1970 · Gottlieb
Scuba
Known for Bull's-eye standups, Yellow bumper and Rail slingshots. Underwater seabed, sunken wooden boat hull and open sea with light rays.
- Year
- 1970
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- Target
Bull's-eye standups
- Bumper
Yellow bumper
- Slingshot
Rail slingshots
On the playfield
- teal
- cream
- orange
- red
- 2 flippers
- 5 pop bumpers
- 2 target banks
- 2 slingshots
Bumpers 2
- Yellow bumper
- Red bumpers
Targets 2
- Bull's-eye standups
- Yellow standups
Lanes 3
- Middle lane set
- Outer side lane
- Out lanes
Slingshot 1
- Rail slingshots
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Cartoon snorkeller in orange swim trunks and diving mask, swimming horizontally across the centre
- woman Red-haired mermaid figure in a green-beaded bikini top, arms outstretched, at lower right
- creature Green scaly sea monster with an open toothed mouth, upper centre-left
- animal Yellow fish and a sea turtle among the swimming figures
- other Large dark grey shark- or porpoise-like animal with an open jaw looming behind the group on the right
Setting
- Underwater seabed
- Sunken wooden boat hull
- Open sea with light rays
Text on it
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60657
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- Gottlieb's
- 2
- PLAYER
- SCUBA
- PLAYER 1
- 1,2 7 7
- PLAYER 2
- 0,0 0 0
- A GAME OF SKILL
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
- 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Reference
Linked terms
- Bull's-eye standups also called Bullseye "arrow" standups also called Five bull's-eye standup targets
- Yellow bumper also called Yellow pop bumper
- Outer side lane also called Outer side return lanes
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- teal
- cream
- orange
- red
Fingerprint: Two blonde pin-up women in bikinis with blue swim fins running toward center meeting beside colored plateau ladder, four teardrop-shaped red 50 points lamps, row of six vertical lanes with tilt and when lit inserts, red-outlined curve on cream apron, bullseye targets and competition theme
Two blonde pin-up women in bikinis wearing long blue swim fins run towards each other across the centre of the playfield, their outstretched hands meeting beside a ladder of coloured plateau inserts. Flanking them are four large teardrop-shaped red 50 POINTS OR 300 lamps and a row of six vertical lanes with TILT and WHEN LIT inserts. The lower third is a plain cream apron with a bold red-outlined curve, a red-and-blue FLIPPER BUTTONS arrow, and a D. Gottlieb & Co. script signature in blue ink. The upper third is a busy arch of white pop-bumper caps and 10 HIT WHEN LIT targets over a yellow-orange burst, with only the letters ORLD and AN of the title surviving above the plastics.
Setting
- Stylised sea or lagoon in teal and sea-green with pale tan sand
- Abstract blue-green water with curved wave lines
- Plain cream-white lower apron below a red-outlined curve
Symbols
- Bullseye targets
- Red star rosettes
- Arrows
- Colour-coded round inserts
- Pop-bumper caps
- Drop targets
Notable shapes
- Central ladder of seven coloured round inserts between the two figures
- Red teardrop 50 points or 300 lamp clusters in both lower corners
- Large shallow arch at the top of the playfield
- Curved red-outlined sweep on the lower apron
- Wire guide crossing the upper playfield diagonally
Art motifs
- Mirror-symmetrical pin-up figures
- Radiating yellow-orange sunburst
- Wave lines
- Numbered scoring insert ladders
Themes
- Swimming
- Aquatic
- Pin-up sport
- Competition
- Bullseye target shooting
Title on it
- Orld
Text on it
- 50 POINTS
- 300
- 10
- HIT WHEN LIT
- TILT
- WHEN LIT
- ORLD
- AN
- MFT. BY
- POINTS
- OUT HOLE
- 4TH PLATEAU
- 3RD PLATEAU
- 2ND PLATEAU
- 1ST PLATEAU
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 50 POINTS OR 300
- TO POINTS
- 10 POINTS
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
- INSTRUCTIONS
- ONE or TWO PLAYERS - 5 BALLS PER PLAYER
- INSERT COIN AND WAIT FOR MACHINE TO REST BEFORE INSERTING COIN FOR SECOND PLAYER
- PLAYERS TAKE TURNS SHOOTING AS SHOWN ON BACK GLASS
- POINTS ARE SCORED AS INDICATED
- COMPLETING THE BULLS EYE TARGET 10 SEQUENCE SCORES 500 POINTS.
- COMPLETING THE 4TH PLATEAU LIGHTS 4 BUMPERS AND RESETS THE TARGET SEQUENCE.
- A 5T DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER
- THE 1ST PLATEAU LIGHTS THE RED BUMPERS AND THE 4TH PLATEAU LIGHTS THE YELLOW BUMPERS
- A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER
- MATCHING LAST NUMBER IN SCORE WITH NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER AWARDS ONE REPLAY.
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60651
- REPLAY
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 4200 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 5600 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 6400 POINTS.
