1971 · Gottlieb
2001 / Dimension / Galaxie
Known for Top saucers, Center saucer and Center standup targets.
- Year
- 1971
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- saucer
Top saucers
- saucer
Center saucer
- Target
Center standup targets
3 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Stylised pop-art female head in the lower right, orange-gold skin, half-lidded green eyes with heavy black winged lashes, thin arched brows, red lips in a soft smile, facing slightly left; enormous blue-black beehive hair with white highlights and pink starburst sparkles
Text on it
- GAME OVER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- BALLS to PLAY
- PREVIOUS HI SCORE
- DIMENSION
- 0
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
The cast
- Dimension
- Galaxie
Reference
Linked terms
- Top saucers also called upper saucers
- Center standup targets also called central stand-ups
- Colored lanes also called matching lanes
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield 2001
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: Painted gold spacesuited driver of six-wheeled blue rover floating mid-air over dark starfield, two white 100 WHEN LIT bumper caps on red-and-black bullseyes, green zig-zag SPECIAL WHEN LIT band with red circles, star-spangled triangular ramps flanking white sunburst
The most memorable element is the painted gold spacesuited driver of a six-wheeled blue rover floating in mid-air over a dark blue starfield, arms outstretched, under a rainbow-coloured concentric ring target. Second is the pair of huge white "100 WHEN LIT" pop bumper caps set into red-and-black bullseyes on a mustard-yellow upper panel. Third, the green zig-zag "SPECIAL WHEN LIT" band with three red "50 POINTS" circles under the truck. Fourth, two tall red-yellow-blue triangular ramps shaped like star-spangled pennants flanking a white sunburst. The lower playfield wood is bare and heavily worn, with cracked and patched varnish around the aprons.
Setting
- Dark blue starfield speckled with pale dots across the centre and lower playfield
- Mustard-yellow upper panel
- White radiating sunburst rays fanning out from behind the lower ramp bases
- Green apron-shaped field in the lower playfield
- Natural bare wood lower playfield, heavily worn and cracked
Symbols
- Playing-card suits: hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades on the side ball-return rails
- Concentric rainbow bullseye targets
- Red oval scoring lamps
- Stars on the two triangular ramps
- Sunburst rays
- Red circles with black lettering
- Red arrow panels
Notable shapes
- A large clear plastic arch spanning the whole top of the playfield
- Two long decorated heart-and-diamond ball-return rails running down both sides
- A green chevron/zig-zag band shaped like a wide crown under the central rover
- A big bare oval of worn wood in the lower playfield between the flippers
- An apron that follows the chevron points of the green field
Art motifs
- Op art rainbow concentric rings
- Atomic-age space iconography
- Flat unmodulated screen-printed colour blocks with heavy black outlines
- Star-and-stripe pennant geometry
- Vintage cream-and-red instruction cards
Themes
- Space exploration
- Rocket and rover
- Futuristic 1960s optimism
- Target and bullseye scoring
Text on it
- 100
- WHEN LIT
- 50 POINTS
- WHEN RED
- 100 POINTS
- WHEN YELLOW LIT
- 5C
- 4 OR 3 LETTER SCORE
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- FOR 3X
- WHEN RED LIT
- MFD BY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO ILL.
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 5 BALLS PER PLAY
- POINTS ARE SCORED AS INDICATED
- HITTING DROP TARGETS SCORE 50 POINTS
- COMPLETING A SET OF COLORED DROP TARGETS LIGHTS CORRESPONDING POP AND BUMPER FOR ADDITIONAL SCORE
- COMPLETING ANY 1/2 SETS OF COLORED DROP TARGETS LIGHTS SPECIAL
- SPECIAL SCORES 1 REPLAY
- MATCHING LAST NUMBER IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS WHEN GAME IS OVER SCORES 1 REPLAY
- 254
- N-10333-B
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 3200 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 4600 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 7400 POINTS.
