1957 · Gottlieb
Ace High
Arched green border framing the glass, cream and yellow interior sky, blue building with rows of windows, pale green domed roof, stylised palm fronds and pink cloud-like background shapes.
- Year
- 1957
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- pink
- cream
- blue
Fingerprint: ACE HIGH title with small cursive word above large bold white capitals, arched pink ribbon of escalating score values 300000 to 1000000 framing around top and sides like horseshoe, six cartoon gamblers in swimwear brawling in front of blue building with green domed roof, woman in blue top lunging with raised arm, blonde in black swimsuit kneeling at left, airbrushed style
The standout feature is the arched ribbon of escalating score values — 300000 up to 1000000 — running around the top and down both sides of the glass like a horseshoe, framing the bold white block title in the middle. Below it, a brawling pile-up of six cartoon gamblers in swimwear and bright clothing in front of a blue building with a green domed roof. A woman in a blue top and white trousers lunges in from the right with an arm raised, while a blonde in a black swimsuit kneels at the left. Two small name plates ('Gottlieb Pinball & Co.' and 'Bally') sit side by side along the bottom edge.
Setting
- Arched green border framing the glass
- Cream and yellow interior sky
- Blue building with rows of windows
- Pale green domed roof
- Stylised palm fronds
- Pink cloud-like background shapes
Symbols
- Horseshoe arc of ascending score numbers
- Green oval plaque at top centre
- Domed roof
- Palm fronds
- Two rectangular name plates at bottom
Lettering
- Large bold white sans-serif block capitals with dark outline for the title, on a red/pink ribbon band; score values in smaller white numerals along the arch; small cursive script word above the title
Themes
- Gambling
- Casino
- High score
- Swimsuit pin-up
- Comic
- Airbrushed
Title on it
- Ace high
Text on it
- ACE HIGH
- Gottlieb's
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- 300000
- 400000
- 500000
- 600000
- 700000
- 800000
- 900000
- 1000000
- © Gottlieb Pinball & Co.
- Bally
- BALLS PLAYED
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde, kneeling at lower left, black one-piece swimsuit, leaning on one arm, looking right |
| Man | Red-haired, red sleeveless shirt, seated/crouching at centre-left, arm extended |
| Other | Seated figure in pale cream clothing at centre, legs forward |
| Woman | Standing behind centre in a red dress, light hair |
| Woman | Right side, blue top with white trousers, dark hair, lunging pose with one arm raised holding a thin baton or stick |
| Woman | Partially hidden figure behind the lunging woman, pink/red tones |
A painted backglass with an arched green border framing a cream and yellow interior. A pink ribbon arc across the top carries repeated score values (300000 through 1000000) running down both sides, and at the centre a two-line logo: a small white cursive word above large bold white block capitals reading 'ACE HIGH'. A green oval plaque sits at the top centre. Below is a crowded scene of six cartoon gambling characters before a blue windowed building with a pale green domed roof: a kneeling blonde woman in a black swimsuit at lower left, a red-haired man in a red sleeveless shirt, a seated figure in pale clothes at centre, a woman in a red dress behind them, and a dark-haired woman in a blue top and white trousers lunging in from the right with one arm raised. Palm fronds and pink shapes fill the background. Two small name plates sit at the bottom, one reading '(c) Gottlieb Pinball & Co.' and one in a red box reading 'Bally'. Saturated green, pink, cream and blue.