1965–1966 · Gottlieb
Paradise / Pleasure Isle
Known for Center saucers, Roto-wheel, ABCD and Star. Hawaiian beach, palm trees, blue sea and sky and pale sand strip.
- Years
- 1965–1966
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- saucers
Center saucers
- mechanism
Roto-wheel
- Goal
ABCD
- Award
Star
- Place
Paradise
3 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Young dark-haired woman centre-left, red and white patterned halter top, both arms raised in a dance pose, smiling, facing viewer
- woman Hula dancer further back, grass skirt, holding or leaning on a palm trunk, arms out
- woman Dark-haired woman's head and shoulders at right side, facing left, beside the luggage stack
Setting
- Hawaiian beach
- Palm trees
- Blue sea and sky
- Pale sand strip
Text on it
- 1st.
- Player
- 2nd.
- 1,466
- 0,000
- PLAYERS
- 1 or 2
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- Gottlieb's
- Paradise
- 2 PLAYER
- Hawaii Calls
- BALL in PLAY
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- THIS MACHINE IS FOR SALE
- $550.00
- BY AIR
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- ABCD
-
Awards 1
- Star
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Roy Parker
The cast
- Paradise
- Pleasure Isle
- Hawaiian Isle
Reference
Linked terms
- ABCD also called Collected ABCD
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Pleasure Isle
- yellow
- red
- turquoise blue
- cream white
Fingerprint: Spin Roto: Radiating yellow sunburst dominating upper half, red trapezoid panel with four lettered hole values and tapering rods, large blonde woman's face with headdress at centre, two red-haired swimmers flanking her against turquoise sea, five spinner discs on coloured rings, four bumpers marked SUNBURST, palm trees flanking, Gottlieb electro-mechanical, scuffed lacquer and cloudy plastics, warm yellows and blues
The defining feature is the top-heavy layout: a huge radiating yellow sunburst occupies the whole upper half, with a red trapezoid of four A/B/C/D hole values and four tapering pink-orange rod spines beneath them. The centre of the lower playfield is a large blonde woman's face with red lips and a blue-and-gold headdress, flanked by two swimming red-haired women against a flat turquoise sea. Four circular SUNBURST spinner/target discs (10, 10, 11, 10) arranged in two pairs on yellow, red and green rings form the mechanical centrepiece, with a hand-lettered red SPIN ROTO label between them. Physical condition is rough: the lacquer is scuffed and chipped around the sling rails and outlane areas, plastics and spinner caps are cloudy, and the lower apron instruction card is faded and stained.
Setting
- Flat turquoise-blue sea with white-capped stylized wave bands
- Radiating yellow sunburst rays filling the entire upper half
- Green palm fronds and yellow-green grass banks at the lower left and right corners
- Diagonal red, white and yellow triangular colour wedges radiating from the lower centre
Symbols
- Four white discs lettered a b c d
- Five circular sunburst spinner/target discs
- Concentric circle bullseye
- Diagonal rainbow-coloured striped slingshot plastics
- Arrow graphic pointing to shoot again
- Grid of red and blue dots forming a lattice on the lower apron
- Green palm trees at both lower corners
- Small white star/flower cutouts on the side plastics
Notable shapes
- Large red trapezoid at top with four tapering rod-like slots
- Two mirrored pairs of large circular sunburst discs
- Red-white-black diamond fan of angled text panels in the mid-playfield
- Wide flat apron with rounded corners
- Vertical stack of three white circular sun-flower cutouts on the right side plastic
Art motifs
- Radiating sunburst rays
- Diagonal colour wedges
- Stylised wave-crest bands
- Concentric rings
- Checkerboard and polka-dot accents
- Black outline comic lettering with red drop shadows
Themes
- Tropical beach
- Sunburst
- Billiards/pinball bowling hybrid
- Pin-up swimwear
- Score-value ladder
- Bonus multipliers
Title on it
- Spin roto
Text on it
- INCREASES HOLE VALUE
- WHEN LIT
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 50 POINTS AND 25 BUMPERS
- SUNBURST
- 10
- A TO Z
- 11
- SPIN ROTO
- AND 50 POINTS
- 100 POINTS
- A 10 TIMES
- ROTO VALUE
- C WHEN LIT
- LIGHTED HOLE
- SPINS
- HOLE
- SCORES
- HOLE BONUS VALUE
- THE RESETS SEQUENCE
- 2
- 3
- PLEASE TILT
- D. Gottlieb Co.