- 25¢
- 2 PLAYS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | A single helmeted figure in a shiny gold/yellow space suit and rounded gold helmet, painted in flat cartoon style, seated upright in the open cab of a blue-and-grey rover with both arms stretched out in front as if steering. his face is not detailed, only a dark visor line. |
| Vehicle | A six-wheeled rover or truck, pale grey-blue cab and nose, blue body panels, six fat white-walled wheels, painted in mid-air against a rainbow of concentric coloured rings with a small rocket and a looping orbit trail behind it. |
| Other | A small stylised rocket and a curled orbit/streak shape to the right of the rover's rainbow rings, in red, orange and yellow. |
A 1960s-style electro-mechanical playfield, photographed flat from above with the whole wooden cabinet, apron and coin door visible. Upper third: a mustard-yellow panel carrying two round pop bumper caps, each white with a big black "100" and "WHEN LIT" on a yellow ring, set on red-and-black concentric target circles. Behind them four red ovals read "50 POINTS WHEN RED" and a central multiring target carries "5C 4 OR 3 LETTER SCORE". Flanking this are two long decorated ball-return rails with heart, club and diamond suit symbols in red, blue and yellow. Centre: a blue-and-grey six-wheeled truck or rover with a white cab, driven by a gold-suited helmeted figure, floating over a dark blue starfield. Beneath it a green zig-zag band holds three red circles each labelled "50 POINTS" over the black caption "SPECIAL WHEN LIT", and two red circles at left and right read "50 POINTS FOR 3X WHEN RED LIT". Lower half: two tall triangular star-and-stripe ramps in red, yellow and blue rise from a green apron-shaped field, with a radiating white sunburst and a small red-and-yellow factory plaque. Two white bat-shaped flippers sit on a bare worn wooden lower playfield. The white apron carries cream instruction cards, a red-and-blue arrow panel, and green-lit 25 cent price windows.
Playfield Dimension
- yellow
- red
- blue
- white
Fingerprint: Huge red starburst jagged white-yellow rays entire upper playfield, two big cream 1000 bumpers sitting inside like eyes, black spiral target disc hypnotic whirlpool single red ball resting upper edge, lower playfield strikingly empty enormous unadorned expanse plain golden yellow
The most memorable element is the huge red starburst with jagged white-and-yellow rays covering the entire upper playfield, with two big cream 1000 bumpers sitting inside it like eyes. Below that, dead centre, is a black spiral target disc like a hypnotic whirlpool with a single red ball resting on its upper edge. The lower playfield is strikingly empty - an enormous unadorned expanse of plain golden yellow with nothing on it but two slivers of colour at the sides, so the eye goes straight from the crowded top to the bare bottom. Two chrome ball guides flank the field symmetrically like guard rails, and the whole thing is bordered by a bold black-and-white sawtooth triangle pattern.
Setting
- Flat abstract geometric field, no scenery
- Wooden cabinet interior with metal side rails
- Black photographic surround
Symbols
- Starburst with radiating rays
- Concentric spiral disc
- Sawtooth triangle border
- Five-pointed stars
- Playing-card-style suits and pips
- Circles and discs
- Droplet and teardrop shapes
- Light bulbs
- Curved arrows
- Crown motif inside the 1000 bumper rings
- Geometric colour swirls and pinstripes
Notable shapes
- Large red starburst filling the upper playfield
- Central concentric spiral disc
- Black-and-white sawtooth triangle border down both flanks
- Two long chrome ball-guide rails running from the top corners to the mid-field
- Two cream 1000 bumper circles
- Two large blue arrows on the apron
- Trapezoidal white 500 points wow targets
- Star-shaped plastic guide cluster
Art motifs
- Mid-century modern abstract
- Flat hand-painted colour fields
- Primary-colour pop art shapes
- Pinstriped scrollwork
- Starburst explosion
- Hypnotic spiral
Themes
- Abstract
- Geometric
- Score-value
- Electric-eye-targets
Title on it
- Dimension
Text on it
- DIMENSION
- MINIMUM 3 BALLS PER PLAY
- INSTRUCTIONS
- POINTS ARE SCORED AS INDICATED:
- HITTING DROP TARGET SCORES 50 POINTS.
