1968 · Gottlieb
Domino / PlayMates
Known for Roto-target, Upper saucers, X 10 lanes and Aces. Grassy park at night, teal and blue-green grass, silhouetted bare trees, distant white gazebo or pavilion and dusk sky.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
Known for
- Target
Roto-target
- saucers
Upper saucers
- Lane
X 10 lanes
- Target
Aces
- Goal
Domino
- Award
Double Bonus
3 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Young blonde woman, long hair, red lips, sleeveless halter dress covered in large red, yellow and navy polka dots, kneeling at centre-right, smiling down, holding a black domino tile with white pips
- man Young man with brown hair, short-sleeved red shirt and blue trousers, sitting cross-legged at lower left, head bent, holding a black domino tile
- man Young man in a red jacket over a shirt, standing behind the pair at upper centre, looking towards them
- woman Young woman with reddish-brown bobbed hair in a dark blue sleeveless dress, seated cross-legged at upper right, playing an acoustic guitar
- vehicle Light-coloured open-top car parked behind the guitar player, wheels visible
Setting
- Grassy park at night
- Teal and blue-green grass
- Silhouetted bare trees
- Distant white gazebo or pavilion
- Dusk sky
Text on it
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- Gottlieb's
- DOMINO
- 14
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Domino
-
Awards 1
- Double Bonus
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Reference
Linked terms
- Roto-target also called Center roto-target
- Upper saucers also called Top saucers
- X 10 lanes also called 10X lanes also called 10X side lanes
- Aces also called Ace-bank
- Center also called Center target
- Side standup targets also called Numbered side targets
- Domino also called domino train
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Domino
- pale green
- orange
- cream
- red
Fingerprint: Symmetrical V-shaped bank of black drop targets with gold pips sitting dead center, two round yellow discs printed FLIPPER with blue SPIN lettering, three identical white pop-bumper caps reading 10 POINTS WHEN LIT ringed by red triangles, painted cartoon women in pink and leopard-print costumes
The most memorable feature is the symmetrical V-shaped bank of black drop targets with gold pips, sitting dead centre of a pale green field. Flanking it are two round yellow discs printed with the word 'FLIPPER' and blue 'SPIN' lettering, arranged either side of a green arrow labelled 'SPIN ROTO'. Three identical white pop-bumper caps lettered '10 POINTS WHEN LIT', each ringed by a band of red triangles, form a triangle across the upper playfield beneath a row of nine glowing upright pins. Painted cartoon women in bright pink and leopard-print costumes fill wedge-shaped side panels, and a cream-and-red 'MFD BY' cartouche is bolted centrally just above the flippers.
Setting
- Flat pale sea-green central field
- Orange-tan side rails and lane guides
- Cream lower apron
- Red and yellow bumper rings
- Blue triangular accents on side panels
Symbols
- Playing-card suit pips (hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs) printed on side panels
- Gold pips on black square drop targets
- Red triangles ringing each pop bumper
- Downward and upward arrows for advance and 10 points
- Large green downward arrow for spin roto
- Round yellow flipper discs with blue lettering
- Star and diamond motifs in the bumper rings
Notable shapes
- V-shaped black drop-target bank
- Two round yellow discs printed 'flipper' either side of the centre
- Green spin roto arrow pointing down to the apron
- Row of nine vertical pins at the top
- Wedge-shaped painted side panels narrowing towards the flippers
Art motifs
- Mirrored left/right painted panels
- Cream arrow banners with red lettering
- Glowing incandescent lamp reflectors
- White bumper caps with red star/point motifs
Themes
- Casino
- Slot machine
- Gambling
- Score values
- Electromechanical
Text on it
- 500 WHEN LIT
- 100 POINTS AND ADVANCE WHEN LIT
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- SPIN ROTO ADVANCE
- 10 POINTS WHEN LIT
- WHEN LIT
- 50 POINTS OR 100 POINTS AND ADVANCE
- AND
- 100 POINTS
- 10 POINTS
- SPECIAL
- ADVANCE
- MFD BY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60651
- SPIN ROTO
- FLIPPER
- SPIN
- BALL IN PLAY
- FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET
- PANTA PAN
- TILT
- ENDS GAME
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- TO REPLAY PRESS SELECT REPLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Upper left corner, dark bobbed hair, red blouse, painted into a cream wedge panel |
| Woman | Upper right corner, dark hair, red and pink costume, painted into a mirrored cream wedge panel |
| Woman | Left mid rail, pink dress, dark hair, seated/leaning pose within a triangular panel |
| Woman | Right mid rail, teal and pink costume, mirrored the left figure |
| Woman | Lower left panel, seated figure in pink holding a small object, above an 'advance' arrow |
| Woman | Lower right panel, mirrored seated figure in pink above an 'advance' arrow |
