1983–1987 · Gottlieb
Amazon Hunt
Known for ABC lanes, Top-center rollover, Left drop bank and Right drop bank. Black night sky with stars, grey stone arch ring, jungle foliage, mountain peaks and brown river with sailing ship.
- Years
- 1983–1987
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
ABC lanes
- Lane
Top-center rollover
- Drop target
Left drop bank
- Drop target
Right drop bank
- Target
Black center targets
- Hole
Left Special hole
2 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Muscular bare-chested blond man, long swept-back hair, grimacing, gripping a wooden spear horizontally with both hands, turquoise beaded wrist and arm bands, layered bead necklaces
- creature Large cobra/snake head and coiled body on the right, open fanged mouth, scaly yellow and turquoise
- animal Green-and-yellow parrot perched on the right among leaves
- creature Small carved stone idol face near centre-left
- man Profile of a helmeted man's head in the lower collage
- vehicle Old multi-masted sailing ship on brown water in the lower collage
Setting
- Black night sky with stars
- Grey stone arch ring
- Jungle foliage
- Mountain peaks
- Brown river with sailing ship
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- AMAZON HUNT
- 54
- 0000
- 000
- BALL
- CREDIT
- PLAY
- 1985 Gottlieb
- TM & Design
- Trademark
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Black-target scoring
-
Awards 2
- Left Special
- Right Special
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Larry Day
The cast
- Fast Draw
Reference
Linked terms
- Top-center rollover also called Top-center Extra Ball
- Left drop bank also called Left five-target bank
- Right drop bank also called Right five-target bank
- Black center targets also called Black center drop targets
- Left Special hole also called Left hole also called side holes
- Right Special hole also called Right hole
- Upper standup targets also called Spot targets
- Fast Draw also called Quick Draw
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- orange
- teal
- black
- yellow
Fingerprint: Amazon: vertical ladder of round letter lamps spelling AMAZON straight down center, alongside stepped stack of orange value bars numbered 100,000 down to 10,000. Pair of large angled fan-shaped scoring wheels set teal-orange, each printed 10,000, give mid-playfield butterfly silhouette. Four pop bumper caps printed grinning faces alternating blue-red-red-blue. Comic-style tropical feather plumage orange, teal, yellow.
The centrepiece is a vertical ladder of round letter lamps spelling A M A Z O N straight down the middle of the playfield, running alongside a stepped stack of orange value bars numbered 100,000 at the top down to 10,000. The other memorable element is the pair of large angled fan-shaped scoring wheels set in teal and orange, each printed 10,000, which give the mid-playfield a symmetrical butterfly or bat-wing silhouette. Four pop bumper caps printed with grinning headdress-wearing faces, in alternating blue-red-red-blue, form a row across the top. The whole surface is smothered in comic-style tropical feather plumage in orange, teal and yellow, with snarling big-cat heads staring out from the lower artwork.
Setting
- Dense tropical feather plumage filling all unoccupied playfield area
- Stylised amazonian or tribal temple motif
- Black void behind the value ladders and wheel cutouts
Symbols
- Purple gem lamp
- Playing-card-suit-free round letter bezels
- Teal crystal shards
- Spear or arrow motifs
- Feather fans
- Stepped value ladder
Notable shapes
- Two large angled fan-shaped wheels set in teal, creating a bat-wing silhouette across the mid-playfield
- Tall black rectangular inlanes cut into the lower left and lower right
- Central tapered lane running the full length of the playfield with the stacked value bars
- Arched rainbow-like bands at the top corners
Art motifs
- Comic-book ink outlines with flat saturated fills
- Radial feather bursts
- Symmetrical left-right mirroring about the centre lane
- Scalloped and arched panel borders
Themes
- Amazonian explorer
- Tribal ritual
- Tropical birds
- Treasure hunt
- Jungle
Title on it
- Amazon
Text on it
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- GAME OVER
- ADD BONUS
- LIT
- LOCK
- SHOOT
- ADVANCE
- JACKPOT
- 10,000
- MULTI-SCORING
- ALL TARGETS
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- AMAZON
- 100,000
- 90,000
- 80,000
- 70,000
- 60,000
- 50,000
- 40,000
- 30,000
- 20,000
- SHOOT AGAIN
- WHEN LIT
- HOW TO PLAY
- AMAZON HUNT
- SPECIAL
- EXTRA BALL
- MULTIPLAYER
- BONUS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF
- POINTS
- 3 REPLAYS FOR BEATING HIGH SCORE TO DATE
- A-20805
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | A painted female figure with long dark hair and a feathered headdress or mantle, shown in profile with one arm outstretched across the left-centre artwork, in orange and black line work |
| Animal | Several snarling big-cat heads, lion or jaguar, with open mouths and bared teeth, painted in orange, black and cream, clustered in the lower left and lower right artwork around the sling areas |
| Other | Four pop bumper caps each printed with a grinning human face wearing a feathered headdress, two caps blue at the outer ends and two red in the centre |
| Other | Disembodied painted arms and hands reaching in from the left and right edges of the mid-playfield as part of the tribal illustration |
Photograph of a single-level electronic pinball playfield photographed from above in its cabinet, glass on, with the black ball door, two red plunger coils and the cabinet front edge visible at the bottom. The art is a dense, hand-inked comic-style jungle/temple illustration in dominant orange, teal-blue, black, yellow and cream. A huge spread of orange, red, teal and yellow feathers fills the top corners and the areas around the lower sling triangles. At the very top, a curved banner reads EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT over a purple gem lamp, above a row of five round letter bezels A, B, C, D and E. Four pop bumper caps sit in a row below it, two blue at the outer ends and two red in the middle, each cap printed with a grinning human face in a headdress. Mid-playfield there are two large angled fan-shaped scoring wheels with teal segments, each reading 10,000, flanked by triangular spinner lanes, with MULTI-SCORING and ALL TARGETS printed in white. Two tall left and right drop-target banks are labelled A and B in round bezels, each with a red lit strip and an ADD BONUS arrow. A central vertical ladder of round letter lamps spells AMAZON down the middle beside a stepped column of orange value bars from 100,000 down to 10,000. Lower artwork shows a feathered female figure with an outstretched arm and several snarling lion or jaguar heads among teal crystal shards. The wooden apron carries a HOW TO PLAY card on the left and a replay-scoring card on the right, with a large yellow-outlined V chevron between them.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- yellow
- black
- orange
- turquoise
Fingerprint: AMAZON HUNT in heavy wide slanted capital letters yellow-orange gradient faces black outline dark drop shadow bowed two arcs black starry sky, muscular bare-chested blond man gripping thick wooden spear horizontally across chest grimace, turquoise beaded wristbands layered orange-yellow bead necklaces, cracked grey stone ring-arch behind figure, large cobra-like snake head coils parrot green-yellow plumature jungle foliage right, collage strip lower half
The central figure is a bare-chested blond explorer heaving a thick wooden spear across his chest, bead necklaces and turquoise armbands catching the light, mouth open in a fierce grimace. Framing him is a cracked grey stone archway, with a rearing cobra and a green parrot stacked on the right. The title 'AMAZON HUNT' arches across the whole top in huge yellow-orange gradient capitals. A lower collage strip packs a carved idol, a helmeted man's profile, a sailing ship on brown water, a crocodile and a frog. Four glowing green alphanumeric windows sit low, the left one reading '54' and the other three reading zeros.
Setting
- Black night sky with stars
- Grey stone arch ring
- Jungle foliage
- Mountain peaks
- Brown river with sailing ship
Symbols
- Wooden spear
- Stone arch
- Spearheads
- Bead necklaces
- Sailing ship
- Crocodile
- Frog
- Carved idol
- Fern leaves
- Parrot
- Snake
- Mountains
Lettering
- Very large, wide slanted capitals, arched in two curves, yellow-orange gradient fill with black outline and dark drop shadow; small cream-coloured serif maker's name at top left
Themes
- Amazon
- Explorer
- Adventure
- Jungle
- Expedition
- Spear
- Tribal beads
Title on it
- Amazon hunt
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- AMAZON HUNT
- 54
- 0000
- 000
- BALL
- CREDIT
- PLAY
- 1985 Gottlieb
- TM & Design
- Trademark
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Muscular bare-chested blond man, long swept-back hair, grimacing, gripping a wooden spear horizontally with both hands, turquoise beaded wrist and arm bands, layered bead necklaces |
| Creature | Large cobra/snake head and coiled body on the right, open fanged mouth, scaly yellow and turquoise |
| Animal | Green-and-yellow parrot perched on the right among leaves |
| Creature | Small carved stone idol face near centre-left |
| Man | Profile of a helmeted man's head in the lower collage |
| Vehicle | Old multi-masted sailing ship on brown water in the lower collage |
| Animal | Crocodile and a frog in the lower left collage |
A late-1980s backglass dominated by a huge arcing title logo across the top third: 'AMAZON HUNT' in heavy, wide, slanted capital letters, yellow-to-orange gradient faces with a black outline and a dark drop shadow, the words bowed in two arcs against a black starry sky. In the centre a muscular, bare-chested blond man with swept-back shoulder-length hair glares upward with a grim, open-mouthed expression, gripping a thick wooden spear horizontally across his chest with both hands; he wears turquoise beaded wristbands and armbands and layered orange-and-yellow bead necklaces. Behind him is a cracked grey stone ring-arch. To the right looms a large cobra-like snake head and coils, a parrot with green-and-yellow plumature, and dense jungle foliage. The lower half is a collage: teal-grey mountain peaks and spearheads on the left, a small carved idol face, a profile of a man in a helmet, an old sailing ship on brown water, frogs and a crocodile, and huge yellow-green fern leaves on the right. Four green alphanumeric displays read '54', '0000', '000' and '0000'. A small blue teardrop credit panel sits centre-bottom.
