1977–1982 · Gottlieb & Rowamet
Jungle Queen / Jungle Princess
Known for Upper flippers, Left drop bank, Right drop bank and B lane. Dense tropical jungle with layered ferns and palm fronds, huge diagonally-falling tree trunk and branch crossing the centre, crimson and teal banded sky with a green glow and cloud swirls, olive-green grassy clearing in the lower third and distant jungle hills and palms at the left horizon.
- Years
- 1977–1982
- Maker
- Gottlieb & Rowamet
Known for
- Flipper
Upper flippers
- Target
Left drop bank
- Target
Right drop bank
- Lane
B lane
- saucers
Top corner saucers
- Lane
Side lanes
- Goal
ABC
3 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Adult blonde pin-up in a spotted cheetah-print bikini top and briefs, gold armband on the upper arm, gold bangles, hoop earring; wide-legged stance with bent knee, one arm raised holding a long spear with a leaf-shaped blade, other arm bent behind her head; confident beckoning expression, standing on a brown tree branch at the right
- animal Large tiger with bold orange and black stripes, white muzzle and chest, mouth slightly open, walking left on the olive grass across the lower centre-right
- animal Small turquoise-green monkey or frog-like creature standing upright among ferns at the lower left of the title
- creature Dark green-black snake coiled in the undergrowth in the extreme bottom-left corner
- other Masked face with a tall white, orange and red striped headdress peering from the crimson sky at the top centre
Setting
- Dense tropical jungle with layered ferns and palm fronds
- Huge diagonally-falling tree trunk and branch crossing the centre
- Crimson and teal banded sky with a green glow and cloud swirls
- Olive-green grassy clearing in the lower third
- Distant jungle hills and palms at the left horizon
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- JUNGLE PRINCESS
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- SAME TIME!
- 10,000
- 00,000
- 100,000
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- 1
- 2
- ART BY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO
How it plays
-
Goals 4
- ABC
- Double Bonus
- Rotating extra ball
- Rotating special
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- Upper flippers also called Mini-flippers also called stub flippers
- Left drop bank also called left five-target bank
- Right drop bank also called right five-target bank
- B lane also called Top B
- A and C lanes also called Lower A and C
- Top corner saucers also called Upper saucer also called upper side saucers
- Side lanes also called 5,000 lane
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Jungle Princess
- orange
- teal
- pink
- cream
Fingerprint: Jungle Princess, huge painted tiger face with orange-and-black stripes radiating outward behind long-haired jungle woman in pink wrap, sunflower-like rosette of ten numbered drop-target value panels fanning from central BUMPER circle, four slanted ramps painted with orange-haired women in swimsuits
The centre of the field is dominated by a huge painted tiger face, its orange-and-black stripes radiating outward behind a long-haired jungle woman in a pink wrap. Ringed around that tiger is a sunflower-like rosette of ten numbered drop-target value panels (1,000 up to 10,000) fanning out from a central circle reading BUMPER. Four slanted ramps are painted with orange-haired women in swimsuits and are lettered '500 & 100 BONUS'. A magenta triangle at the drain reads 'SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT'. The bottom apron is unusually busy, with two full instruction cards and a score replay box.
