1967 · Gottlieb
Surf Side
Known for Roto-target, Bullseye standup targets and Upper flippers. Tropical beach with ocean surf, pink and magenta sand hills and cliffs, blue sky with clouds, palms and beach huts and yellow shoreline.
- Year
- 1967
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- roto-target
Roto-target
- Target
Bullseye standup targets
- extra flipper
Upper flippers
On the playfield
Bumpers 3
- Red pop bumper
- Yellow pop bumper
- Center pop bumper
Targets 3
- Roto-target roto-target
- Bullseye standup targets
- Red and yellow standup targets
Lane 1
- Out lanes
Flipper 1
- Upper flippers extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Blonde woman in a yellow bikini sitting on a red-and-white striped deck chair at left, one arm raised, smiling, seagulls beside her
- woman Dark-haired woman in a green swimsuit at lower centre, both arms raised above her head, facing left
- man Man in a red top seated at the wheel of the red-white-magenta speedboat
- man Man in a white shirt leaning out of the speedboat on the right
- animal Several white seagulls in flight at left above the sea
- creature Small distant bathers and a lone surfer on a pink board on the right beach
Setting
- Tropical beach with ocean surf
- Pink and magenta sand hills and cliffs
- Blue sky with clouds
- Palms and beach huts
- Yellow shoreline
Text on it
- 1 player
- 2 player
- 0000
- Gottlieb's
- 2 Player
- Surf Side
- MATCH
- 1st
- 2nd
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- A GAME OF SKILL
- It's more FUN to compete!
- REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
- MFG. CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL.
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Star
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- magenta
Fingerprint: Surf Side in large red cursive over pale-yellow surfboard sail, two blonde women lounging and with arms up, two men in red-white-magenta speedboat cutting through surf, seagulls, palm trees, symmetrical player pennant banners
The centrepiece is a big red cursive Surf Side logo laid over a tall pale-yellow surfboard/sail, with green Gottlieb's script above it. Two blonde women in swimsuits — one lounging on a red-and-white striped deck chair under gulls, one dark-haired in a green swimsuit with arms thrown up — anchor the lower half. Matching red-and-yellow 1 player / 2 player pennant banners with white 0000 reel windows sit symmetrically top left and top right. A bright red, white and magenta speedboat with two men aboard cuts across the surf at lower right.
Setting
- Tropical beach with ocean surf
- Pink and magenta sand hills and cliffs
- Blue sky with clouds
- Palms and beach huts
- Yellow shoreline
Symbols
- Playing-card-suit style three-circle match/1st/2nd display
- Surfer
- Surfboards
- Seagulls
- Speedboat
- Palm trees
- Beach hut
- Sail/surfboard shape
- Mechanical score reels
Lettering
- Large red cursive script title with white drop shadow; green script brand name above it; white sans-serif '2 player' with blue shadow; yellow script on red-and-yellow pennant banners; blue and white small caps in boxed instruction panels
Themes
- Surfing
- Beach
- Water sports
- Summer holiday
- Pimpmobile
- Motorboat
Title on it
- Surf side
Text on it
- 1 player
- 2 player
- 0000
- Gottlieb's
- 2 Player
- Surf Side
- MATCH
- 1st
- 2nd
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- A GAME OF SKILL
- It's more FUN to compete!
- REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
- MFG. CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde woman in a yellow bikini sitting on a red-and-white striped deck chair at left, one arm raised, smiling, seagulls beside her |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a green swimsuit at lower centre, both arms raised above her head, facing left |
| Man | Man in a red top seated at the wheel of the red-white-magenta speedboat |
| Man | Man in a white shirt leaning out of the speedboat on the right |
| Animal | Several white seagulls in flight at left above the sea |
| Creature | Small distant bathers and a lone surfer on a pink board on the right beach |
| Vehicle | Red, white and magenta motor speedboat cutting through white surf |
A brightly coloured printed backglass with a white, speckled-fleck border showing sea, sky, sand and surf. Layout is symmetrical above and below a central vertical pale-yellow surfboard/sail shape. Top left and top right each carry a red and yellow swept pennant banner reading 1 player and 2 player in yellow script, above a white mechanical score reel window reading 0000 outlined in blue. Centre lettering reads Gottlieb's in green script, 2 Player in white letters with blue shadow, and Surf Side in large red cursive script with a white drop shadow and red outline. Left side shows a blonde woman in a yellow bikini sitting on a red-and-white striped deck chair, one arm raised, with seagulls flying beside her. Lower centre is a second woman with dark hair in a green swimsuit raising both arms, beside a red, white and magenta speedboat with two men aboard, one in a red top at the wheel and one in white. Background has a yellow-and-magenta beach with pink sand hills, palm trees, an A-frame hut, bathers, and a lone surfer on a pink board. Bottom left box shows three circles labelled MATCH, 1st, 2nd above CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME and A GAME OF SKILL; bottom right box reads It's more FUN to compete! in blue script. A fine print line runs along the bottom edge.