1967 · Gottlieb
Hi-Score / Super Score
Known for Big wheel, Switch cups and Center saucers. Indoor game centre arcade, shop front windows with figures behind glass and barber-pole striped pillar.
- Year
- 1967
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
Known for
- wheel
Big wheel
- cups
Switch cups
- saucers
Center saucers
3 games under this title
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Big wheel wheel
- Mini ball
Holes 2
- Switch cups cups
- Center saucers saucers
Bumpers 2
- Top green passive bumper
- Red pop bumpers
Lane 1
- Lanes below the flippers
Post or gate 1
- Two-way gate gate
On the backglass
Who and what
- child Blonde boy at right, red long-sleeve jacket, green shorts, white socks, one hand raised, facing left towards the machines
- woman Centre foreground seen from behind, long auburn hair, green patterned blouse, seated at the playfield
- man Left of centre, short hair, yellow and red striped shirt, leaning forward over a machine
- woman Background left, blonde, seen through a shop window behind glass
- woman Background right window, white top and orange skirt, standing beside a display
Setting
- Indoor game centre arcade
- Shop front windows with figures behind glass
- Barber-pole striped pillar
Text on it
- 1 PLAYER
- 2 PLAYER
- 3 PLAYER
- 4 PLAYER
- HIGH SCORE
- TILT
- WINNER FOR 10 COMPLETE
- GAME SKILL
- CAN PLAY
- KICKER
- MFD BY WILLIAMS MFG CO
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
How it plays
-
Awards 3
- Star
- Spin
- Same Player Shoots Again
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Hi-Score
- olive green
- red
- cream
- black
Fingerprint: Four mechanical score reels stacked two-by-two labelled 1-4 PLAYER, cream HIGH SCORE sign with red TILT flag at upper right, blonde boy in red jacket and green shorts at right, woman in green patterned blouse seated at centre foreground, man in yellow-and-red striped shirt at left, crowded 1960s game-centre interior, olive green, red, cream, black
The most memorable element is the row of four separate mechanical score reels, each with its own PLAYER label, stacked two-by-two across the glass. Second is the big cream HIGH SCORE lettering at upper right with the tiny red TILT flag on its stick. Third, the blonde boy in a red jacket and green shorts standing alone at the right, palm raised, watching the game. Fourth, the dense clutter of background figures behind glass windows, giving the whole scene a crowded game-arcade feel.
Setting
- Indoor game centre arcade
- Shop front windows with figures behind glass
- Barber-pole striped pillar
Symbols
- Four mechanical score reels
- Tilt flag on a stick
- Barber-pole striped column
- Playing-field playfield diagram with bumpers and lanes
- Award/sticker ovals
- Small yellow star/arrow badges
Lettering
- Cream block capitals with black outline and drop shadow for high score; small white sans-serif caps on coloured rectangular tabs for the player labels; tiny black condensed caps on a cream strip along the bottom edge
Themes
- Game centre interior
- Pinball parlour
- Score reels
- Arcade customers
- Shop windows
Title on it
- High score
Text on it
- 1 PLAYER
- 2 PLAYER
- 3 PLAYER
- 4 PLAYER
- HIGH SCORE
- TILT
- WINNER FOR 10 COMPLETE
- GAME SKILL
- CAN PLAY
- KICKER
- MFD BY WILLIAMS MFG CO
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Child | Blonde boy at right, red long-sleeve jacket, green shorts, white socks, one hand raised, facing left towards the machines |
| Woman | Centre foreground seen from behind, long auburn hair, green patterned blouse, seated at the playfield |
| Man | Left of centre, short hair, yellow and red striped shirt, leaning forward over a machine |
| Woman | Background left, blonde, seen through a shop window behind glass |
| Woman | Background right window, white top and orange skirt, standing beside a display |
A painted, cartoon-illustrated backglass showing a busy 1960s-style game centre interior packed with people around a row of four pinball machines. Four mechanical score reels sit across the upper half, each in a black housing with a white numbered drum, labelled 1 PLAYER, 2 PLAYER, 3 PLAYER and 4 PLAYER in white lettering on coloured tabs. At upper right a large cream-and-black block-letter sign reads HIGH SCORE, with a small red TILT flag on a stick beside it. A blonde boy in a red jacket, green shorts and white socks stands at the right with one hand raised. Centre foreground, seen from behind, a woman with long auburn hair in a green patterned blouse sits at the machine. At left a man in a yellow-and-red striped shirt leans in. Background shop windows show two more women, a barber-pole striped pillar, a GAME SKILL panel and a small WINNER FOR 10 COMPLETE banner. Dominant colours: olive green, red, cream, black.