Setting
- Thatched jungle hut with palm fronds in the upper playfield
- Dense painted jungle foliage and tree trunks behind the bumpers
- Pink-to-orange sunset gradient across the mid and lower field
- Dark brown/black painted jungle floor in the lower centre
- White and pale grey metal cabinet apron with blue pinstriped instruction cards
Symbols
- Playing-card-style suit markers a, b, c in yellow circles
- Red teardrop-shaped value panels with black numerals
- A rosette of fanned score panels radiating from a central circle
- A single round hole lit by a magenta inverted triangle
- Red octagonal extra ball when lit plaques
- Teal rectangular bonus panels
- A small pineapple-like fruit motif in the teal lower centre
- Blue and gold directional arrows on the apron
Notable shapes
- The fanned rosette of numbered value panels in the centre, sunburst-like
- Four parallel slanted ramps angled inward from both side walls
- A magenta inverted triangle return-lane marker above the drain hole
- A triangular empty area of bare wood visible through the glass along the right side where the playfield ends short of the cabinet wall
- The single round drain hole below the same player triangle
Art motifs
- Painted tiger as central mascot
- Jungle hut and palm fronds
- Pin-up jungle women on the ramps
- Airbrushed sunset gradient
- Floral scrollwork in the upper corners
- Repeating geometric border of teal and orange triangles
Themes
- Jungle
- Adventure
- Tiger
- Tribal
- Exotic dancers
Title on it
- Jungle princess
Text on it
- SHOOT AGAIN
- A
- B
- C
- 5,000
- 3,000
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- 1/2
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- 500 & 100 BONUS
- 10,000
- 9,000
- 1,000
- 8,000
- 2,000
- 7,000
- BUMPER
- 6,000
- 4,000
- 500 OR 5000 WHEN LIT
- 600 6,000 BONUS
- SPECIAL
- WHEN LIT
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT
- JUNGLE PRINCESS
- INSTRUCTIONS
- ONE OR TWO PLAYERS - 3 BALLS PER PLAYER
- INSERT COIN AND OR PRESS START BUTTON TO RESET MACHINE.
- REPLAY FOR SECOND PLAYER
- COMPLETING 4 OR MORE LIGHTS DOUBLE BONUS. DOUBLE BONUS
- ALSO LIGHTS ON LAST BALL
- COMPLETING ALL DROP TARGETS LIGHTS EXTRA BALL FEATURE. AFTER
- BONUS.
- COMPLETING A-C ROLLOVERS AND ALL DROP TARGETS LIGHTS SPECIAL
- FEATURE ALTERNATELY.
- REPLAY SCORE 60,000 POINTS.
- BLUE POP BUMPER SCORES 10 POINTS OR 100 POINTS WHEN LIT.
- BONUS IS SCORED AND FEATURES RESET AFTER EACH BALL IN PLAY.
- A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER.
- MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON
- BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORES 1 REPLAY.
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- 165 W. LAKE ST.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 100,000 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 130,000 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 170,000 POINTS.
- 2-7108-2
- 1 PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Large painted tiger head and forelegs in the centre of the field, orange fur with black stripes, yellow eyes, mouth open showing teeth, radiating outward behind the score rosette |
| Woman | Large painted head and shoulders of a woman in the lower centre-right: long flowing auburn hair, arched brows, looking up and to the left, bare shoulders, wrapped in pink fabric |
| Woman | Painted on the left slanted ramp: orange-haired woman in a bikini/swimsuit, arms raised, holding a spear or club, against teal and orange |
| Woman | Painted on the right slanted ramp: orange-haired woman in a swimsuit, mirrored from the left ramp |
| Woman | Two smaller painted women, one on each upper left and upper right slanted ramp panel, also in swimsuits with orange hair |
| Other | Painted feathered/headdressed faces or masks flanking the very top on either side of the lane letters, plus small jungle-animal head motifs near the upper corners |
Full view of a single-level electro-mechanical playfield in a wooden cabinet with a metal apron, shot from above under glass, lamps lit. Top third: a thatched jungle-hut roof graphic with 'SHOOT AGAIN' in an orange arc, three yellow circles lettered A, B, C over five rollover lanes, red '5,000' panels left and right, two large clear-domed bumpers with red bases flanking a central white-domed unit on a blue base, and red 'EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT' plaques on both sides. Four slanted ramps, two per side, are lettered '500 & 100 BONUS' and painted with orange-haired women in swimsuits. The middle is a sunburst rosette of fanned value panels around a central 'BUMPER' circle: 10,000 above, then 9,000, 8,000, 7,000, 6,000, 5,000, 4,000, 3,000, 2,000, 1,000, flanked by teal '500 OR 5000 WHEN LIT' panels. Below, a pink-to-orange field carries a huge painted tiger face and a long-haired woman in a pink wrap. 'SPECIAL' ovals sit lower left and right, and a magenta inverted triangle reads 'SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT' over a single round hole. The apron carries two blue-pinstriped instruction cards, blue-and-gold 'FLIPPER BUTTONS' arrows, and a replay-score box. Dominant colours: orange, teal, pink, cream.