- 10 POINTS
- ON BUMPERS
- SLINGSHOT
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT
- ONE OR TWO PLAYERS
- PLAYER 1
- TILT
- THIS BALL
- SHOOT AGAIN
- BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- PRESS LOWER FLIPPER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Large blonde woman's face bottom centre: gold-blonde wavy hair swept up with a blue-and-gold beaded diadem/crown, arched dark brows, blue eyes, bright red lips, head tilted slightly to her right, shoulders bare, drawn in comic-book airbrush style at roughly a third of the playfield's width |
| Other | Red-haired woman on the left flank of the portrait, facing right, wearing a red-and-white polka-dot two-piece swimsuit, one arm raised to her hair, up to the thighs only, standing against the blue sea |
| Other | Red-haired woman on the right flank of the portrait, facing left, in a red swimsuit with a white sash, arm raised, mirrored counterpart to the left figure |
| Other | A small pink-and-white striped conical tower or rocket shape rising at the top-centre below the a b c d panel, sitting on a red-and-yellow concentric circle target |
Full-length single-level playfield shot from directly above the glass-less body, cabinet rails and chrome side ball guides visible at left and right. The upper third is dominated by a large red trapezoidal bonus panel reading INCREASES HOLE VALUE WHEN LIT above four white circles lettered A B C D, each over a tapering pink/yellow rod graphic, over 50 POINTS AND 25 BUMPERS. A radiating yellow sunburst spreads from behind it. Mid-playfield has five circular rotary spinners/lane targets on coloured discs: four upper ones (white/yellow SUNBURST 10, red SUNBURST 10, SUNBURST 11 A TO Z, SUNBURST 10 A TO Z) and two lower white circles reading SPIN ROTO AND 50 POINTS / INCREASES HOLE VALUE WHEN LIT, plus 100 POINTS on both side lanes. A red, white and black diamond fan of hole labels reads LIGHTED HOLE BONUS VALUE, SPINS, HOLE SCORES, and THE RESETS SEQUENCE, with round 2 3 2 and 2 markers below. Lower playfield shows a blue sea with three female figures (a blonde pin-up portrait bottom centre, two red-haired women in swimsuits flanking it), palm trees at both edges, sunburst flares, and a red-lipped blue-haired portrait. Bottom apron has D. Gottlieb Co. logo, SLINGSHOT labels, SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT, ONE OR TWO PLAYERS instructions, TILT THIS BALL box, BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Paradise
- blue
- green
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Gottlieb's Paradise in enormous pink-white cursive script backed by yellow glow, two ornate black-white mechanical score windows framed by scalloped green leaf garlands, dark-haired woman red patterned halter top arms raised dancing, hula girl grass skirt behind, suitcase stack marked Hawaii Calls, Hawaiian beach scene tropical
The title word 'Paradise' in enormous pink-and-white cursive script across the lower left, backed by a bright yellow glow. Two huge garland-wreathed score reels reading '1st. Player' and '2nd. Player' dominate the top third. A grinning dark-haired woman in a red halter top with both arms thrown up mid-dance, with a hula girl in a grass skirt behind her. A suitcase stack printed 'Hawaii Calls' at the right edge. A red sign reading 'IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL' with 'GAME OVER' beneath it.
Setting
- Hawaiian beach
- Palm trees
- Blue sea and sky
- Pale sand strip
Symbols
- Leaf-garland wreaths
- Palm trees
- Suitcases
- Mechanical score reels
- Rounded red instruction panels
Lettering
- Large pink-and-white cursive script for the title, yellow-green script for 'gottlieb's', bold red block capitals with white fill for the instruction panels, white serif italics for 'player'
Themes
- Tiki
- Hawaiian
- Beach
- Hula
- Vacation
Title on it
- Gottlieb's paradise
Text on it
- 1st.
