1987 · Gottlieb
Spring Break
Known for Mini-playfield, 1-2-3 standups, Drop target banks and Four-Ball Multiball. Sandy beach ground texture, coastal road with palm trees, boat deck and night-time party.
- Year
- 1987
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- upper playfield
Mini-playfield
- Target
1-2-3 standups
- Target
Drop target banks
- Multiball
Four-Ball Multiball
- Goal
Release
- Goal
Vacation
On the playfield
Extra level 1
- Mini-playfield upper playfield
Orbits 2
- Mini-playfield loop loop
- Middle right loop loop
Hole 1
- Mini-playfield kicker
Targets 3
- 1-2-3 standups
- Mini-playfield drop targets
- Drop target banks
Lanes 3
- Left in lane
- Last Chance lanes
- Extra ball lane
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Young man in an open shirt at the night party photo, upper left
- woman Young woman in a white bikini top, night party photo, upper left
- woman Blonde young woman in a yellow bikini top standing on a boat deck, centre
- man Young man in a white t-shirt and shorts holding a bottle up, centre
- woman Young woman in a dark swimsuit at the night party, upper left
- man Young man in sunglasses and swim trunks in the convertible, upper right
Setting
- Sandy beach ground texture
- Coastal road with palm trees
- Boat deck
- Night-time party
Text on it
- Spring Break
- BEACHER
- PUSH FLIPPER TO PLAY
How it plays
-
Modes 1
- Free multiball rules
-
Multiballs 1
- Four-Ball Multiball 4-ball
-
Goals 2
- Release
- Vacation
-
Awards 1
- Last Chance
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Art
- Don Marshall
- Art
- Larry Day
- Software
- John Buras
Reference
Linked terms
- 1-2-3 standups also called Release qualification targets
- Mini-playfield drop targets also called Upper drop targets
- Mini-playfield kicker also called Kicker lane
- Drop target banks also called 3-banks
- Four-Ball Multiball also called Release All Balls
- Release also called Release feature
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- beige
- sky blue
- orange-red
- white
Fingerprint: spring break title in large slanted orange-red cursive script with yellow fill and dark outline; pale blue banner strip carrying title across top left; overlapping tilted colour photographs depicting young adults in swimwear and open shirts; scattered props between photos: black sunglasses, camera, yellow sunscreen tube, silver coins, pale blue inflated beach lounger on right; sandy beige ground, sky blue, orange-red palette
The whole artwork is a holiday snapshot collage on sand, dominated by a huge pale blue inflatable lounger on the right printed BEACHER in black capitals down its length. A yellow cylindrical sunscreen tube and a scatter of sunglasses, a camera and coins lie between the tilted photo prints. Green dot-matrix lettering reading PUSH FLIPPER TO PLAY glows on the black panel below the artwork.
Setting
- Sandy beach ground texture
- Coastal road with palm trees
- Boat deck
- Night-time party
Symbols
- Black sunglasses
- 35mm camera with lens
- Silver compact camera
- Yellow sunscreen tube
- Silver coins and bottle caps
- Palm trees
- Red convertible car
- Inflatable beach lounger
Lettering
- Large slanted cursive script logo, orange-red with yellow fill and dark outline, on a pale blue banner strip; green dot-matrix capitals on the display panel below
Themes
- Spring break
- Beach holiday
- College students
- Sunbathing
- Surf culture
Title on it
- Spring break
Text on it
- Spring Break
- BEACHER
- PUSH FLIPPER TO PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young man in an open shirt at the night party photo, upper left |
| Woman | Young woman in a white bikini top, night party photo, upper left |
| Woman | Blonde young woman in a yellow bikini top standing on a boat deck, centre |
| Man | Young man in a white t-shirt and shorts holding a bottle up, centre |
| Woman | Young woman in a dark swimsuit at the night party, upper left |
| Man | Young man in sunglasses and swim trunks in the convertible, upper right |
| Woman | Passenger in the red convertible, upper right |
| Man | Man in a floral hawaiian shirt, bottom-left group photo |
| Woman | Woman in a patterned swimsuit, bottom-left group photo |
| Man | Man in a yellow shirt, bottom-left group photo |
| Woman | Woman lying sunbathing on a boat deck, bottom right |
| Man | Man in dark shorts lying sunbathing, bottom right |
| Woman | Woman in a red bikini lying sunbathing, bottom right |
| Man | Man in a yellow shirt and sunglasses at bottom-right sunbathing photo |
A backglass built as a scrapbook collage laid on a sandy beige ground. Across the top left a pale blue banner strip carries the title Spring Break in large slanted orange-red cursive script with a yellow fill highlight and dark outline. The surface is filled with overlapping tilted colour photographs: top left, a night-time party photo of about eight young adults in swimwear and open shirts crowding together; upper right, a red-and-white 1960s-style convertible driving along a palm-lined coast road with two people aboard; centre, a blonde young woman in a yellow bikini top and a young man in a white T-shirt and shorts standing barefoot on a boat deck, the man holding a bottle aloft. Bottom left is a group photo of four young people in patterned shirts and swimwear under palm trees, and bottom right a photo of several sunbathers lying on a boat deck, one in a yellow shirt. Props are scattered between the photos: black sunglasses, a camera with lens, a silver compact camera, a yellow cylindrical sunscreen tube, silver coins or bottle caps, and a large pale blue inflated beach lounger on the right. Dominant colours are sand beige, sky blue, orange-red and white.