Full-length electro-mechanical playfield photographed under glass, wedge-shaped with a pale sea-green centre and orange-tan rails running down both sides. The upper third is dominated by three white pop-bumper caps ringed with red triangles and lettered '10 POINTS WHEN LIT', flanked by two more such caps set into cream discs, and backed by a row of nine upright cream plastic pins lit by orange lamps beneath a red banner reading '500 WHEN LIT' and '100 POINTS AND ADVANCE WHEN LIT'. Painted cartoon panels fill the left and right upper corners: on the left a dark-haired woman in a red blouse, on the right a matching woman in a leopard-print outfit, with further painted women in pink and teal midway down each side rail. A large bank of black square drop targets with gold pips forms a big symmetrical V across the middle. Below it sits a red and cream 'MFD BY' maker's cartouche, two round yellow 'FLIPPER' discs and a green 'SPIN ROTO' arrow. The apron carries instruction cards, a 'TILT ENDS GAME' box and a red 'FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET' arrow.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Domino
- teal
- cream
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Gottlieb's DOMINO blonde woman in sleeveless polka-dot dress kneeling among scattered black dominoes, handing tile to seated boy; night-park setting rendered entirely teal and blue-green tones; girl playing acoustic guitar background; large white domino tile standing upright as signboard; vintage mid-century cartoon palette
The most memorable feature is a large white domino tile standing upright in the lower right foreground as a signboard, bearing the title in tall red capitals with a script word above it. Second, a blonde woman in a sleeveless dress covered in large red, yellow and navy polka dots kneels among a ring of scattered black dominoes, handing a tile to a seated boy. Third, the night-park setting rendered entirely in teal and blue-green, with a girl playing an acoustic guitar in the background. Fourth, a yellow flipper-shaped badge set into a red manufacturer banner across the top.
Setting
- Grassy park at night
- Teal and blue-green grass
- Silhouetted bare trees
- Distant white gazebo or pavilion
- Dusk sky
Symbols
- Black domino tiles with white pips
- Acoustic guitar
- Open-top car
- Blue diamond shapes on bezel
- Yellow arrow motifs
- Flipper-shaped badge
- Gazebo
Lettering
- Banner in condensed black sans-serif capitals on a red rounded strip; badge lettering mixed script and bold sans-serif; title in tall red capitals with a black script word above
Themes
- Dominoes
- Picnic
- Youth
- Music
- Night park
- Game
Title on it
- Gottlieb's domino
Text on it
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- Gottlieb's
- DOMINO
- 14
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman, long hair, red lips, sleeveless halter dress covered in large red, yellow and navy polka dots, kneeling at centre-right, smiling down, holding a black domino tile with white pips |
| Man | Young man with brown hair, short-sleeved red shirt and blue trousers, sitting cross-legged at lower left, head bent, holding a black domino tile |
| Man | Young man in a red jacket over a shirt, standing behind the pair at upper centre, looking towards them |
| Woman | Young woman with reddish-brown bobbed hair in a dark blue sleeveless dress, seated cross-legged at upper right, playing an acoustic guitar |
| Vehicle | Light-coloured open-top car parked behind the guitar player, wheels visible |
A painted pinball backglass in a mid-century cartoon style, framed by a cream/tan bezel printed with four large blue diamond shapes and two tall yellow arrow-like motifs on the left and right edges. The scene is a grassy park at night in teal and blue-green tones, with silhouetted trees and a distant white pavilion against a dusk sky. Four young people play dominoes: a blonde young woman in a sleeveless polka-dot dress kneels at centre-right, holding a black domino tile; a young man in a red shirt and blue trousers sits cross-legged at lower left, also holding a tile; behind him a young man in a red jacket looks on; at upper right a young woman in a dark blue dress sits playing an acoustic guitar. Dozens of black domino tiles with white pips are scattered in a ring across the grass, and one large white domino tile stands upright at lower right carrying the title. A black rectangular score window with four white reels showing 6452 sits at upper left.
Backglass Grande Domino
- pale blue
- cream
- red
- black
Fingerprint: grande domino, four figures playing dominoes outdoors, blonde woman in red-white polka-dot swimsuit holding black domino face-on center, GRANDE DOMINO white signboard, SENZA RIPETIZIONE DELLA PARTITA red banner, scattered black domino tiles across blue ground, art-deco style blues reds yellows
A full-bleed hand-painted cartoon of a mixed group playing dominoes outdoors, with the blonde woman in a red polka-dot swimsuit dominating the centre and holding a single black domino face-on. The name GRANDE DOMINO is printed on a white signboard that the figures appear to sit around, like a table. The top slogan SENZA RIPETIZIONE DELLA PARTITA is on a red ribbon banner interrupted by a yellow manufacturer plaque. A small white card at right carries a maximum-score instruction in black capitals. The whole scene is washed in a distinctly blue background with pale blue-grey trees and a tiny white house at the right edge.