- NICKELS
- 1 PLAY
- 25
- 9 PLAYS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left of centre: blonde pin-up in a red-and-white polka-dot bikini bottom, bare back and chest, long blue swim flippers, running to the right with one arm forward |
| Woman | Right of centre: blonde pin-up in a red bikini with patterned briefs, long blue swim flippers, running to the left with one arm raised, mirrored against the first woman |
| Woman | Small red-haired swimmer in a red swimsuit diving horizontally across the top right, above the round 10 targets, one arm outstretched |
Full-length overhead view of a 1970s electro-mechanical playfield, with the ball trough and the cabinet's metal front edge visible at the bottom. The lower third is a cream apron with a red-outlined curve, carrying a BALL IN PLAY / GAME OVER window, a printed INSTRUCTIONS card, a replay-score card and a blue script company signature. Above it, printed art in teal, sea-green, tan and orange: two blonde pin-up women in bikinis with long blue swim flippers run towards each other across the centre, flanking a ladder of coloured round inserts labelled 1ST, 2ND, 3RD and 4TH PLATEAU, with 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER arrow labels below. Red teardrop 50 POINTS OR 300 lamps fill both lower corners above pairs of WHEN LIT drop targets, with TO POINTS and 10 POINTS arrows at the slingshots. The top is a shallow arch of five pop-bumper caps and white round 10 HIT WHEN LIT targets over a yellow-orange burst, with a wireform ball guide crossing it; only the letters ORLD and AN of the title remain legible above the plastics.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- teal
- orange
- red
- cream
Fingerprint: gottlieb's 2 player scuba, giant red-cream bubble-letter SCUBA slanting across dark teal underwater scene, huge cream numeral 2 above it, four cartoon divers and sea-life figures around wooden sunken boat, mechanical score drums in black ovals, dark shark looming behind, flat underwater palette
A giant red-and-cream bubble-letter word SCUBA slanting up across a dark teal underwater scene, with a huge cream numeral 2 tucked above it and cursive Gottlieb's 2 PLAYER above that. Two separate mechanical score drums in black ovals, one showing 0,0 0 0 for PLAYER 2 at top right and 1,2 7 7 for PLAYER 1 at lower left. A four-figure cartoon cast of snorkelling humans and a fanged scaly sea monster swimming in front of a sunken wooden boat. Red-on-yellow caption A GAME OF SKILL beside a dark open-jawed shark shape.
Setting
- Underwater seabed
- Sunken wooden boat hull
- Open sea with light rays
Symbols
- Triangular flipper emblem badge
- Numeral 2
- Four-digit mechanical score windows
- Swimming fish
- Sea turtle
- Sunken boat
Lettering
- Mixed: fat rounded red-and-cream bubble capitals with yellow highlight for scuba, slanted cursive script for gottlieb's, condensed cream sans-serif capitals on the maker's scroll and caption boxes
Themes
- Underwater
- Diving
- Scuba
- Submarine
- Sea monsters
- Mermaid
- Competitive play
Title on it
- Gottlieb's 2 player scuba
Text on it
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60657
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- Gottlieb's
- 2
- PLAYER
- SCUBA
- PLAYER 1
- 1,2 7 7
- PLAYER 2
- 0,0 0 0
- A GAME OF SKILL
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
- 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Cartoon snorkeller in orange swim trunks and diving mask, swimming horizontally across the centre |
| Woman | Red-haired mermaid figure in a green-beaded bikini top, arms outstretched, at lower right |
| Creature | Green scaly sea monster with an open toothed mouth, upper centre-left |
| Animal | Yellow fish and a sea turtle among the swimming figures |
| Other | Large dark grey shark- or porpoise-like animal with an open jaw looming behind the group on the right |
A rectangular backglass with a white/cream outer border framing a painted underwater scene in teal, sea-green, orange and red. Across the upper left-centre, a cream scroll banner reads MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 60657, with a small triangular FLIPPER emblem badge in the middle carrying A Gottlieb above it and SKILL GAME below. A large stylised title logo dominates the left-centre: a huge numeral 2 in cream with red outline beside the word SCUBA in fat rounded red-and-cream bubble letters with a yellow highlight, arcing diagonally upward to the right; above it, cursive script reads Gottlieb's 2 PLAYER. Two black oval score windows sit on the glass, one at upper right labelled PLAYER 2 with cream mechanical number wheels showing 0,0 0 0, and one at lower left labelled PLAYER 1 showing 1,2 7 7. Between and around them are cartoon diver and sea-life figures: a snorkelling swimmer in orange trunks and a mask, a red-haired mermaid-like woman with a green-beaded bikini top and tail, a scaly green sea creature with an open toothed mouth, a yellow fish and a turtle, plus a wooden sunken boat hull on the right. A dark grey shark- or porpoise-like shape with an open jaw looms behind the figures. Red caption text reads A GAME OF SKILL, yellow text on the right reads IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE, and red text at the bottom left reads 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME. The glass shows scratches, edge wear and room reflections.