1982 · Gottlieb
Striker
Known for Left and Right playfields, Second flipper pairs, Rollunder and Offense. Aerial view of a football pitch with white markings, black score display bezels and cream triangular player flags.
- Year
- 1982
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- lower playfield
Left and Right playfields
- extra flipper
Second flipper pairs
- rollunder
Rollunder
- Lights
Offense
- Lights
Defense
- Hole
Free Kick
On the playfield
Extra level 1
- Left and Right playfields lower playfield
Hole 1
- Free Kick
Targets 3
- Top drop targets
- Center drop targets
- Lower standup targets
Lanes 3
- Rollunder rollunder
- Rollover lane
- Lower side lanes
Flipper 1
- Second flipper pairs extra flipper
Lights 2
- Offense
- Defense
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Fair-skinned adult male goalkeeper, short brown hair, plain orange jersey, holding a black-and-white football in both hands at chest height, standing centre-right
- man Fair-skinned adult male with short brown hair in a red-orange sleeveless top, larger scale, behind and right of the goalkeeper, facing forward
- man Smaller red-orange shirted player with white shorts at lower left, sliding or lunging forward with both arms outstretched
- man Smaller player in a white shirt standing near the left penalty area markings
- man Smaller player in a white shirt and shorts at lower centre-right, arms raised
- man Red-orange shirted player falling or tumbling at bottom centre with a black-and-white football beside his legs
Setting
- Aerial view of a football pitch with white markings
- Black score display bezels
- Cream triangular player flags
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- STRIKER
- MATCH
- Player 1
- Player 2
- Player 3
- Player 4
- GOALS
- 17880
- 470120
- 0000000
- 1200
- 00 00
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Pass
- Left Offense
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Art
- David Moore
Reference
Linked terms
- Rollunder also called lower rollunder
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- orange
- cream
- black
Fingerprint: STRIKER logo with football balanced on lettering, orange-shirted goalkeeper, second man looming behind, aerial televised pitch view, green field with white markings, red-orange players.
The huge diagonal STRIKER logo with a football balanced on top of the lettering and black speed-line shading is the first thing anyone would recall. Behind it an orange-shirted goalkeeper clutches a football while a second, larger man's face looms over his shoulder. Four cream-and-black triangular Player 1 to Player 4 flags paired with GOALS windows are unusual, and the whole ground is rendered as a top-down televised football pitch in green with white markings. Small red-orange shirted players are scattered across the lower half, one sliding on his front with a ball at his feet.
Setting
- Aerial view of a football pitch with white markings
- Black score display bezels
- Cream triangular player flags
Symbols
- Footballs
- Football pitch centre circle
- Penalty box lines
- Seven-segment score displays
- Triangular player-number flags
Lettering
- Large italic cream-and-orange block capitals with black speed-line drop shading for the title; small orange script logotype above; condensed sans-serif black panel labels
Themes
- Football
- Soccer
- Sport
- Pitch view
- Goalkeeper
- Team sport
Title on it
- Striker
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- STRIKER
- MATCH
- Player 1
- Player 2
- Player 3
- Player 4
- GOALS
- 17880
- 470120
- 0000000
- 1200
- 00 00
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Fair-skinned adult male goalkeeper, short brown hair, plain orange jersey, holding a black-and-white football in both hands at chest height, standing centre-right |
| Man | Fair-skinned adult male with short brown hair in a red-orange sleeveless top, larger scale, behind and right of the goalkeeper, facing forward |
| Man | Smaller red-orange shirted player with white shorts at lower left, sliding or lunging forward with both arms outstretched |
| Man | Smaller player in a white shirt standing near the left penalty area markings |
| Man | Smaller player in a white shirt and shorts at lower centre-right, arms raised |
| Man | Red-orange shirted player falling or tumbling at bottom centre with a black-and-white football beside his legs |
A football-themed backglass printed to resemble a televised aerial view of a green pitch, with white markings (centre circle, halfway line, penalty box) filling the background. Across the upper third sits a large diagonal logo reading STRIKER in cream-and-orange block capitals with heavy black horizontal speed-line shading behind it and a black-and-white football perched above the lettering; an orange script Gottlieb logotype sits just above and left of the word. Two adult male footballers dominate the centre-right: a fair-skinned, short brown-haired player in a plain orange goalkeeper-style jersey cradling a black-and-white football in both hands, and behind him a second fair-skinned man in a red-orange sleeveless top. Four smaller players in red-orange and white kits are scattered across the lower half, one sliding with arms outstretched, one standing near the left penalty area, one with arms raised, and one tumbling at bottom centre beside a football. Four black rectangular score windows with cyan-green digits are set into the glass, paired with cream-and-black triangular flags labelled Player 1 to Player 4 and small GOALS readouts. Airbrushed painted realism of early-1980s sports machines.
Backglass
- green
- orange
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: Two bare-armed footballers in orange-red kit with overlapping arms holding panelled ball between them, enormous slanted STRIKE! wordmark in yellow-orange with white outline and black shadow, ball perched above lettering, flat mid-green pitch background with penalty-box markings, airbrushed soft-focus sport action illustration
The single most memorable element is the oversized slanted STRIKE! wordmark, yellow-to-orange capitals with a heavy white outline and black shadow, kicked up by a small ball perched above it. Two bare-armed young male footballers in matching orange-red kit dominate the centre, arms flung up and overlapping, with a panelled ball trapped between them. A fourth window-and-digit readout arrangement is set directly into a flat mid-green pitch background with faint white box markings, so the figures look stamped onto a playing field rather than a scene. Score windows sit symmetrically in pairs flanking the players.
Setting
- Flat mid-green field with faint white pitch markings
Symbols
- Football
- Penalty-box markings
- Four rectangular score windows
- Small two-digit readouts
Lettering
- Large slanted italic capitals, yellow-to-orange fill, thick white outline, black drop shadow
Themes
- Football
- Association football
- Players
- Sports
- Pitch
Title on it
- Strike!
Text on it
- STRIKE!
- 00 00
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young adult male footballer, short dark hair, orange-red short-sleeved kit, facing three-quarters left, one arm raised, upper body bare at the sleeve |
| Man | Young adult male footballer, fair/light hair, orange-red short-sleeved kit, turned slightly right, arm raised and overlapping the other figure |
| Other | White-and-dark panelled football held between the two figures at chest height |
| Other | Second round ball motif near the lower centre with a partly obscured limb below it |
A rectangular backglass on a flat mid-green ground, printed like a football pitch with faint white penalty-box and touchline markings. Across the top a large slanted wordmark reads STRIKE!, set in heavy italic capitals with a bright yellow-to-orange face, a thick white outline and a black drop shadow; a small black-and-white ball sits above the lettering. The centre of the glass is a painted action montage of two young adult male footballers in orange-red kit: one with short dark hair facing three-quarters left, the other fair-haired and turned slightly right, their arms raised and overlapping, with a white-and-dark panelled ball held between them at chest height. A further round ball motif and a partly obscured limb appear near the lower centre. Four rectangular score windows with pale digit faces are set into the green field, two to the left and two to the right of the figures, with small two-digit readouts between them. The overall paint is airbrushed and slightly soft in focus, with glass reflections washing across the top edge.