1956 · Gottlieb
Register
Deep blue starry night sky, four-point white stars, yellow sparkle dots, string of triangular bunting flags across the top, rainbow arcs behind each score window and white cloud cartouche in the centre.
- Year
- 1956
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- white
- yellow
Fingerprint: Gottlieb's 4 PLAYER with drum major white military coat tall red plumed shako, flanked white-faced clowns ruffs, four mechanical score reels corners coloured numeral tabs ordinal captions (1st 2nd 3rd 4th PLAYER), white cloud cartouche red script word REGISTER, two oversized cue balls with promotional text red pale blue, multicoloured triangular bunting top starry blue sky
A drum major in a white military coat and tall red plumed shako, flanked either side by two white-faced clowns in ruffs, standing in front of a white cloud cartouche bearing the red script word Register. Four corner mechanical score reels each paired with a coloured numeral tab and an ordinal caption banner (1st PLAYER, 2nd PLAYER, 3rd PLAYER, 4th PLAYER) with a 4 Player four-way-play wording at the top. Two enormous printed cue balls, one red and one pale blue-white, carrying multi-line promotional sentences about how many players can play at once. A swag of multicoloured triangular bunting strung across the top of a starry blue sky.
Setting
- Deep blue starry night sky
- Four-point white stars
- Yellow sparkle dots
- String of triangular bunting flags across the top
- Rainbow arcs behind each score window
- White cloud cartouche in the centre
Symbols
- Four mechanical score reels
- Coloured numeral tabs 1 2 3 4
- Triangular bunting flags
- White four-point stars
- Rainbow arcs
- Cue balls
- Gold mace
- Feathered shako hat
Lettering
- Red flowing script for register inside the white cloud; white block capitals with dark outline for gottlieb's and the ordinal player captions; 4 in orange outline with player in red; d. gottlieb & co. in red script on a small white scroll banner at top centre; dark blue capitals on a red bar along the bottom
Themes
- Four player
- Pinball
- Circus clowns
- Marching band
- Drum major
- Carnival bunting
Title on it
- Gottlieb's 4 player
Text on it
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- GOTTLIEB'S
- 4 Player
- Register
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- IT'S MORE FUN IF 2, 3, 4 PLAYERS PLAY THE GAME AT ONCE
- 1 TO 4 CAN BE PLAYED AT ONCE
- PLAYERS
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central drum major / bandmaster, adult male with pink face, black moustache, white high-collar coat with gold epaulettes and gold frogging, tall red shako hat with red plume and gold badge, holding a gold-topped black mace upright in his right hand, facing forward with a confident smile |
| Other | Clown at left of the drum major, white face with red cheek circles, bright green hair tuft, green and yellow ruffled collar, head tilted up towards the drum major, mouth open in a grin |
| Other | Clown at right of the drum major, white face with red cheek circles, tall red-and-white striped conical party hat, blue ruffled collar with white spots, smiling and looking leftwards |
| Other | Oversized red cue ball at lower left with black printed text about more fun if 2, 3, 4 players play, plus small printed highlight |
| Other | Oversized pale blue-white cue ball at lower right with green printed text stating 1 to 4 can be played at once |
Illuminated rectangular backglass in a pale wooden frame, painted in flat bright cartoon style on a deep blue night-sky background scattered with small white four-point stars and a scatter of yellow sparkle dots. A string of multicoloured triangular bunting flags runs across the top edge. Four mechanical score windows with coloured frames and numeral tabs 1, 2, 3 and 4 sit in the four corners, each over a rainbow arc, each with a coloured caption banner beneath: red frame with 1st PLAYER top-left, green frame with 2nd PLAYER top-right, blue frame with 3rd PLAYER lower-left, orange frame with 4th PLAYER lower-right. In the centre a white cloud-shaped cartouche carries the red script word Register, above which is a drum major in a white uniform coat with gold epaulettes and frogging, a tall red shako hat with red plume, black moustache, holding a gold-topped black mace upright. He is flanked by two white-faced clowns, the left one with green hair and a green-and-yellow ruff, the right one in a red-and-white striped conical party hat with a blue ruff. Two oversized cue balls sit lower left and lower right, printed with instructions. A red banner along the bottom reads PLAYERS 1 2 3 4 BALL IN PLAY.