Playfield Jungle Queen
- pink
- orange
- green
- black
Fingerprint: Jungle Queen, painted woman's face with long flowing dark hair spanning middle, red-haired woman posed upside-down diving over right slingshot, two columns of white value panels flanking center, two cream pop bumpers with pink starburst caps
A painted woman's face with long flowing dark hair and languid eyes stretches across the entire middle of the playfield as the dominant image. Splayed across the lower right is a red-haired woman posed upside-down in a dramatic pin-up dive, her hair drawn as long curling strands over the slingshot. Two columns of white value panels with black numerals (3000, 9000, 8000, 7000, 6000 on the left; 10,000, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 on the right) fan out symmetrically from a central SHOOT AGAIN oval. Two cream pop bumpers with pink starburst caps and clear diagonal plastic ramps dominate the upper playfield. The bottom is a wide white instruction apron with a JUNGLE QUEEN title panel.
Setting
- Dense jungle foliage and palm leaves
- Painted tropical sunset sky in orange and pink
Symbols
- Playing-card suits on insert inserts
- Arrows
- Stars
- Curled score numerals
Notable shapes
- Fan of white rectangular value panels either side of a central shoot again oval
- Two clear diagonal ramp tunnels above the bumpers
- Starburst-patterned bumper caps
Art motifs
- Jungle leaves and vines
- Flowing hair
- Starburst bumpers caps
Themes
- Jungle
- Adventure
- Tropical
- Pin-up illustration
Title on it
- Jungle queen
Text on it
- JUNGLE QUEEN
- INSTRUCTIONS
- FLIPPER BUTTENS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS WHEN LIT
- PLAYER 1
- PLAYER 2
- TILT ENDS BALL
- TILT
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- SHOOT AGAIN
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- EXTRA BALL
- SCORE 5000 WHEN LIT
- SCORE 5000
- SHOOT RAMP
- SHOOT
- 2500
- 3000
- 9000
- 8000
- 7000
- 6000
- 10,000
- 1,000
- 2,000
- 3,000
- 4,000
- 5,000
- 25c
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large painted female face with long dark flowing hair and heavy-lidded eyes spanning the centre of the playfield |
| Woman | Red-haired woman in a costume posed splayed/leaning over the right slingshot in the lower middle, long curling hair strands |
| Woman | Smaller crouching figure in blue at the lower left |
| Other | Partial painted faces and hair at the upper left and upper right edges of the art |
Playfield seen from above under glass, jungle-adventure artwork in hot pink, orange, olive green and black. A painted female face with long dark flowing hair and heavy-lidded eyes spans the middle; below it a splayed red-haired woman leans over the right-hand slingshot, hair drawn in long curling strands, and a smaller crouching figure in blue sits at lower left. Two fans of white rectangular value panels flank a central SHOOT AGAIN oval: left column 3000, 9000, 8000, 7000, 6000; right column 10,000, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000; 5,000 below centre. Green and orange arrow inserts read EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT and SCORE 5000 WHEN LIT. Two cream circular bumpers with pink starburst caps sit at the top, flanked by clear diagonal plastic ramps. The lower deck is a white apron with a blue-bordered JUNGLE QUEEN panel, printed rules, a FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET blue arrow banner, and two red seven-segment 25c displays on the coin door.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Jungle Princess
- orange
- teal
- crimson
- olive
Fingerprint: Blonde pin-up woman in cheetah-print bikini standing on tree branch at right holding spear and beckoning, striped orange tiger prowling beneath across olive grass, small turquoise monkey in ferns at lower left, two cream mechanical score reels (10,000 over 00,000) stacked center with red-gold 100,000 award panels, "Gottlieb's" tiny cream script above chunky "JUNGLE PRINCESS" tan-orange block letters.
