1991 · Gottlieb
Class of 1812
Known for Crypt, Left drop bank, Zom-B's Bonus and Grover's Millions. Stormy purple-blue night sky, full moon, lightning bolt, haunted mansion with lit windows on a hill, graveyard with headstones and bare trees and clouds.
- Year
- 1991
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
Crypt
- Drop target
Left drop bank
- Mode
Zom-B's Bonus
- Mode
Grover's Millions
- Goal
Coffin
- Multiball
Multiball Madness
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Centre kneeling jester-faced vampire hunter: orange grinning face, purple top hat, purple cape, yellow coat, red tartan kilt with skull-and-crossbones patch, blue lace-up boots, holding a blue teacup of red roses and a black umbrella
- other Tall gaunt vampire man, black cape, white shirt, blue dungarees, pointed white swept hair, scowling, holding a stick
- woman Long red-haired woman in a red dress and black thigh boots sitting on a tombstone, holding a red rose
- monster Bandaged mummy glowing orange with flaming hair and dark eye sockets
- creature Thin top-hatted caped vampire with pointed face behind the woman
- skeleton Severed zombie head in a black top hat with red eye sockets rising from an open grave
Setting
- Stormy purple-blue night sky
- Full moon
- Lightning bolt
- Haunted mansion with lit windows on a hill
- Graveyard with headstones and bare trees
- Clouds
Text on it
- CLASS OF
- 1812
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- Gottlieb
- Premier
- THIS DEVICE DOES NOT USE DRUGS
- LUCY LAGUISTI
- VAMP v. forever
- MISSY T. LAVIE
- ZOMBIE GOTH
- PETER PICHMAN
- GROVER CLEAVER
- DEAD WOOD
How it plays
-
Modes 2
- Zom-B's Bonus
- Grover's Millions
-
Multiballs 1
- Multiball Madness
-
Goals 2
- Coffin
- BAT-O-METER
-
Awards 2
- Grave
- Lite Ramp
Made by
- Design
- Ray Tanzer
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Art
- David Moore
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
- Art
- Jeanine Mitchell
Reference
Linked terms
- Left drop bank also called Countdown and lock bank
- Right drop bank also called Million Round bank
- BAT-O-METER targets also called center spot targets
- Center saucer also called bottom upkicker
- Zom-B's Bonus also called Zom-B Bonus also called Countdown Round
- Grover's Millions also called Million Round
- Coffin also called Coffin Letter also called COFFIN Jackpot
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- orange
- turquoise
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Central cream skull featuring magenta striped jester cap, flanked by two lit drop-target lamps, symmetrical pair of orange cartoon birds on white plinths, hot-pink MULTIPLIER panel surrounded by blue-amber inserts, white banner targets CRAZY DEALER GRAZE WILD, ghost-green diamond and flying-bat motifs, hand-painted 1970s electromechanical artwork, bright orange turquoise yellow red blue comic-style illustration
The most memorable feature is the grinning cream skull wearing a magenta striped jester cap, sitting in the exact centre of the lower playfield directly above the apron, with two large lit drop-target lamps glowing either side of it. Second is the huge MULTIPLIER word in fat white capitals on a hot-pink panel ringed by dozens of blue and amber insert lamps. Third, the pair of mirrored orange cartoon birds on white plinths flanking that panel. Fourth, the black apron with its bright yellow lettering blocks and the round cream price disc reading 50c-1 PLAY, 75c-2 PLAYS, $1.00-3 PLAYS. Fifth, the cluster of upright white banner targets lettered CRAZY, DEALER, GRAZE and WILD on the mid-field.
Setting
- Abstract mid-century comic pattern of scattered stars, spirals, bats and speed lines on a hot orange ground
- A pale cream and grey brick or stone-wall pattern behind the upper playfield
- Black painted apron panel with yellow and red speed stripes below the playfield proper
- Varnished wood ball-shooter deck and cabinet front below the apron
Symbols
- Playing-card suits
- Fan of playing cards
- Five-pointed stars
- Concentric starburst target
- Spiral swirls
- Bats
- Ring of round insert lamps
Notable shapes
- Raised upper playfield with a stepped, raked profile
- Wire ball guides arcing around the upper insert cluster
- The tall striped jester cap forming a pointed arch at centre
- A red-and-yellow vertical striped ball guide on the lower right apron
Art motifs
- Cream skull with striped jester cap
- Comic burst lettering
- Checkerboard flag
- Mirror-symmetrical bird pair
- Small red triangular target bumpers
Themes
- Carnival or gaming-fair theme
- Playing-card motif
- Jester and skull imagery
- Wild west shooting-gallery mood
Text on it
- MULTIPLIER
- SHOOT AGAIN
- A GAME OF SKILL
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
- 50c-1 PLAY
- 75c-2 PLAYS
- $1.00-3 PLAYS
- SEE DISPLAY FOR REPLAY SCORE
- HOLD RIGHT FLIPPER BUTTON TO DISPLAY
- CLASS OF 1812
- Gottlieb
- https://gottliebvideoproject.com
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Large cream-white cartoon skull with deep black eye sockets, bared teeth and a black goatee-like shadow, wearing a tall magenta and pink striped jester cap with a wide brim, centred above the apron |
| Animal | Orange and pink cartoon bird with a swept crest and outstretched wing, drawn in profile on a white plinth on the left of the multiplier panel, mirrored by a second identical bird on the right |
| Other | Green-tinted ghostly hand or claw shapes and small flying bat figures scattered around the mid-field artwork |
| Other | Small red-capped cartoon character and a blue-clad figure painted into the left mid-field artwork, partially obscured by ball guides |