- Player
- 2nd.
- 1,466
- 0,000
- PLAYERS
- 1 or 2
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- Gottlieb's
- Paradise
- 2 PLAYER
- Hawaii Calls
- BALL in PLAY
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- THIS MACHINE IS FOR SALE
- $550.00
- BY AIR
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young dark-haired woman centre-left, red and white patterned halter top, both arms raised in a dance pose, smiling, facing viewer |
| Woman | Hula dancer further back, grass skirt, holding or leaning on a palm trunk, arms out |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman's head and shoulders at right side, facing left, beside the luggage stack |
Illuminated backglass-style glass with a painted Hawaiian beach scene. Two ornate black-and-white mechanical score windows sit across the top, framed by scalloped green leaf-garland wreaths and labelled '1st.' and '2nd.' with the word 'Player' in white script beneath each; the left reads 1,466 and the right 0,000 on white reels with red digits. Below, a tropical scene of dark green palm trees, blue sky, distant blue sea and a strip of pale sand. A smiling dark-haired young woman in a red patterned halter top stands centre-left with both arms raised in a dance gesture, and behind her a smaller hula dancer in a grass skirt holds a palm trunk. At right a second dark-haired woman's face and shoulders appear beside a stack of luggage including a grey-blue case marked 'Hawaii Calls' in white script. Bold red panels carry white and yellow block lettering. The main title 'Paradise' runs across the lower left in large white-and-pink cursive with a yellow wash behind it.
Backglass Pleasure Isle
- blue
- red
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: PLEASURE ISLE with left-hand woman balancing enormous glossy pink platter heaped roast fruit pineapple grinning viewer, rope-garland oval frames two split score windows each stamped 1st 2nd PLAYER, yellow rectangle centre framing hula dancer palm trunks, vintage metal Chipper Mfg. Co. plate screwed artwork, tropical island flat mid-century cartoon style
The left-hand woman balancing an enormous glossy pink platter heaped with a roast, fruit and pineapple while grinning at the viewer. The rope-and-garland oval frames around the two split score windows, each stamped 1st and 2nd PLAYER, which give the playfield its look. The isolated yellow rectangle in the centre of the glass, a flat colour block framing a hula dancer between two palm trunks, is an unusual layout device. The vintage metal Chipper Mfg. Co. identification plate screwed over the artwork just above the title logo.
Setting
- Tropical island beach
- Palm trees
- Sea and distant headland
- Sky with clouds
Symbols
- Palm trees
- Flower garlands
- Hibiscus flowers
- Pineapple
- Roast meat platter
- Split score windows numbered 1st and 2nd
- Red players banner
- Metal identification plate
Lettering
- Large red brush script with black and cream drop shadow for the title; black cursive script for gottlieb's; bold white block sans-serif capitals on the red players banner and the red instruction panel; cream block capitals on the score window ovals.
Themes
- Tropical
- Island
- Hula
- Beach
- Exotic dancing
- Vacation
- Two player
- Skill game
Title on it
- Pleasure isle
Text on it
- PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY
- 1st
- PLAYER
- 2nd
- BALLS TO PLAY
- 5
- SAME PLAYER CONTINUES PLAY
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHIPPER MFG. CO.