The single most memorable element is a blonde pin-up woman in a cheetah-print bikini standing on a tree branch at the right, holding a spear and beckoning toward the viewer. A striped orange tiger prowls beneath her across olive grass while a small turquoise monkey stands in the ferns at lower left. Two cream mechanical score reels (10,000 over 00,000) are stacked in the centre with red-and-gold 100,000 award panels beside them. The title is stacked in two very different styles - tiny cream script Gottlieb's above chunky tan-and-orange block letters JUNGLE PRINCESS.
Setting
- Dense tropical jungle with layered ferns and palm fronds
- Huge diagonally-falling tree trunk and branch crossing the centre
- Crimson and teal banded sky with a green glow and cloud swirls
- Olive-green grassy clearing in the lower third
- Distant jungle hills and palms at the left horizon
Symbols
- Playfield ball-in-play windows
- Red circular player medallions numbered 1 and 2
- Red-and-gold 100,000 award panels
- Mechanical numeric score reels
- Spear
- Flying birds
- Palm trees
- Artist signature plaque
Lettering
- Mixed: small cream cursive script for the gottlieb's line, and large tan-orange block capitals with black drop-shadow outlines for the title; secondary lettering in tall cream outlined capitals; award numbers in cream on red
Themes
- Jungle
- Adventure
- Pin-up
- Explorer
- Big cat
- Tribal mask
Title on it
- Gottlieb's jungle princess
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- JUNGLE PRINCESS
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- SAME TIME!
- 10,000
- 00,000
- 100,000
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- 1
- 2
- ART BY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Adult blonde pin-up in a spotted cheetah-print bikini top and briefs, gold armband on the upper arm, gold bangles, hoop earring; wide-legged stance with bent knee, one arm raised holding a long spear with a leaf-shaped blade, other arm bent behind her head; confident beckoning expression, standing on a brown tree branch at the right |
| Animal | Large tiger with bold orange and black stripes, white muzzle and chest, mouth slightly open, walking left on the olive grass across the lower centre-right |
| Animal | Small turquoise-green monkey or frog-like creature standing upright among ferns at the lower left of the title |
| Creature | Dark green-black snake coiled in the undergrowth in the extreme bottom-left corner |
| Other | Masked face with a tall white, orange and red striped headdress peering from the crimson sky at the top centre |
A cream-framed electro-mechanical backglass with a jungle scene. On the right, a blonde pin-up woman in a spotted cheetah bikini and gold bangles stands wide-legged on a thick brown tree branch, gripping a long spear with a blade tip and raising one arm in a beckoning pose. Lower centre, a striped orange-and-black tiger walks left across olive-green grass. Lower left, a small turquoise monkey-like creature stands among ferns, with a dark snake coiled in the undergrowth at the very corner. Upper centre, a masked face with a white-and-orange headdress peers from a crimson-and-teal sky filled with flying birds, distant palms, swirling cloud bands and a green glow. Across the middle sit two cream mechanical score reels reading 10,000 and 00,000, flanked by red round player medallions numbered 1 and 2 and two red 100,000 award panels. Left of the reels, stacked lettering reads PLAYERS 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME. Bottom left, the title appears as small cream script Gottlieb's above big block letters JUNGLE PRINCESS in tan and orange with black outlines. A small artist plaque sits bottom right.
