Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- cream
- blue
- black
Fingerprint: Single enormous grinning man's head with pink round spectacles dominates playfield, wide toothy smile with red bead necklace; above him slogan ALL 500,000 HOLES arches over five circular holes; two female cartoon figures in top corners beside green 10,000 WHEN LIT rosettes; cream-scarlet-blue-gold Arabian scene; eight belly dancers fan out either side
A single enormous grinning man's head with pink round spectacles fills the entire middle of the playfield, his mouth a wide toothy grin with a red bead necklace drawn across it. Above him, the slogan ALL 500,000 HOLES arches over five circular lit holes. Two female cartoon figures stand in the top corners beside green 10,000 WHEN LIT rosettes. A large tan numeral 37 sits in a rope-wreathed spinner at centre, flanked by small 5 and 7 discs. The apron carries a full cream instruction card with vertical FLIPPER arrows and a QR code.
Setting
- Palace interior with arched columns and red drapery
- A cream oval medallion in the centre
- A black night sky at the top edge
Symbols
- Five lit holes in a cream oval
- Red bead necklace
- Round spectacles
- Spinning wheel/compass rose
- Lantern/lamp shapes
- Circles of the card ranks 1-8
- Star point markers
- Downward lane arrows
- Qr code
Notable shapes
- A huge circular cream medallion occupying the middle of the playfield
- A rope-wreathed circle around the numeral 37
- A keyhole/arched opening at top centre around the spinner
- Round target banks on the left and right slingshot areas
- Ball guide rails curving around the top bumpers
Art motifs
- Cartoon caricature of a grinning man
- Veiled harem dancers
- Painted red drapery
- Gold jewellery motifs
- Vintage lithographic hand-painted shading
Themes
- Arabian nights
- Harem
- Caricature
- Single giant face
- Collect-a-hole
- Bowling-style number bumpers
Text on it
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 10,000 WHEN LIT
- HIGH SCORE WHEN LIT
- POINTS
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 37
- TURK
- ALL 500,000 HOLES
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- BALLS PLAYED
- A PRODUCT OF PLAY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- MFG. CHICAGO, ILL.
- ARABIAN KNIGHTS
- 5 BALLS
- 5 CENTS
- FLIPPER
- OUT
- SELECTOR
- MINORS NOT PERMITTED TO PLAY THIS GAME
- NO PRIZES
- NO WAGERING
- MAKE SELECTION BEFORE SHOOTING FIRST BALL
- 1 REPLAY FOR 4 MILLION 300 THOUSAND.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 4 MILLION 600 THOUSAND.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 4 MILLION 750 THOUSAND.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 4 MILLION 800 THOUSAND.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 5 MILLION.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 40 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 42 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 46 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 50 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR 60 POINTS.
- HITTING NUMBERS 1 TO 5 IN THAT ORDER LITS ONE ROLLOVER BUTTON FOR SPECIAL.
- LIGHTING 6 HOLES WHEN 3 HOLES ARE SELECTED AWARDS 3 REPLAYS.
- LIGHTING 8 HOLES WHEN 2 HOLES ARE SELECTED AWARDS 1 REPLAY.
- LIGHTING 8 HOLES WHEN 1 HOLE IS SELECTED AWARDS 5 REPLAYS.
- LIGHTING 8 HOLES WHEN 3 HOLES ARE SELECTED AWARDS 1 REPLAY.
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT ROLLOVER BUTTONS AWARD ONE REPLAY.