- CHICAGO. ILL. 60657
- GAME
- Gottlieb's
- 2 Player
- Pleasure Isle
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left foreground, dark shoulder-length hair, green leaf headband and red hibiscus behind the ear, bare-shouldered, smiling, holding a large round pink-red tray of roast meat, pineapple and fruit at chest height |
| Woman | Centre, inside a plain yellow rectangular panel between two palm trunks, hula dancer in a yellow bandeau top and green grass skirt, both arms raised, dark hair |
| Woman | Right, largest figure, black hair with flower, red and orange floral dress, both arms flung upward in a dance, laughing open-mouthed expression |
| Man | Behind the right-hand woman, short dark hair, red-and-white shirt, grinning, holding a cup |
| Other | Two small background bathers on the beach near the centre-right horizon, one in red, one partly in the water |
A painted tropical-island backglass. Sky-blue background with fluffy grey-white clouds, a dark green palm-tree headland with distant buildings silhouetted on the horizon, a turquoise sea and a sandy beach with grass tufts along the bottom. Four women and one man are pictured: at left a smiling dark-haired woman with a red hibiscus behind her ear and a green leaf headband, holding a huge pink-red serving tray piled with a spiced roast, pineapple and fruit; centre, framed between two palm trunks in a plain yellow rectangular panel, a hula dancer in a yellow bandeau and green grass skirt with both arms raised; on the right a large laughing woman in a red and orange floral dress, arms flung up, black hair with a flower, backed by a grinning man in a red-and-white shirt holding a cup. Top centre is a red banner reading PLAYERS with 1 OR 2 and CAN PLAY, flanked by two rope-framed score windows. Bottom centre is a large red script logo with Gottlieb's 2 Player in black script at its left. Flat, saturated, mid-century American cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines.
Backglass Hawaiian Isle
- blue
- green
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: hawaiian isle: two rope-framed thatch-edged windows labeled first and second at top corners, blonde hula dancer standing in grey hut doorway center between leaning palm trees, second hula girl and bare-chested man at right edge, black-haired woman holding decorated tray lower left, turquoise sky-blue ground, mechanical reels and player indicators, italian instruction strips
Two rope-lashed thatch-framed reel windows labelled '1st' and '2nd' sit at the top corners, framing a tropical hula scene. A blonde hula dancer stands inside a grey wooden hut doorway dead centre between two leaning palm trees, flanked by two hula girls and a bare-chested man at the right edge. The bottom right carries a white box reading 'IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL', and the whole panel is overprinted with Italian instruction strips including 'SENZA RIPETIZIONE DELLA PARTITA' and 'BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO'. A glare patch on the lower left obscures the round tray held by the left woman.
Setting
- Tropical beach
- Ocean horizon
- Palm trees
- Grass hut doorway
- Pale blue sky with clouds
Symbols
- Palm trees
- Ocean
- Flower leis
- Grass skirts
- Coconut rope trim
- Island
- Clouds
- Thatched roof
- Red arrow
- Mechanical reels
- Orange numbered discs
Lettering
- Mixed: red script with white and dark drop shadows for the island title, green script for the maker wordmark, bold white capitals on red panels for instruction text
Themes
- Hawaii
- Tiki
- Hula
- Beach
- Tropical
- Luau
Title on it
- Hawaiian isle
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY
- TO FINISH 2nd PLAYER
- TURN FOR 1st
- PLAYER
- 1st
- 2nd
- BALLS TO PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- SENZA RIPETIZIONE
- DELLA PARTITA
- WITH NO REPLAY
- 2 Player
- Hawaiian Isle
- BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young woman, long black hair, red flower behind ear, red top, lower left, holding a large round decorated tray partly lost in glare |
| Woman | Blonde hula dancer standing in the grey hut doorway at centre, wearing a grass skirt, arms raised |
| Woman | Black-haired woman at right in a red top, green-and-yellow grass skirt and flower lei, mid-dance, smiling |
| Man | Bare-chested dark-haired man with tanned skin, cropped by the right edge, standing on the beach |
A tropical beach-themed painted backglass on a turquoise sky-blue ground. Two rope-framed, thatch-edged windows sit at the top: the left labelled '1st' in large red script above four white mechanical reels, the right labelled '2nd' in red script above four more reels; each has 'PLAYER' in red capitals beneath. Between them a red arched banner reads 'PLAYERS 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY' with two orange discs bearing 1 and 2, and a small white instruction box sits at upper left of centre. Two coconut-trimmed palm trees rise behind a grey hut doorway in the middle, with an ocean horizon, small island and pale clouds behind. Four human figures: a black-haired young woman at lower left with a red flower behind her ear holding a large round decorated tray; a blonde hula dancer standing in the hut doorway in a grass skirt; a black-haired woman at right in a red top, green-and-yellow grass skirt and lei, mid-dance; and a bare-chested dark-haired man cropped at the far right edge. Bottom text reads a green script maker wordmark plus large red-and-yellow island lettering, with Italian instruction strips below.
