1961 · Gottlieb
Egg Head
Known for Tic-tac-toe grid, Rollover buttons and Tic-tac-toe. Pale lavender flat sky, orange and cream chequerboard floor, blue outer frame with white cabinet border, side white oblong windows, yellow display control console on the right and large grid game board on the left.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- grid
Tic-tac-toe grid
- buttons
Rollover buttons
- Goal
Tic-tac-toe
On the playfield
Bumpers 2
- Corner bumpers
- Grid pop bumpers
Target 1
- Lower standup targets
Lane 1
- Middle side lanes
Control 1
- Rollover buttons buttons
Lights 1
- Tic-tac-toe grid grid
On the backglass
Who and what
- other Egg-shaped white cartoon head with a laughing open mouth, small dark eyes, black suit, white collar and red bow tie, one gloved hand raised, positioned at the top centre between the title words
- robot Tall thin silver tin robot, white cone hat with a printed band, riveted tubular limbs, a round belly panel with a red x over a gauge, holding a large white grid board marked with blue and red circles and red xs
- woman Red-haired woman in a purple top, seen from behind at bottom left, writing on a small slate with a pencil
- woman Black-haired woman in a turquoise top, seen from behind at bottom centre, raising a thin pointer stick
- woman Blonde woman in a red halter top, centre right, facing left with mouth open as if speaking
- woman Red-haired woman in a yellow off-the-shoulder blouse, lower right, seated and facing left
Setting
- Pale lavender flat sky
- Orange and cream chequerboard floor
- Blue outer frame with white cabinet border
- Side white oblong windows
- Yellow display control console on the right
- Large grid game board on the left
Text on it
- Egg Head
- Egg Coo
- MONITOR
- COOKIES
- ROLLER GAME
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Tic-tac-toe
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- lilac
Fingerprint: White egg-shaped cartoon head black suit red bow tie laughing mouth wide open wedged between red script title words very top, cone-hatted tin robot silver riveted body red X chest gauge holds giant white tic-tac-toe board blue red O X marks, four women child crowd lower half chequerboard floor one writing slate, bespectacled scientist white lab coat MONITOR sign
A white egg-shaped cartoon head in a black suit and red bow tie, laughing with mouth wide open, wedged between the two red script words of the title at the very top. A cone-hatted tin robot in a silver riveted body marked with a red X chest gauge holds a giant white tic-tac-toe style board with blue and red O and X marks. Four women and a child crowd the lower half around a chequerboard floor, one seen from behind writing on a slate. A bespectacled scientist in a white lab coat reading 'COOKIES' presides over a console beneath a 'MONITOR' sign on the right.
Setting
- Pale lavender flat sky
- Orange and cream chequerboard floor
- Blue outer frame with white cabinet border
- Side white oblong windows
- Yellow display control console on the right
- Large grid game board on the left
Symbols
- Yellow lightning bolts
- Red four-point sparks
- Red x marks
- Blue and red o and x grid marks
- Red x chest gauge on the robot
- Bulb-studded display plaque
- Red bow tie
Lettering
- Large red cursive script with a gold-yellow inline outline and black drop shadow, mixed with smaller flat sans-serif capitals on signs and the robot's hat band
Themes
- Humour
- Cartoon
- Science fiction
- Egg mascot
- Robot
- Quiz or game show
Title on it
- Egg head
Text on it
- Egg Head
- Egg Coo
- MONITOR
- COOKIES
- ROLLER GAME
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Egg-shaped white cartoon head with a laughing open mouth, small dark eyes, black suit, white collar and red bow tie, one gloved hand raised, positioned at the top centre between the title words |
| Robot | Tall thin silver tin robot, white cone hat with a printed band, riveted tubular limbs, a round belly panel with a red x over a gauge, holding a large white grid board marked with blue and red circles and red xs |
| Woman | Red-haired woman in a purple top, seen from behind at bottom left, writing on a small slate with a pencil |
| Woman | Black-haired woman in a turquoise top, seen from behind at bottom centre, raising a thin pointer stick |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a red halter top, centre right, facing left with mouth open as if speaking |
| Woman | Red-haired woman in a yellow off-the-shoulder blouse, lower right, seated and facing left |
| Child | Small blonde child at the far right beside the console, in light clothing |
| Man | Bespectacled scientist in a white lab coat printed with the word cookies, standing at the control console on the right, one arm raised toward the monitor |
A rounded-rectangle backglass with a thick white cabinet border and a wide royal-blue inner frame, white oblong cutouts (translite windows) down both sides. Inside, a 1950s-style comic illustration on a pale lilac/lavender sky with an orange-and-cream chequerboard floor. Across the top, large cursive title lettering in red with a yellow-gold outline and a black drop shadow reads 'Egg Head', with a laughing white egg-shaped cartoon head in a black suit, white collar and red bow tie perched between the two words, hand raised. A bulb-studded score window shaped like a yellow-outlined red-and-black plaque sits in the upper centre holding four white reels reading 1 1 4 1. On the left stands a tall thin silver robot with a white cone hat, a riveted body, a red X gauge on its chest and a segmented arm, holding a large white game board marked with a grid, blue and red circles and red X marks; the hat band reads 'Egg Coo'. Right of centre, a bespectacled scientist in a white coat stands at a control console under a sign reading 'MONITOR'. The lower half is filled with five women: a red-haired woman in purple seen from behind writing on a slate, a black-haired woman in a turquoise top holding a pointer, a blonde woman in a red halter top, a redhead in a yellow off-shoulder blouse, and a small blonde child. Yellow lightning bolts, red sparks and small red crosses scatter across the sky.