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Average Fun Rating: | 7.8/10 (49 ratings/40 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | January, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 395 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 2,975 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 bumpers (3), 9-bank drop targets (1) with trip arm. No slingshots. Open-elbow inlanes allow ball to pass from inlane to outlane and vice-versa. Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points. The playfield shows a progression ladder of "Shoot For" inserts notifying the player which of the nine drop targets to hit to advance the ladder. In 5-ball play, the play opens with the "2 Jacks" lit on the progression ladder. Achieving each step on the ladder when lit resets all drop targets for the next step. However, when Royal Flush is lit, hitting the five red A-K-Q-J-10 drop targets for this not only resets all targets but a drop target trip coil mounted on the drop target chassis operates a trip arm having four trip arm wireforms to immediately drop the four black Q-J-K-Q targets, leaving only the five red A-K-Q-J-10 targets to complete for an All Targets Down Special. In 3-ball play, the two Jack drop targets are spotted by the game and thus play begins with shooting for the three Queen drop targets. After scoring the Full House when lit and the bank resets, the drop target trip coil immediately drops the four black Q-J-K-Q targets, leaving only the five red A-K-Q-J-10 targets to complete for the All Targets Down Special. Scoring the Special resets all nine drop targets and again trips the four black ones to leave only the five red ones up, to score another Special with them, and this pattern will repeat until the end of the game. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Ed Krynski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Gordon Morison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | The Add-a-ball version of this game is Gottlieb's 1977 'Lucky Hand' which was exported to Italy as Gottlieb's 1977 'Lucky Card'. It was remade as the 4-player SS game Mylstar's 1984 'Jacks to Open'. The playfield in the manufacturer's flyer has white paint in the flipper "swipe" area and along the upper ball arch. All games pictured here show these same areas as unpainted. Tim Arnold contacted us with the following information for 'Jacks Open', 1976 'Volley', and 1977 'Big Hit' that explains these playfield color differences: I have noticed a mystery on these three games I can solve for you. I have had many examples of these machines over the years. Pla We previously showed a date for this game of February 1977. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation. Price to operator: $965 FOB Chicago, per newsletter from authorized distributor dated March 1977. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
The Complete Pinball Book, page 170 The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981, page 110 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R Pinball Snapshots, pages 16, 115-118 Pinball Perspectives, page 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/1281 (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 1 MB | Manual (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Company] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
148 KB | Miscellaneous Notices to Operators (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Company] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
591 KB | Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Co.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Files: | 266 KB | Score Cards (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Company] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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