Backglass Pleasure Isle
- turquoise
- green
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Woman with glossy red serving tray of roast and fruit, hula dancer in yellow grass skirt, woman with flower garland, three Polynesian-costumed women, palm trees, turquoise sea, Gottlieb's Pleasure Isle, tropical-island bright palette
A woman at the left holding an enormous glossy red serving tray piled with a roast and tropical fruit against a palm-fringed turquoise seascape. The title in huge red script with a heavy white drop shadow reading 'Pleasure Isle', with the smaller 'Gottlieb's' in black cursive and '2 Player' in bold black block letters tucked to its left. A hula dancer in a yellow grass skirt centred between two leaning palm trunks. A thick plaited flower garland looped through the hands of the right-hand woman, framing her raised arm. Cream rope-lashing and tiki-style carved frames around each of the two white score reels.
Setting
- Tropical island beach
- Turquoise sky with clouds
- Leaning palm trees
- Dark blue ocean band
- Bright green grass foreground
Symbols
- Palm trees
- Tiki-style carved score-reel frames
- Rope lashing
- Flower garland
- Flower hair ornament
- Hula skirt
- Serving tray with roast and fruit
- Mechanical score reels
- Clouds
- Ocean
Lettering
- Large red brush-script wordmark with white drop shadow; 'gottlieb's' in black cursive italic above bold black sans-serif '2 player'; score panel labels in red sans-serif capitals on white; maker's line in small black condensed caps on white rounded bars
Themes
- Tropical island
- Polynesian dance
- Beach party
- Hospitality serving tray
- Pinball backglass
Title on it
- Gottlieb's 2 player pleasure isle
Text on it
- PLAYER
- BALLS TO PLAY
- SAME PLAYER CONTINUES PLAY
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- Gottlieb's
- 2 Player
- Pleasure Isle
- IT'S MORE F
- TO COMPETI
- A GAME OF SK
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left, three-quarter view, tan skin, long straight black hair with a red flower behind the ear, smiling with red lips, bare shoulders, holding a huge glossy round red serving tray heaped with a roast joint, greenery and fruit |
| Woman | Centre, smaller, tan skin, black hair pulled up, red bandeau top with patterned trim, yellow straw/grass hula skirt, dancing with left arm raised, standing on green grass between two palm trunks |
| Woman | Right, tan skin, black hair, red-and-white patterned bikini top, right arm arched over her head, holding a looped garland of multicoloured flowers, head tilted |
| Other | Two or three tiny background beachgoers in red/blue swimwear standing at the water's edge behind the right-hand woman |
A wide, brightly coloured tropical-island backglass. Two white mechanical score reels sit at the top, each inside a rope-and-tiki-framed panel with red 'PLAYER' lettering beneath; red header boxes are cropped off at the very top edge. The background is a turquoise sky with soft grey clouds, tall leaning palm trees with green fronds, a dark blue ocean band, and a strip of vivid green grass across the bottom. Three women in Polynesian costume fill the middle: at left a woman with long black hair and a red flower behind her ear smiles forward while holding a huge round red serving tray piled with a roast and fruit; in the centre a smaller woman in a red bandeau top and yellow grass hula skirt dances with one arm raised; at right a woman with black hair wears a red-and-white patterned bikini top, lifts one arm over her head and holds a looped garland of flowers. Behind her, tiny beachgoers stand at the water's edge. Bottom centre the title reads 'Gottlieb's 2 Player Pleasure Isle' in large red script with white shadow, above a white maker's plate reading 'MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 60651'. A white instruction card on the left reads 'BALLS TO PLAY / SAME PLAYER CONTINUES PLAY'; a red box on the right is partly cut off.