Backglass Super Duo
- blue
- orange
- green
- red
Fingerprint: SUPER BOSS with four pinball girls in 1950s dress around two perspective playfields, redhead in red-white checkered skirt leaning over machine, blue-framed score panels 1ST-2ND PLAYER, green star-speckled title, orange disc with speed lines
A retro cartoon pinball-arcade interior with four pinball girls in 1950s dress crowding around two perspective playfields, the blonde at right holding a red ball to her mouth. The top right is dominated by two blue-framed black score panels with red flag graphics, one labelled 1ST PLAYER in yellow and one 2ND PLAYER in red, each with four mechanical reels. A green star-speckled title block reading SUPER BOSS sits top left above the small line BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO GOTTLIES. The redhead at centre wears a bold red-and-white checkered skirt and is drawn mid-lean with one arm stretched across the machine. An orange-and-blue chevron speed motif fills the very bottom edge of the glass.
Setting
- Receding indoor pinball arcade with two machines in perspective
- Green star-speckled panel behind the title
- Cream cabinet side rails framing the glass
Symbols
- White five-pointed stars
- Red and white starbursts on playfields
- Red-white-blue racing flag motif on score panels
- Multi-coloured round bumper caps
- Orange disc with white radiating speed lines
- Blue and white chevron arrow at bottom
Lettering
- Fat cream block capitals with black outline and purple drop shadow for the title; yellow and red capitals for the player panels
Themes
- Pinball arcade
- Pinball girls
- 1950s fashion
- Two player competition
Title on it
- Super boss
Text on it
- SUPER
- BOSS
- BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO GOTTLIES
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- LITE REEL FLY
- SPECIAL BONUS
- COMPLETE
- 1 PLAYERS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Foreground left, blonde bobbed hair with flipped ends, red long-sleeved blouse, peach knee-length skirt with dark belt, standing in profile facing right |
| Woman | Centre, redhead, white short-sleeved top, red-and-white checkered skirt, black shoes, leaning forward over the pinball machine with right arm reaching down to the cabinet |
| Woman | Far left background, redhead seen from behind, yellow top, leaning over the second pinball machine |
| Woman | Right, long blonde hair, green short-sleeved top and yellow skirt, holding a red ball up to her mouth, looking left |
| Other | Small background figure at upper left, a man in a light blue shirt and dark cap facing right beside the machines |
A mid-century electro-mechanical backglass showing a brightly coloured cartoon pinball hall scene. Top left is a green rectangle sprinkled with white five-pointed stars, carrying the title SUPER in fat cream-and-yellow block capitals with a black outline and a purple drop shadow, BOSS below it in slightly smaller matching letters, and a line of small white text reading BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO GOTTLIES. Across the top right sit two blue-framed score panels with black backgrounds and red racing-flag graphics: the left one reads 1ST PLAYER in yellow and cream letters above four mechanical reels, the right reads 2ND PLAYER in red letters above four reels. Between the reels sit small yellow and red instruction tabs. The main artwork below shows a receding arcade room with two pinball machines in perspective, their playfields dotted with red, green and white starbursts, red and blue reels and round bumpers. Four cartoon women in 1950s dress fill the foreground: a blonde in a red blouse and peach skirt at left, a redhead in a white top and red-and-white checkered skirt leaning over the machine at centre, a redhead in a yellow top seen from behind at far left, and a blonde in a green top and yellow skirt at right. A yellow placard bottom left advertises players. A bold orange disc with white speed lines and a blue chevron band runs along the bottom edge. The cream cabinet side rails and a sliver of neighbouring art show the glass is framed in a real machine.