Setting
- Outdoors in a park or garden: pale blue sky, blue-tinted ground plane, light blue-grey trees and bushes along the horizon, a small white house with a pitched roof at the upper right, grass tufts along the bottom edge
Symbols
- Dozens of scattered domino tiles, most drawn as black rectangles with white pips, lying flat and overlapping across the blue ground; several black diamonds (playing-card suit motif) on the cream backbox surround, one of them yellow; a small yellow rectangular manufacturer plaque interrupting the top banner
Lettering
- Condensed bold sans-serif, all capitals, black on white for the title and instruction card; black capitals on a red ribbon for the slogan; black script/cursive for the manufacturer name on the yellow plaque
Themes
- Dominoes
- Picnic/garden party
- Recreational gaming
- Couples
- Mid-century comic art
- Italy
Title on it
- Grande domino
Text on it
- SENZA RIPETIZIONE
- DELLA PARTITA
- MFD. BY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- U.S.A.
- GRANDE
- DOMINO
- PUNTEGGIO MASSIMO
- Bigliardino Elettrica Gottlieb
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Four figures. (1) brunette man, lower left, seated cross-legged, red short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, bare feet, looking down while holding a black domino tile. (2) blonde woman, centre, half-length facing viewer, red lips, red-and-white large polka-dot one-piece swimsuit, smiling, holding a single black domino upright in her right hand and resting her left hand on the signboard. (3) young man, upper right, red hair, dark sleeveless vest over a light shirt, seated facing left. (4) young woman, upper right, long red hair, black off-shoulder top, seated facing left beside him. all four are drawn in a comic-book style with black contour lines. |
Illustrated backglass set into a cream/off-white backbox panel with black and one yellow diamond inlay decals on the surround. Artwork is a flat, airbrushed 1960s-style comic scene in blues, reds and yellows. Three young adults play dominoes on a blue-tinted ground scattered with domino tiles: a seated brunette man in a red shirt and blue jeans at lower left holding a black domino, a blonde woman in a red-and-white spotted swimsuit at centre holding a black domino upright, and in the upper right a red-haired man in a dark vest and a red-haired woman in a black off-shoulder top. Behind them are pale blue trees, bushes and a small white house. A black rectangular score window at upper left holds four white digit reels. Top centre a red banner reads SENZA RIPETIZIONE DELLA PARTITA, split by a yellow maker plaque. Lower centre a large white sign carries GRANDE DOMINO in heavy red block capitals.
Backglass PlayMates
- blue
- orange
- red
- cream
Fingerprint: gottlieb's play mates, blonde woman in tight white playsuit covered in huge red orange and black polka dots smiling down at crouching man holding two comically oversized black playing cards, crouching figure furrowed-browed in maroon shirt, woman upper right playing acoustic guitar while young man in red shirt watches, mid-century cartoon style in cool blue-green tones, large playing cards dominating composition
A blonde woman in a tight white playsuit covered in huge red, orange and black polka dots, smiling down at a crouching man who holds two comically oversized black playing cards. The dotted playsuit is echoed nowhere else on the panel, making it the strongest single memory hook. Second most memorable: the pair of dark-skinned-scale oversized black cards being compared between them. Third: a woman in the upper right corner playing an acoustic guitar while a young man in a red shirt watches.
