 72 stated that this game was shipped to Gottlieb distributors the week before. We found no references of this game in the December 1959 issues of Billboard or Cash Box.

Photos in:

The Billboard, Jan-11-1960, pages 72 and 85
The Billboard, Jan-18-1960, page 93
Cash Box, Jan-23-1960, page 72
The Billboard, Jan-25-1960, page 76
Cash Box, Jan-30-1960, page 62
Cash Box, Jul-30-1960, page 37
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s External Link

, page 119
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 1 External Link

, page 203
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, page 236
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z

Documentation:

666 KB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 553x415	Cabinet - Right 658x440	Cabinet - Front 542x440	Playfield 482x709	Flyer 1118x835
Score Card 1024x1437 [Scott Phillips]	Backglass 725x501 [Alan Tate]	Playfield 750x1140 [Alan Tate]	Illuminated Playfield 599x800 [Dan Gutchess]	Playfield 619x464 [Dan Gutchess]
Backglass - Reverse 610x565 [Dan Gutchess]	Illuminated Playfield 900x1200 [Rainer B�linger]	Upper Playfield 1200x900 [Rainer B�linger]	Apron* 1200x900 [Rainer B�linger]	Playfield - Detail 1200x900 [Rainer B�linger]
Illuminated Full View 371x480 [Rainer B�linger]	Bonus Holes Matrix* 1045x523 [Jay Stafford]

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