- COMPLETING RED AND BLUE TARGET SEQUENCE SCORES AN ADDITIONAL
- BALL LIGHTS LEFT BUMPER FOR 500 POINTS AND LIGHTS TWO BULBS
- EYE TARGETS FOR "WOW"
- COMPLETING YELLOW AND GREEN TARGET SEQUENCE SCORES AN
- ADDITIONAL BALL LIGHTS RIGHT BUMPER FOR 1000 POINTS AND LIGHTS
- TWO BULBS EYE TARGETS FOR "WOW"
- COMPLETING RED AND YELLOW TARGET SEQUENCE LIGHTS CENTER HOLE
- FOR "WOW"
- BALL GOING OUT RESETS COMPLETED SIDE
- HITTING "WOW" SCORES 1 ADDITIONAL BALL
- TILT PENALTY 1 BALL PLUS BALL IN PLAY.
- INCOME 570
- B-1265
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- CREDIT WHEN LIT
- FLIPPER
- 1000
- SCORES WHEN LIT
- 100 POINTS
- WOW
- 500 POINTS OR 3000 when lit
- 500 POINTS
- when lit
- 1000 SCORES WHEN LIT
- MANUFACTURED BY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- 165 W. LAKE ST.
- NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS 60164
- SCORING 30,000 POINTS ADDS 1
- SCORING 60,000 POINTS ADDS 1
- for Help/Requires Game Help
- Loft Challenges, Ultra Rewards
Full-length shot of an electro-mechanical playfield set in a wooden cabinet, photographed from above with a black surround. The lower two thirds are a broad field of flat golden yellow, framed on both sides by red, blue, green and white pinstriped scrollwork and a black-and-white sawtooth triangle border. Two chrome ball-guide rails run down the left and right flanks, each with a cluster of yellow, red and black round pop-bumper caps at its top; two pale flippers sit symmetrically below centre, each printed on a white label reading FLIPPER in blue-outlined capitals. The upper third is far busier: a large red starburst with white and yellow rays spreads across the top, overlaid with five oval target windows showing cartoon numerals, two large cream circular bumpers each ringed in yellow and stamped 1000 with a small crown motif and the words SCORES WHEN LIT. Dead centre of the upper playfield is a black, red and white concentric spiral disc with a red ball on top, ringed by white plastic guides and star shapes. Down the middle sit two white trapezoid targets with red cap discs reading 500 POINTS / WOW / when lit. The lower apron is pale blue-grey with red and blue arrow graphics and a blue-bordered cream instruction card. No people or characters appear anywhere; the art is entirely abstract geometric and mechanical in a bright, flat, hand-painted mid-century style.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Dimension
- lime green
- royal blue
- orange
- red
Fingerprint: 'DIMENSION' with woman's face dominating, extravagant blue-black beehive curling into spiral vortex, jagged multicolored explosion burst radiating from hairline, gold-framed mechanical wheel showing 02950, pinball visible on display, concentric rainbow spiral background with pastel bubbles, psychedelic airbrushed salon style.
The dominant feature is the huge woman's face with an extravagant blue-black beehive hairdo that curls into a hypnotic concentric spiral, plus the jagged multicoloured explosion burst radiating out from her hairline. A gold-framed five-digit mechanical score wheel showing 02950 sits at upper left with a loose black pinball visibly resting on the display glass. The backdrop is a hypnotic rainbow spiral of lime green, blue, crimson and black rings peppered with pastel bubbles. The psychedelic, airbrushed hair-salon illustration style is unmistakable.