Backglass Jungle Queen
- turquoise
- orange-red
- purple
- magenta
Fingerprint: Jungle Queen in red capitals with cream outline on magenta banner, barefoot tribal woman in tan-orange animal-skin bikini and striped headdress wielding long spear and flaming torch, enormous red-and-black striped tiger pacing rocky slope beneath her, four cream-bordered score windows in jagged black lightning-bolt frame, turquoise sky with red-brown erupting volcano, yellow-green snake and blue monkey
The most memorable element is the bare-breasted tribal woman on the left, barefoot, in a tiger-skin bikini and striped headdress, holding a tall spear in one hand and a burning torch in the other, with long orange-blonde hair. Second is the huge red-and-black striped tiger striding across the foreground slope directly beneath her. Third is the four cream score windows framed by a jagged black lightning-bolt shape against a turquoise sky with a smoking red volcano. Fourth is the two-line title logo, Jungle Queen, in block red capitals on a magenta banner with a cursive word above it, set low and to the right of centre. A small tilted artist plaque is painted into the foreground rocks at the bottom edge.
Setting
- Turquoise sky with wispy clouds
- Erupting red-brown volcano with a yellow lava glow and dark smoke
- Purple and ochre rocky valley slope in the foreground
- Dense tropical undergrowth of pink, green and yellow ferns and palm fronds on the right
- Palm trunk at the right edge
- Cream painted border frame around the whole glass
Symbols
- Four pink circles with white player numerals
- Jagged black lightning-bolt frame around the score windows
- Creeping purple vines on the left border
- Fleur-de-lis style purple scroll motifs flanking the woman
- Palm fronds
- Pink thistle-like flowers
- Flaming torch flame
- Speaker grille square at the lower right
- Artist signature plaque
Lettering
- Players and the instruction lines in yellow condensed sans-serif capitals; game over in bold pink capitals on turquoise; ball in play in black capitals on cream; the title in heavy red block capitals with cream and black outline on a magenta banner, with a smaller cursive word in cream above it
Themes
- Jungle
- Adventure
- Explorer
- Tribal
- Prehistoric
- Volcano
- Exotic
Title on it
- Gottlieb's jungle queen
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1 2 3 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- SAME TIME!
- GAME
- OVER
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5490
- 00,000
- 0,000
- Gottlieb's
- JUNGLE
- QUEEN
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Barefoot adult woman standing in profile facing right on the left third of the glass, tan/orange skin, long flowing orange-blonde hair, wearing a tan-orange animal-skin bikini top and a tiger-skin headdress with black stripes; holds a long spear upright in her raised right hand and a flaming torch in her lowered left hand; smiling open-mouthed expression |
| Animal | Large red-and-black striped tiger with white muzzle and chest, walking left to right across the foreground slope, head turned down and to the right |
| Animal | Small blue monkey with a long tail, crouching/leaping on the purple slope just right of the woman's legs |
| Animal | Yellow-green snake coiled in a spiral at the lower left corner beneath the woman |
| Creature | Small purple and green serpents or snake-heads in the sky, one near top centre with wings and one at upper right, plus several small black bat silhouettes scattered across the sky |
| Man | Tiny dark-haired male explorer figure in a blue shirt standing on the slope at lower right, dwarfed by the tiger and the vegetation |
Painted jungle adventure backglass in a flat comic-book style with heavy black outlines and saturated flat colour. Upper half is dominated by four cream-bordered score windows set in a jagged black lightning-bolt frame, over a turquoise sky with a red-brown erupting volcano. Four pink circles hold the player numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. At the left stands a barefoot woman in a tan-orange animal-skin bikini and a striped tiger-skin headdress, holding a long spear upright in her right hand and a flaming torch in her left, her long orange-blonde hair flowing. Below her the red-and-black striped tiger walks left to right across a purple and ochre rocky slope, with a yellow-green snake coiled at lower left. Small figures include a blue monkey on the slope and a tiny dark-haired man in blue at lower right. The right-hand valley is crowded with pink, green and yellow ferns and palm fronds. Top-left corner carries PLAYERS with the numerals 1 2 3 4, and CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME! under it. The title sits right of centre: Jungle Queen in red capitals with cream outline on a magenta banner, with Gottlieb's in cream cursive above.