Backglass Super Score
- green
- blue
- cream
- red
Fingerprint: Enormous cream-and-gold block-letter SUPER SCORE title dominating upper left, two side-by-side score panels with red arrows-and-dots, yellow player labels (1ST/2ND), cream windows showing 0,000 reels, four young women in saturated 1960s dress crowding around pinball machines in arcade perspective, blonde, red-haired, yellow-haired figures, painted 1960s-style illustration, bright primary palette
The enormous stacked cream-gold title SUPER SCORE filling the entire upper left quadrant, with the small red cursive manufacturer name tucked above it. Two identical four-reel score windows side by side, both reading 0,000, labelled 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER. A gaggle of four young women in bright 1960s clothing packed shoulder-to-shoulder around a pinball machine, drawn in flat comic-ink outline with airbrushed shading. Small yellow instruction strips printed directly beneath the score reels.
Setting
- Indoor amusement arcade
- Row of pinball machines receding into the left distance
- Painted cabinet sides in blue, red and white stripes
- Beige tiled floor
Symbols
- Red arrows and dot motifs framing each player label
- Yellow and red round bumpers
- Circular pop bumpers with printed point values 500, 1000, 2000, 50, 20
- Red and white radiating triangular bursts
- Mechanical digit reels
- Red triangular banner behind the players plaque
- Blue, red and white vertical stripes on the right edge
Lettering
- Very large stacked sans-serif block capitals in cream with gold shading for the title; small yellow-on-red and red-on-yellow condensed capitals for the instruction strips; red cursive script for the small word above the title
Themes
- Arcade
- Pinball parlour
- Score competition
- Two player
- 1960s fashion
Title on it
- Super score
Text on it
- SUPER SCORE
- Gottlieb
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 0,000
- TO HIGH SCORE
- A GAME
- TO COMPETE
- SHOOT FOR HIGH SCORES
- TILT
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- OR
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- 500
- 1000
- 2000
- 50
- 5
- 20
- BUTTONS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Tall blonde with shoulder-length hair and a dark headband, red short-sleeved top, tan knee-length skirt, standing centre-left facing right in profile, looking down at the playfield |
| Woman | Red-haired, white short-sleeved blouse and red-and-white diamond/checkered skirt, leaning forward over the near pinball machine with right hand on the cabinet edge and left arm reaching across the playfield |
| Woman | Long golden-yellow hair, green top, bright yellow skirt, standing at the right edge in profile facing left, hand raised to her chin watching the play |
| Woman | Dark-haired brunette at far left, partly obscured, yellow top, seated or crouched at a further machine |
A painted arcade backglass dominated by a huge cream-and-gold block-letter title reading SUPER SCORE, with a small red cursive word, Gottlieb, printed above and to the right of it. Two side-by-side score panels sit across the top right, each a blue-framed black box with a red arrow-and-dot motif, a yellow '1ST PLAYER' or '2ND PLAYER' label, and a cream window showing four mechanical digit reels all at 0. Below the reels run small yellow and red instruction strips, plus a small red 'A GAME' panel on the left unit and a yellow 'TILT' panel on the right. The main scene is a 1960s-style painted illustration of a busy indoor amusement arcade: four young women crowd around two pinball machines seen in perspective, with more machines receding into the left background. A blonde in a red top and tan skirt stands centre-left, a red-haired woman in a white top and red-and-white checkered skirt leans over the near machine, a yellow-haired woman in a green top and yellow skirt stands at right, and a fourth brunette is partly hidden at far left. The playfield visible in perspective is cream, red and blue with green, yellow and orange bumpers and point values. A yellow plaque in the lower left corner reads PLAYERS 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME.