1970 · Gottlieb
Aquarius
Known for Top saucers, 200-point saucer, 300-point saucers and Center bumper. Deep blue starfield sky, large pale blue cratered moon or planet disc, ringed planet at left, blue mountain silhouettes, rock pool with splashing water and reed and grass at the water edge.
- Year
- 1970
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- saucers
Top saucers
- saucer
200-point saucer
- saucers
300-point saucers
- Bumper
Center bumper
- Target
Number targets
On the playfield
Holes 4
- Top saucers saucers
- 100 saucer saucer
- 200-point saucer saucer
- 300-point saucers saucers
Bumpers 2
- Center bumper
- Yellow bumpers
Targets 2
- Number targets
- Lower standups
Lane 1
- Out lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Tanned, shirtless young man with short dark hair, wearing bright green swim trunks, one knee raised, splashing through the water and holding a woman under the arms
- woman Blonde young woman in a white one-piece swimsuit with red trim, held aloft by the man, legs trailing, long hair swept back, smiling
- woman Blonde young woman in a white top and yellow swim bottoms kneeling in the water at right, one arm outstretched, holding a small red-and-yellow spiky ball
- woman Blonde woman in a yellow one-piece swimsuit sitting waist-deep in the water at bottom left, splashing with both arms
- woman Blonde woman in a yellow one-piece swimsuit sitting waist-deep in the water at bottom right, facing left, splashing
- animal Two tawny lions with thick manes, heads only, peering in from the bottom left corner
Setting
- Deep blue starfield sky
- Large pale blue cratered moon or planet disc
- Ringed planet at left
- Blue mountain silhouettes
- Rock pool with splashing water
- Reed and grass at the water edge
Text on it
- Aquarius
- AQUARIUS
- FLIPPER
- BALL SAVE
- BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO., CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Reference
Linked terms
- Top saucers also called Upper saucers
- 200-point saucer also called Upper 200-point saucer
- 300-point saucers also called Upper 300-point saucers
- Center bumper also called Center pop bumper
- Number targets also called 1-12
- Lower standups also called Lower numbered standup targets also called Sucker target
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- black
- white
Fingerprint: Huge pale blue cratered moon filling upper right, large red script AQUARIUS with black shadow and white edge, thick black ring with alternating red-black wedge segments holding zodiac glyphs, score panel with gold zodiac row and white window with four mechanical reels, three figures splashing in pale blue water, two lions bottom left, two hippos right
The centrepiece is a thick black circle divided into alternating red and black pie wedges, each wedge carrying a single zodiac-style gold or black emblem, like a colour wheel of horoscope signs. Inside it, a shirtless tanned young man in green trunks is caught mid-splash lifting a blonde woman in a white swimsuit, her hair flying, as a second blonde woman kneels and reaches for him. Four blonde women are visible in total around the pool. The bottom corners add animal pairs: two maned lions peering in from the left, two hippos wading at the right. The title 'Aquarius' is a huge flowing red script with black shadow and white outline, overlapping a pale cratered moon.
Setting
- Deep blue starfield sky
- Large pale blue cratered moon or planet disc
- Ringed planet at left
- Blue mountain silhouettes
- Rock pool with splashing water
- Reed and grass at the water edge
Symbols
- Row of horoscope glyphs above and below the score panel
- Zodiac emblems inside ring wedges: crab, horse, bull, fish, bird, bowl of water, sun, human face, crab claw, pointing hands
- Ringed planet
- Large cratered moon
- Star field
- Stylised white water splash
- White rectangular instruction plaques at bottom left
Lettering
- Large flowing red brush-script logo with black drop shadow and white outline; plain black condensed capitals on a white band along the bottom edge
Themes
- Astrology
- Zodiac
- Horoscope signs
- Water
- Swimming pool
- Moon
- Space
- Beach
Title on it
- Aquarius
Text on it
- Aquarius
- AQUARIUS
- FLIPPER
- BALL SAVE
- BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO., CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Tanned, shirtless young man with short dark hair, wearing bright green swim trunks, one knee raised, splashing through the water and holding a woman under the arms |
| Woman | Blonde young woman in a white one-piece swimsuit with red trim, held aloft by the man, legs trailing, long hair swept back, smiling |
| Woman | Blonde young woman in a white top and yellow swim bottoms kneeling in the water at right, one arm outstretched, holding a small red-and-yellow spiky ball |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a yellow one-piece swimsuit sitting waist-deep in the water at bottom left, splashing with both arms |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a yellow one-piece swimsuit sitting waist-deep in the water at bottom right, facing left, splashing |
| Animal | Two tawny lions with thick manes, heads only, peering in from the bottom left corner |
| Animal | Two grey-green hippos standing in the water at the bottom right corner |
Painted backglass with a deep blue starfield background and a huge pale blue cratered moon or planet disc filling the upper right. A large red script logo reading 'Aquarius', outlined in black with a white edge, sits across the top centre-right, with a smaller red script name tucked above its left shoulder. Top left is a black rectangular score panel: a row of gold zodiac-style glyphs along the top, a backlit white window containing four mechanical reel windows all reading 0, and a lower row of five gold glyphs. The centre is dominated by a thick black ring enclosing alternating red and black wedge segments, each holding a small gold or black emblem (crab, horse, bird, fish, bowl, sun, face, claw, hands, bull). Inside the ring, three cartoon figures splash in pale blue water before a ring of blue rocks: a tanned shirtless young man in green swim trunks holding a blonde woman in a white swimsuit, who reaches out to a second blonde woman in a white top and yellow bottoms kneeling at the right. Two blonde women in yellow one-piece swimsuits sit waist-deep at the bottom of the pool, one left and one right, splashing water. At the bottom left, outside the ring, two tawny maned lions; at the bottom right, two grey-green hippos in the water. Blue mountains and a ringed planet appear at the left edge.