Tall, portrait-format electro-mechanical playfield photographed under glass in its cabinet, with a varnished wooden ball-shooter deck and a black-fronted apron at the bottom. The lower two-thirds is a dense field of bright orange, turquoise, yellow, red and blue artwork. A big cream skull with a magenta-and-pink striped jester cap sits dead centre just above the apron, its hollow eye sockets staring down the playfield. Above it, a green band reads SHOOT AGAIN, flanked by two white flipper bats printed in perspective. Either side stand two orange-and-pink cartoon birds or plucked game birds on white plinths, drawn in profile and mirrored, each beside a lit round insert lamp. Between them a magenta panel is headed MULTIPLIER in large white block letters, surrounded by a ring of blue and amber round inserts and small target badges. Two upright white fan-tail targets above centre are lettered CRAZY, DEALER, GRAZE and WILD. A ghost-green diamond and flying bat shapes fill the gaps. Along the black apron, yellow text reads A GAME OF SKILL on the left and IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE on the right, with a large yellow script manufacturer name and a QR code between them. A cream circular price disc lists the coin costs. The style is flat, saturated, hand-inked comic line art typical of a 1970s-era solid-state-era electromechanical game.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- green
- black
- yellow
Fingerprint: Jester-faced vampire hunter in purple top hat, yellow coat and red tartan kilt kneeling beside towering gaunt vampire in dungarees, graveyard with tombstones (ZOMBIE GOTH, PETER PICHMAN, GROVER CLEAVER), red-haired woman on tombstone, bandaged mummy, severed zombie head, CLASS OF 1812 yellow blackletter, Gottlieb, horror-comedy style, purple frame with colored bulb holes
A jester-faced vampire hunter in a purple top hat, yellow coat and red tartan kilt, kneeling with a blue teacup of roses and a skull-and-crossbones patch on his kilt, beside a towering gaunt vampire in blue dungarees. The title CLASS OF 1812 sits in yellow Gothic blackletter over an enormous yellow 1812 with a red drop shadow. A graveyard of jokey tombstones (ZOMBIE GOTH, PETER PICHMAN, GROVER CLEAVER) with a glowing bandaged mummy, a severed top-hatted zombie head and a woman in a red dress holding a red rose. Purple frame studded with green, yellow and red bulb holes.
Setting
- Stormy purple-blue night sky
- Full moon
- Lightning bolt
- Haunted mansion with lit windows on a hill
- Graveyard with headstones and bare trees
- Clouds
Symbols
- Playing-card spade symbol
- Coloured bulb holes in the frame
- Full moon
- Black bat
- Lightning bolt
- Skull and crossbones
- Red roses
- Tombstone crosses
- Gravestone inscriptions
Lettering
- Gothic blackletter for class of, huge slab serif numerals 1812 in yellow with thick red outline and drop shadow; white slab-serif capitals for ball in play and match
Themes
- Horror comedy
- Vampire
- Graveyard
- Jester
- Mummy
- Zombie
- Halloween
- Monsters
Title on it
- Class of 1812
Text on it
- CLASS OF
- 1812
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- Gottlieb
- Premier
- THIS DEVICE DOES NOT USE DRUGS
- LUCY LAGUISTI
- VAMP v. forever
- MISSY T. LAVIE
- ZOMBIE GOTH
- PETER PICHMAN
- GROVER CLEAVER
- DEAD WOOD
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre kneeling jester-faced vampire hunter: orange grinning face, purple top hat, purple cape, yellow coat, red tartan kilt with skull-and-crossbones patch, blue lace-up boots, holding a blue teacup of red roses and a black umbrella |
| Other | Tall gaunt vampire man, black cape, white shirt, blue dungarees, pointed white swept hair, scowling, holding a stick |
| Woman | Long red-haired woman in a red dress and black thigh boots sitting on a tombstone, holding a red rose |
| Monster | Bandaged mummy glowing orange with flaming hair and dark eye sockets |
| Creature | Thin top-hatted caped vampire with pointed face behind the woman |
| Skeleton | Severed zombie head in a black top hat with red eye sockets rising from an open grave |
| Man | Grinning jester at right in a white and blue leotard, red collar, red cuffs and cap, standing on a tomb |
| Animal | White cat with arched back beside the right tombstone |
| Creature | Gnarled tree at left with green clawed hands and a hooded face peering from the branches |
| Creature | Black crow silhouette against the lightning sky |
A painted horror-comedy backglass with a purple wooden frame and coloured bulb holes. Across the top, CLASS OF in Gothic yellow blackletter with orange shadow, and beneath it a huge yellow 1812 with thick red outline. The centre is a graveyard under a stormy purple-blue sky: a jester-faced man in a purple top hat, yellow coat and red tartan kilt kneels centre, holding a blue teacup of red roses and a black umbrella, with a skull-and-crossbones patch on his kilt. Beside him stands a very tall gaunt vampire in a black cape, white shirt and blue dungarees, with pointed white swept hair and a scowl, gripping a stick and a branch. To their left a long red-haired woman in a red dress and black boots sits on a tombstone holding a red rose, a bandaged mummy glowing orange stands beside her, and a thin top-hatted vampire looms behind. A severed zombie head in a top hat rises from a grave below, and a skeleton hand holds the rose. Right side: a grinning jester in white and blue leotard with red collar and cap stands on a tomb, with a white cat beside him. Angled headstones read LUCY LAGUISTI, VAMP v. forever, MISSY T. LAVIE, ZOMBIE GOTH, PETER PICHMAN, GROVER CLEAVER. A bat, full moon, lightning and a distant lit mansion fill the upper background; green clawed hands and a hooded face cling to a gnarled tree at left. Two green score windows sit in the lower left with red numerals 1-4, a spade, BALL IN PLAY, MATCH and a green triangle reading CREDITS, plus Gottlieb and Premier logos.