Setting
- Flat blue-grey interior wall with a horizontal sill and a dark blue treeline visible through a window at top left
- Pale teal wooden plank floor
- Tilted cream sign board with black frame
Symbols
- Playing cards
- Card pips
- Acoustic guitar
- Polka dots
Lettering
- Title on a cream sign with red letters outlined in black and a white highlight, plus black cursive script for the maker name above it; small uppercase sans-serif lettering in red-bordered black boxes at the top edge; tall green numerals along the bottom
Themes
- Playing cards
- Date or courtship
- Musical
- Party
Title on it
- Gottlieb's play mates
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- Play Mates
- MFG. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- TILT
- PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE
- GAME OVER
- BALLS TO PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman, long wavy hair, red lips, arched brows, smiling; tight sleeveless white playsuit printed with large red, orange and black polka dots; kneeling or crouching centre-right, leaning forward, right hand touching a playing card, left hand resting at her hip |
| Man | Young man lower left, dark brown short hair, maroon short-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, crouched with head bowed and brow furrowed, holding two oversized black playing cards showing white pips |
| Woman | Young woman upper right, long red hair, red top, black skirt, seated and cradling a large acoustic guitar with pale wooden soundboard and dark pickguard |
| Man | Young man upper right, dark hair, red shirt, seated behind her looking upward, mouth slightly open |
Painted pinball backglass in a mid-century cartoon style, dominated by cool blue-green tones. A flat blue-grey wall and windowed interior forms the background, with a pale teal wooden plank floor. Centre-right stands a smiling blonde young woman with long wavy hair, red lips and arched brows, wearing a tight sleeveless playsuit of white covered in large red, orange and black polka dots; she leans forward and looks down, smiling. Lower left, a young man in a maroon short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans crouches, head down, brow furrowed, holding two oversized black playing cards. Their hands meet over the cards. Upper right, a second young man in a red shirt with dark hair and a second young woman with long red hair in a red top and black skirt sit facing each other; she cradles a large acoustic guitar with a pale soundboard. A big tilted cream-coloured sign with a black frame is held across the blonde woman's lap. Upper left is a black rectangular window with a glowing amber score display. Along the bottom runs a black strip of green player numbers 1 to 10, flanked by an orange GAME OVER box and a yellow BALLS TO PLAY box. The whole panel is cracked and crazed with visible wear.
Backglass Domino
- turquoise
- red
- white
- black
Fingerprint: gottlieb's domino title in huge red block capitals, blonde woman in sleeveless white dress with red yellow and black polka dots kneeling and holding black domino tile with white pips, huge white box sign reading DOMINO in front of her, red-haired man in red shirt seated on large blue domino block examining tile, two other young people at upper right, red electric guitar and white amplifier
The most striking element is a blonde woman in a white polka-dot dress kneeling to play dominoes, holding up a black tile with white pips, with a huge white placard reading DOMINO propped in front of her knees. Beside her a red-haired young man sits on an oversized domino block examining his own tile. A picnic of dominoes covers the whole turquoise grass field, with oversized white-pipped tiles scattered in the foreground and even a domino with a hinged lid standing open at bottom right. A red electric guitar and its little white amplifier box are tucked into the top right corner next to two more young people.
Setting
- Grassy field
- Pale blue sky
- Sparse trees along the horizon
Symbols
- Domino tiles with white pips
- Musical amplifier box
- Red electric guitar
- Playing tiles
- Grass tufts
Lettering
- Domino in very large red condensed sans-serif capitals on a white sign, with a smaller blue cursive/hand-lettered gottlieb's above it; skilled & sexy games in white capitals on a red ribbon banner; a yellow oval emblem with red-outlined script supper in the top centre
Themes
- Picnic
- Dominoes
- Musical instrument
- Outdoor leisure
- Young people
Title on it
- Gottlieb's domino
Text on it
- DOMINO
- Gottlieb's
- SKILLED & SEXY GAMES
- SUPPER
- SKILL GAME
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young man, short auburn/red hair, red short-sleeved shirt, blue trousers, seated sideways on a large blue domino block, head bowed, smiling faintly, holding a black domino tile with white pips in both hands |
| Woman | Young woman, long platinum-blonde hair, wide smile, sleeveless white dress with large red, black and yellow polka dots and red trim, kneeling, holding a black domino tile showing white pips in her right hand |
| Man | Young man in a red shirt at upper centre-right, standing, holding a domino tile up against his shoulder, looking to the right |
| Woman | Young woman with red/auburn hair, red top and black skirt, seated cross-legged at upper right, playing a red electric guitar |
Flat, brightly coloured mid-century cartoon backglass showing a picnic of four young people on a blue-green grassy field strewn with domino tiles. A black rectangular score window with four white digit reels sits at upper left. Across the top runs a red ribbon banner interrupted at centre by a yellow oval emblem; the banner's right half reads SKILLED & SEXY GAMES in white capitals on red. Foreground left: a young man with auburn/red hair, red short-sleeved shirt and blue trousers, seated on a large domino tile, looking down at a black domino tile he holds in both hands. Centre right: a smiling young woman with long platinum-blonde hair, a sleeveless white dress printed with large red, black and yellow polka dots and red trim, kneeling and holding a black domino tile with white pips, plus a white box sign in front of her reading DOMINO in huge red block capitals with the name Gottlieb's in small blue script above it. Upper right: a young man in a red shirt holding a domino against his shoulder, and a young woman in a red top and black skirt sitting cross-legged playing a red electric guitar beside a small white amplifier box marked with a black 8. Grass-textured turquoise background, white rounded border, worn cream-coloured cabinet edge showing round the outside.