Symbols
- Five-digit mechanical score window
- Previous hi score panel
- Grid of numbers 1-10
- Four-pointed starburst sparkles
- Concentric rainbow spiral
- Pastel spheres and bubbles
- Red white and blue diagonal stripes on cabinet
Lettering
- Chunky sans-serif capitals on blue octagonal tiles for the number grid; white capitals with dark outline for game over; balls to play in white italic capitals on a yellow starburst; title in bold condensed outlined capitals on a yellow plaque with black-and-white rules
Themes
- Hair salon
- Psychedelic
- Explosion
- Pop art
Title on it
- Dimension
Text on it
- GAME OVER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- BALLS to PLAY
- PREVIOUS HI SCORE
- DIMENSION
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Stylised pop-art female head in the lower right, orange-gold skin, half-lidded green eyes with heavy black winged lashes, thin arched brows, red lips in a soft smile, facing slightly left; enormous blue-black beehive hair with white highlights and pink starburst sparkles |
A printed backglass panel set into a heavily worn cream-coloured cabinet, with chipped and crazed paint, hairline cracks and scuffs all over the surrounding wood. The artwork is a psychedelic pop-art hair/salon scene. A large stylised woman's head occupies the lower-right quadrant: orange-gold face, half-lidded green eyes with heavy black lashes, red lips, and an enormous mass of blue-black hair streaked with white highlights that swirls into a spiral vortex on the left. Along the hair run pink and white four-pointed starburst sparkles and scattered pastel spheres. Across the left two-thirds spiral concentric rings of lime green, mid blue, crimson and black, dotted with bubbles and planet-like discs, ending in a jagged multicoloured starburst explosion. A gold-framed window at upper left holds a mechanical digit wheel reading 0 2 9 5 0, with a small black ball resting beneath the 9. Above the title is a black-bordered PREVIOUS HI SCORE panel. Top right carries a blue number grid 1-10 beside GAME OVER and BALLS to PLAY lettering. Below, red, blue and cream diagonal stripes.
Backglass Galaxie
- lime green
- navy blue
- magenta
- turquoise
Fingerprint: GALAXIE in pale blue cartouches at bottom, enormous stylised female head with dark purple hair sprouting starburst sparkles at lower-right, hypnotic lime-green and navy concentric spiral dominating panel, yellow explosion with pink-white comet tail piercing upper centre, op-art psychedelic aesthetic with bubbles and floating spheres
The single most memorable element is the enormous stylised woman's head filling the lower right, with dark purple hair sprouted with white starburst sparkles, a single wide blue-eyeshadowed eye and a pearl drop earring. Behind her, a hypnotic lime-green and navy concentric spiral dominates the whole panel, pierced at upper centre by a yellow starburst explosion with a pink-and-white comet tail sweeping down. A plain grey unlettered display window sits at upper left above a small PREVIOUS HI SCORE box. The title appears as pale blue block letters GALAXIE in a rectangular cartouche with a red oval script logo above it.
Setting
- Concentric spiral of green, blue and magenta bands radiating from left of centre
- Plain pale grey wall visible beyond the panel edges
- Painted bubbles, spheres and dots scattered over the spiral
- Yellow starburst explosion with red, pink and white comet trails at upper centre
Symbols
- Concentric rainbow spiral
- Eight-pointed starburst explosion
- Comet with dotted tail
- Ringed planet
- Painted spheres and bubbles
- Starburst sparkles in the hair
- Pearl drop earring
- Oval and rectangular logo cartouches
- Red-bordered white signature box
Lettering
- Galaxie in large white sans-serif block capitals with black outline on a pale blue rectangle inside a thin dark blue frame; the word gottlieb above it in white cursive script inside a red oval set within a yellow oval; previous hi score in small plain black capitals on a white rectangle; d. gottlieb co. in black cursive signature on a white box over a red bar.