Backglass Amazon Hunt II
- black
- red
- green
- yellow
Fingerprint: amazon hunt ii, large red-yellow gradient arched title with red Roman numeral II hanging beneath set above pale woman with swept-up red hair calmly holding enormous banded snake across bare chest, blue-green tiled dome arch curves behind her head like stained-glass window, snarling dark big-cat head with bared teeth crowds in from left while clawed hand and scaled reptile limb claw in from right, broad green palm leaves fill bottom corners, jungle scene on black background
The dominant memory is a large red-and-yellow gradient arched title with a red Roman numeral II hanging beneath it, set above a pale woman with swept-up red hair calmly holding an enormous banded snake across her bare chest. A blue-green tiled dome arch curves behind her head, framing her face like a stained-glass window. A snarling dark big-cat head with bared teeth crowds in from the left edge while a clawed hand and scaled reptile limb claw in from the right, and broad green palm leaves fill the bottom corners. The lower control-panel strip is unusually graphic, with red chevron button decals, a blue-outlined display window and a blue circle with a red-outlined logo at the right.
Setting
- Solid black backdrop
- Blue-green tiled mosaic arch or dome behind the central figure
- Dense green jungle foliage and palm fronds across the lower corners
- Dark shadowed mass filling the left and right edges
Symbols
- Roman numeral ii
- Tiled mosaic dome arch
- Spear or dart point at the left of the woman's raised hand
- Green palm fronds
- Red chevron button decals
- Blue-outlined rectangular display window
- Blue circle emblem with red-outlined logo
Lettering
- Large arched tapered logotype with a red-to-yellow vertical gradient fill, white inner outline and heavy black drop outline; small brand names in plain sans-serif; all-caps red-and-white text on the lower control panel
Themes
- Jungle
- Adventure
- Explorer woman
- Snake
- Big cat
- Tribal or ancient ruin
Title on it
- Amazon hunt ii
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- AMAZON HUNT
- II
- PLAYER ONE
- PLAYER TWO
- PLAYER THREE
- PLAYER FOUR
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- PINBALL
- the Premier
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young adult, fair skin, reddish-brown hair swept up and back off the face, heavy-lidded eyes, dark brows, red lipstick, calm unsmiling expression, three-quarter view facing left. wears a gold beaded collar and a fringed/beaded top with a bare shoulder and upper chest. both hands grip a long thick snake that is coiled horizontally across her chest, its body banded red and black. |
| Animal | A large dark big-cat head, panther or jaguar, emerging from the black at the lower left, mouth open showing pale teeth, one eye catching the light, muzzle and whisker area picked out in greys. |
| Creature | At the right edge a scaled reptile limb and a large clawed hand with long talons reach inward over the leaves; a red-and-black banded snake body also extends to the right of the woman. |
A backglass with a black background and an illustrated jungle scene, headed by a huge arched title. At upper left a small green wordmark reads 'Gottlieb'; across the top 'AMAZON HUNT' curves downward in a large tapered logotype filled with a red-to-yellow gradient, outlined white then black, with a red-outlined Roman numeral 'II' hanging below the right half. A blue-green segmented mosaic arch curves behind the centre like a stained-glass dome. Central figure: a young fair-skinned woman with swept-up reddish-brown hair, heavy-lidded eyes and red lipstick, wearing a gold beaded collar, holding a long thick red-and-black banded snake coiled horizontally across her bare chest, a spear point rising at her left hand. A dark snarling big-cat head with bared teeth crowds in from the lower left; at right a scaled reptile limb and clawed hand reach inward. Broad green palm fronds fill the bottom corners. The lower third is a black control panel with red chevron button decals, a blue-outlined display window and a blue circle emblem, framed by teal and red painted trim.