1963 · Gottlieb
Flying Chariots
Known for Center lane, Center standup target, Mystery Score and Colour passive bumpers. Turquoise sky with wispy white clouds, hypothetical greek/roman stadium with arched colonnades and tiered spectator stands, gold starburst behind the horses and grey-blue racing track surface.
- Year
- 1963
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- Lane
Center lane
- Target
Center standup target
- insert
Mystery Score
- Bumper
Colour passive bumpers
On the playfield
Bumpers 2
- Blue passive bumper
- Colour passive bumpers
Targets 2
- Center standup target
- Upper standup targets
Lanes 3
- Center lane
- Colour out lanes
- Rollover lanes
Slingshot 1
- Rail slings slings
Flipper 1
- Mini flippers extra flipper
Lights 1
- Mystery Score insert
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman On the left blue chariot, far left: woman with short curly blonde hair in a sleeveless emerald-green dress, seated, facing right.
- woman Middle of the left chariot: woman with long dark brown hair in a teal-blue gown, seated, facing right.
- woman Front of the left chariot: blonde woman in a flowing orange draped gown with bare shoulders, one arm raised in a wave, holding the reins.
- man Right chariot driver: young man with short brown hair in a red-orange tunic with white trim and blue sash, leaning forward over the rail with one arm out holding the reins.
- creature Eight galloping horses in pairs across the lower half - white, white, pale grey, grey, then chestnut and two dark bay horses on the right - with red nosebands and harness traces, mouths open, manes streaming.
- other Small crowd of spectators in the upper-right stand, several with raised arms, plus a green garland border along the rail.
Setting
- Turquoise sky with wispy white clouds
- Hypothetical greek/roman stadium with arched colonnades and tiered spectator stands
- Gold starburst behind the horses
- Grey-blue racing track surface
Text on it
- GOTTLIEB'S
- Flying
- CHARIOTS
- 2-PLAYER
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- BALL in PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- A Complete FLIPPER Skill Game
- 1
- 2
- 0
- 5
- 9
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
- turquoise
- cream
- orange
- white
Fingerprint: Two cream colonnaded score buildings labeled "1st PLAYER" and "2nd PLAYER" with winged gold medallions, three women in green-teal-orange gown riding left chariot, one arm raised waving, "GOTTLIEB'S Flying CHARIOTS 2-PLAYER" title, pairs of galloping horses (white-grey-chestnut) streaking through gold starburst, crowd in stands.
The two cream colonnaded score buildings across the top, each with three real score windows, labelled 1st PLAYER (showing 0 5 9) and 2nd PLAYER (showing 0 0 0) under winged gold medallions. Second: three women in green, teal and a flowing orange gown riding the left chariot, one with her arm raised in a wave. Third: the pairs of galloping horses in white, grey and chestnut streaking across a gold starburst in the lower half. Fourth: the small yellow sign in the right-hand stand reading A Complete FLIPPER Skill Game.
Setting
- Turquoise sky with wispy white clouds
- Hypothetical greek/roman stadium with arched colonnades and tiered spectator stands
- Gold starburst behind the horses
- Grey-blue racing track surface
Symbols
- Winged gold laurel medallions around the numbers 1 and 2
- Heraldic shield with gold winged emblem
- Blue shield with gold stars
- Gold starburst rays
- Green garland swag
- Flame torch on a column
- Playing-card-like laurel wreaths
- Columned architecture with arches and corinthian-style capitals
Lettering
- Mixed: blue sans-serif capitals for gottlieb's and the player labels, large orange-and-yellow cursive script with white outline for flying, huge cream block capitals with orange drop shading for chariots, and italic hand-lettered capitals in the two bottom corner boxes
Themes
- Sport
- Horse racing
- Ancient greece
- Chariot race
- Competition
- Two player
Title on it
- Gottlieb's flying chariots 2-player
Text on it
- GOTTLIEB'S
- Flying
- CHARIOTS
- 2-PLAYER
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- BALL in PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- A Complete FLIPPER Skill Game
- 1
- 2
- 0
- 5
- 9
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | On the left blue chariot, far left: woman with short curly blonde hair in a sleeveless emerald-green dress, seated, facing right. |
| Woman | Middle of the left chariot: woman with long dark brown hair in a teal-blue gown, seated, facing right. |
| Woman | Front of the left chariot: blonde woman in a flowing orange draped gown with bare shoulders, one arm raised in a wave, holding the reins. |
| Man | Right chariot driver: young man with short brown hair in a red-orange tunic with white trim and blue sash, leaning forward over the rail with one arm out holding the reins. |
| Creature | Eight galloping horses in pairs across the lower half - white, white, pale grey, grey, then chestnut and two dark bay horses on the right - with red nosebands and harness traces, mouths open, manes streaming. |
| Other | Small crowd of spectators in the upper-right stand, several with raised arms, plus a green garland border along the rail. |
A painted, cartoon-style backglass framed by a thick white border with an inner pale-blue inset line. Across the top, a turquoise sky with wispy white clouds holds two cream-and-pink colonnaded score structures, one labelled 1st PLAYER with three windows showing 0, 5, 9, and one labelled 2nd PLAYER with three windows showing 0, 0, 0; each is crowned by a small winged gold laurel medallion enclosing a red 1 or 2. Between them hang two heraldic shields on chains - an orange-red shield with a gold winged emblem and a blue shield with gold stars - plus a small square target. The centre title reads GOTTLIEB'S in blue capitals, Flying in large orange-and-yellow script with a white cloud behind it, then CHARIOTS in huge cream capitals with orange shading, and 2-PLAYER in blue beneath. Left of centre, three women ride a blue chariot: one in a green dress, one dark-haired in teal, one blonde in a flowing orange gown with her arm raised; right of centre a young charioteer in a red top leans forward holding reins. Below, eight horses in pairs - white, grey and chestnut - gallop through a gold starburst and clouds. Bottom-left box: 1 or 2 PLAYERS / CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME; bottom-right box: IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL / GAME OVER. Crowds watch from stands at upper right.