1983 · Gottlieb
Royal Flush Deluxe
Known for Far-left white lane, Nine-card bank, Joker lanes and Center pad. Flat black field and radiating diagonal spokes.
- Year
- 1983
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
Far-left white lane
- Drop target
Nine-card bank
- Lane
Joker lanes
- pad
Center pad
- Lane
Open Gate
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Center pad pad
Drop targets 3
- Nine-card bank
- Lower-left targets
- Upper card drops
Lanes 3
- Far-left white lane
- Joker lanes
- Open Gate
Post or gate 1
- Slanted rubber rubber
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Upright bearded king at top centre in left-facing profile: gold crown with green jewels and red band, pale pink skin, blue eye, long curled white beard and moustache, blue and green patterned robe, holding a gold sceptre with a ball finial
- man Second identical bearded king rotated ninety degrees, head at the left edge and pointing down-left, grey-white curled beard, crown, sceptre
- man Third identical bearded king rotated ninety degrees, head at the right edge, beard curling towards the centre, crown and sceptre crossing the lower right
Setting
- Flat black field
- Radiating diagonal spokes
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- ROYAL
- FLUSH
- DELUXE
- BALLS
- IN PLAY
- MATRIX
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Card hand
- Royal Flush
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Terry Doerzaph
- Art
- David Moore
Reference
Linked terms
- Far-left white lane also called Left orbit also called Left scoring lane
- Nine-card bank also called Card drops
- Joker lanes also called Joker
- Open Gate also called Right white lane
- Card hand also called Hand bonus
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- blue
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Three identical white-bearded kings pinwheeled around central red oval, two rotated ninety degrees along edges, cream-and-gold ROYAL FLUSH DELUXE serif title, green-and-red crown motif, long gold sceptres with ball finials crossing corners, black field with radiating yellow spokes and oversized card suits
Three enormous identical white-bearded kings pinwheeled around a central red oval, two of them rotated ninety degrees so their heads lie sideways along the left and right edges - a rotationally symmetrical playing-card court layout. The stacked cream-and-gold serif title ROYAL / FLUSH with DELUXE below, sitting inside a red medallion ringed by a green-and-red crown motif. Long gold sceptres with ball finials crossing the corners over a black field of radiating yellow spokes and scattered oversized card suits.
Setting
- Flat black field
- Radiating diagonal spokes
Symbols
- Red hearts
- Blue clubs
- Yellow-and-blue diamond
- Card suits
- Gold sceptres
- Gold crowns
- Pointed crown motif
- Diagonal spoke rays
Lettering
- Stacked cream block serif capitals with gold gradient shading on a red medallion, plus a small yellow cursive maker script above
Themes
- Playing cards
- Card court
- Kings
- Royal flush
- Poker
Title on it
- Royal flush deluxe
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- ROYAL
- FLUSH
- DELUXE
- BALLS
- IN PLAY
- MATRIX
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Upright bearded king at top centre in left-facing profile: gold crown with green jewels and red band, pale pink skin, blue eye, long curled white beard and moustache, blue and green patterned robe, holding a gold sceptre with a ball finial |
| Man | Second identical bearded king rotated ninety degrees, head at the left edge and pointing down-left, grey-white curled beard, crown, sceptre |
| Man | Third identical bearded king rotated ninety degrees, head at the right edge, beard curling towards the centre, crown and sceptre crossing the lower right |
A backglass with a black background framed by a rounded bright-blue border, dominated by three large white-bearded king figures arranged in a pinwheel around a central red oval logo. The upright king at the top wears a gold crown with green jewels and a red band, has pale pink skin, a long curled white beard and moustache, blue eye, and holds a gold sceptre with a ball finial; he is shown in left-facing profile. Two further kings are rotated ninety degrees, one down the left edge and one down the right edge, each with grey curled beard, crown and sceptre, so the composition reads as a rotationally symmetrical card-court design. The centre carries cream-and-gold serif lettering on a red medallion: ROYAL over FLUSH, with DELUXE beneath, and a small yellow script Gottlieb above it. Radiating yellow and white diagonal spokes run out from the centre across the black field, interspersed with large red hearts, blue clubs and a yellow-and-blue diamond, plus a green-and-red pointed crown motif. Four green seven-segment score windows with dark bezels sit at the upper left, upper right, mid left and mid right. Near the bottom centre, white text reads BALLS IN PLAY above a small green numeric window showing 12 and 87, with MATRIX printed underneath. Style is flat, brightly saturated airbrushed-and-painted 1960s-70s cartoon artwork.