- Never Buy/Resell/Game Info
- ©1960 Gottlieb Mfg. Co
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | One giant caricature head filling the centre: adult male, tan skin, short black hair, enormous round spectacles with pink lenses, wide toothy grin, red bead necklace across his chin, drawn from the shoulders up so he is several times life size |
| Woman | Cartoon showgirl at top left beside the bumpers, dark hair, green costume, arms raised |
| Woman | Cartoon showgirl at top right beside the bumpers, blonde hair, red costume, one arm raised |
| Woman | Belly dancer in a veil and harem pants at mid left, arms out |
| Woman | Second veiled dancer below her at lower left, dark hair |
| Woman | Third dancer at far lower left in a blue costume |
| Woman | Veiled dancer at mid right, arms raised, red costume |
| Woman | Second dancer at lower right in a green costume, black hair |
| Woman | Third dancer at far lower right in a purple costume |
| Other | Small red standing lamp/torch graphic on each side of the cream oval, like a genie's lamp |
| Other | Small turbaned cartoon heads flanking the central spinner, one on each side of the 37 |
A 1960-era electro-mechanical playfield seen through a scratched, yellowed plexiglass window, mounted in a wood-grained cabinet with a striped orange-and-brown lower deck. The artwork is a cartoon Arabian-tale scene in cream, scarlet, blue and gold. The whole centre is dominated by one enormous grinning man's face in tan skin: short black hair, huge round spectacles with pink-tinted lenses, a broad toothy smile, and a string of red beads across his chest. Above him arch the words ALL 500,000 HOLES, with five circular hole-lights inside a big cream oval, and SPECIAL WHEN LIT on a blue band across his forehead. Below sit numbered yellow discs 1 2 3 4 5 over BALLS PLAYED. Eight drawn harem dancers and belly dancers in veils and harem pants fan out either side of the face, and two cartoon women flank the top bumpers. Hardware: five pop bumpers, a central spinner ringed by 37 and 7, four round drop targets with lane arrows, blue 2/4/8/6 bumper caps, two white flipper bats, two slingshots, and a cream apron card carrying the instruction panel.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- red
- blue
- black
Fingerprint: Turbaned cross-legged sheikh figure in striped white-blue robe holding curved dagger ringed by six scantily clad harem women in bright lamé costumes, red-yellow chequered floor sweeping diagonally across lower half with one woman prone upon it another reclining red satin cushions, arched yellow ARABIAN KNIGHTS title with small white GOTTLIEB'S above, fan of colored scoring rectangles 100,000 to 900,000 framing edges, overlapping numbered circles 1-6 left side
A turbaned, cross-legged sheikh figure in a striped white-and-blue robe holding a curved dagger, ringed by six scantily clad harem women rendered in bright lamé. A red-and-yellow chequered floor sweeping diagonally across the lower half, with one woman lying prone on it and another reclining on red satin cushions. The arched yellow ARABIAN KNIGHTS title with the small white GOTTLIEB'S above it, framed by a fan of coloured scoring rectangles reading 100,000 to 900,000. Overlapping numbered circles 1-6 stacked down the upper left over a curved MILLION banner.
Setting
- Sandy desert ground
- Dark night sky with stars and a crescent moon
- Red satin cushions
- Red-and-yellow chequered floor
Symbols
- Crescent moon
- Stars
- Curved dagger
- Scoring rectangles
- Overlapping numbered circles
- Arrow
- Chequerboard floor
Lettering
- Arched yellow block capitals with heavy black outline for the title, small white sans capitals above, red script signature bottom right
Themes
- Harem
- Arabian nights
- Desert
- Exotic dancer
- Score ladder
Title on it
- Arabian knights
Text on it
- GOTTLIEB'S
- ARABIAN KNIGHTS
- MILLION
- POINTS
- SELECTION
- 900,000
- 800,000
- 700,000
- 600,000
- 500,000
- 400,000
- 300,000
- 200,000
- 100,000
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 8
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central turbaned man, black beard, white robe with blue vertical stripes, gold-trimmed sash, holding a curved dagger, seated cross-legged |
| Woman | Red-haired, gold lamé two-piece, seated at the man's left |
| Woman | Dark-haired, red and gold two-piece dancer standing to the right of the man |
| Woman | Dark-haired, red and gold two-piece dancer at the right edge of the group |
| Woman | Reclining on red satin cushions at lower left, gold bikini, bare legs |
| Woman | Lying prone across the chequered floor, red and gold costume |
| Woman | Standing bottom right, short black hair, dark studded corset, pale blue harem trousers |
Vertically oriented backglass art set in a plain light-wood frame. A sandy-yellow ground carries a huge arched title, GOTTLIEB'S in small white slab capitals above ARABIAN KNIGHTS in large curved yellow block letters with heavy black outline. The scene is a harem tableau: a central turbaned man in a white-and-blue striped robe and sash, holding a curved dagger, seated cross-legged, flanked by four scantily clad women - a red-haired woman in a gold lamé outfit at his left, and two dark-haired dancers in red and gold two-piece costumes to his right. At lower left a fifth woman in a gold bikini reclines on red satin cushions, and a sixth woman lies prone across a red-and-yellow chequered floor in a red and gold costume. At lower right a seventh woman with short black hair stands in a dark studded corset and pale blue harem trousers. Scoring panels in red, yellow, green, pink and black rectangles read 900,000, 800,000, 700,000, 600,000 down the top and 500,000 to 100,000 down the right, with overlapping circles 1-6 at upper left above a curved MILLION ribbon, and three circles 1, 2, 3 over the word SELECTION at bottom centre. A small white square marked 8 sits right of centre-bottom.