Themes
- Psychedelic spiral
- Op-art
- Outer space
- Comet and starburst
- Close-up female portrait
- Bubble motif
Title on it
- Galaxie
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- GALAXIE
- PREVIOUS HI SCORE
- D. Gottlieb Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large stylised female head filling the lower right two-thirds, in three-quarter view facing right; pale peach skin, heavy black-outlined eye with bright blue eyeshadow and dark lashes, small red lips, dark purple-black curly hair filled with white starburst sparkles, wearing a single round white pearl drop earring on the visible ear. only the head and neck are shown; the body is off-panel. |
| Other | A comet-like object with a white and pale blue trail of coloured dots sweeping from upper centre down to the left, ending in a small ringed-planet/rocket motif near the spiral centre. |
| Other | A yellow multi-pointed starburst with red, pink, black and white spikes at upper centre-right, containing a small dark red circular core with radiating lines. |
A landscape-format printed backglass panel in a psychedelic 1960s Op-art style. The background is a spiral of concentric lime-green, navy-blue and magenta bands radiating from a point just left of centre, overlaid with painted bubbles, spheres and dots in pink, orange, yellow and turquoise. At upper left is a wide plain grey rectangular window panel with a black border (a score/transliter display opening), and directly below it a small white box lettered PREVIOUS HI SCORE in black. The lower right two-thirds is dominated by a large stylised head of a woman in three-quarter view facing right: pale peach skin, heavy black-outlined eye with bright blue eyeshadow, dark purple-black curly hair studded with white starburst sparkles, and a pearl drop earring. Above her, a yellow starburst explosion with red, pink and white comet trails and a small rocket/planet motif. Bottom left carries a stacked logo: a red oval with white script reading Gottlieb inside a yellow oval, above a pale blue rectangle reading GALAXIE in large white block capitals with black outline and a thin dark blue border. Bottom right holds a white signature box reading D. Gottlieb Co. over a red bar. No score digits are printed.
Translite 2001
- blue
- magenta
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: Deuces in cursive script over numerals 2001 yellow red white lower left corner, magenta sunburst rays from centre, giant green faceted diamond dominating middle, oversized playing cards scattered (green diamond, magenta-back, orange-back starburst), blonde flying head-first left side, woman on yellow pool float right, card-swimsuit-themed illustration deep blue
The huge numerals 2001 in yellow, red and white, topped by a cursive Deuces script, sitting in the lower-left corner. Around them the burst of magenta sunbeams over deep blue with a giant green faceted diamond. A blonde woman flying head-first down the left side while a second woman stands on a yellow pool float at lower right. Scattered oversized playing cards, including an orange-backed card with a starburst emblem.
Setting
- Deep blue sky filled with radiating magenta and white sunburst rays
- Giant faceted green diamond shape
- Cream/ivory outer plastic frame with printed diagonal stripe border
Symbols
- Playing cards (green diamond, magenta back, orange back)
- Five-pointed stars in several colours
- One large green faceted diamond
- Sunburst rays
- Numerals 3 7 - 2 7 in white score windows
- Small white square marked 0
Lettering
- Bold sans-serif capitals for score with red fill and orange outline; thin cursive script for deuces; very large block numerals 2001 in yellow and red with white and dark drop shadows
Themes
- Playing cards
- Swimsuit
- Pool float
- Sunburst
- Casino
- Pinball translite
Title on it
- Deuces 2001
Text on it
- SCORE
- 3
- 7
- 2
- Deuces
- 2001
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman with short swept-back yellow hair, wearing a black bikini top and orange shorts, flying horizontally head-first down the left side with both arms reaching forward and legs trailing, expression open-mouthed |
| Woman | Young woman in a yellow one-piece swimsuit with matching yellow cap or headband, standing upright with arms slightly out, balanced on a yellow pool float at the lower right, mid-20s styling |
A portrait-format card-and-swimsuit-themed translit with a cream/ivory plastic outer frame. The printed insert is deep blue, overlaid with a fan of magenta, pink and white sunburst rays spreading from the lower centre, and a big faceted emerald-green diamond (a stylised ray shape) dominating the upper middle. Oversized playing cards float across the field: a green diamond card at the top edge, another green diamond card left of centre, a magenta-backed card at upper right with a small white card beside it, and an orange-backed card with a dark starburst emblem low centre. Lower left is a scatter of five-pointed stars in yellow, olive, green and violet, one printed with the numeral 4, and beside them the title: cursive script reading Deuces over huge block numerals 2001, yellow on the 2 with red, white and dark outlines on the rest, with two small caption bars and a band of Japanese-style lettering beneath. Top left, orange-outlined red capitals spell SCORE over two white score windows showing 3 7 - 2 7. Two women appear: a blonde in a black bikini top and orange shorts flying head-first with arms outstretched, and a second woman in a yellow one-piece stands upright on a yellow pool float at lower right.