1979 · Gottlieb
The Incredible Hulk
Known for Drop target 7-bank, 1-2-3 targets and Kickers. Burnt orange sky/field, flying grey shattered masonry blocks, scattered olive and yellow debris, black rubble fragments, grey chain links and maroon cabinet frame border.
- Year
- 1979
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Drop target 7-bank
- Target
1-2-3 targets
- kickback lanes
Kickers
On the playfield
Targets 3
- Drop target 7-bank
- 1-2-3 targets
- Upper-right targets
Kickback 1
- Kickers kickback lanes
Lanes 2
- Right side lane
- Center star rollovers rollovers
On the backglass
Who and what
- monster Central colossal emerald-green muscular male humanoid, black shaggy hair, torn magenta singlet, bare green feet, lunging forward with both huge clawed hands spread open, teeth bared in a grin
- monster Second large green muscular male behind and right of centre, black hair, head tilted, eyes shut and teeth clenched in a scowl
- monster Third green muscular male, black hair, mouth wide open crying out, teeth showing, chained
- man Brown-skinned bearded man with wide white eyes, mouth agape in terror, only head and neck visible at right
- man Tan/olive-skinned man in a pink or mauve shirt at far right, receding brown hair, crying with eyes shut and grimacing
- other Small multicoloured atom symbol with a pink/red nucleus and blue, green and yellow orbiting rings at right centre
Setting
- Burnt orange sky/field
- Flying grey shattered masonry blocks
- Scattered olive and yellow debris
- Black rubble fragments
- Grey chain links
- Maroon cabinet frame border
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- GAME OF SKILL
- MARVEL'S
- THE INCREDIBLE
- HULK
- Game Over
- NUMBER TO MATCH
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- ABC
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- Right side lane also called middle right lane
- Kickers also called center-side kickers also called Bonus Collect kickers also called chutes
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- cream
- green
- magenta
- yellow-orange
Fingerprint: Incredible hulk title, huge bright-green muscular figure sprawled upper-middle, dwarfing everything, four white cone bumper caps clustered directly above, green 2X 3X 4X 6X MULTIPLIER panel, teal HULK wordmark ringed yellow starbursts, V-shaped numbered insert lamps ladder center, two SHOOTS AGAIN apron slingshot panels, cream playfield green chevron stripes, magenta-outlined instruction cards.
An enormous bright-green muscular Hulk sprawled across the upper-middle of the playfield, dwarfing everything else. Four white cone pop-bumper caps clustered in an arc directly above him under a green '2X 3X 4X 6X MULTIPLIER' panel. A teal block HULK wordmark ringed by yellow starbursts. A V-shaped ladder of numbered insert lamps fanning up the orange-yellow centre, flanked by two 'SHOOTS AGAIN' apron-style slingshot panels. Cream playfield with bold green chevron stripes and magenta-outlined instruction cards.
Setting
- Comic-book explosion bursts and starbursts
- Painted city/ruin silhouettes in mauve and pink at the top arch
- Orange-to-yellow sunset gradient in the lower centre
Symbols
- Yellow starburst/explosion shapes
- Multiplier ovals (2x, 3x, 4x, 6x)
- Diagonal arrows
- Drop-target rectangles
- Round saucer bumpers
- Concentric glow rings
- Playing-card-like spade and star icons near the lower left
- Speech-bubble style 'collect bonus' and 'add bonus' labels
Notable shapes
- Large v-shaped fan of nine numbered insert lamps
- Four white cone bumper caps in a row
- Tall narrow vertical drop-target slots with arrowed tops
- Oval multiplier panel at the arch
- Diagonal 'collect bonus' ramps/lanes angling to the centre
Art motifs
- Comic book panel borders
- Halftone dot patterns
- Speed lines
- Explosion clouds
- Vintage four-colour printing feel
- Chevron stripes
Themes
- Comic book superheroes
- Marvel
- Green monster
- 1970s-styled artwork
- Arcade action
Title on it
- Hulk / the incredible hulk
Text on it
- 2X 3X 4X 6X MULTIPLIER
- 500 OR 5000 BONUS
- HULK
- BONUS MULTIPLIER
- 2X
- 4X
- 6X
- 500 OR 5000
- COLLECT BONUS
- 20,000
- ADD BONUS
- 10,000
- LIGHTS
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 7000
- 8000
- 9000
- SUPER VALUE
- GAME OVER
- SHOOTS AGAIN
- THE INCREDIBLE HULK TM
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 3 BALLS PER PLAYER
- DROP TARGETS SCORE 3000 POINTS. COMPLETING DROP TARGETS SPOTS C SCORES 5000 POINTS AND RESETS TARGETS.
- COMPLETING 2 3 4 SEQUENCE LIGHTS EXTRA BALL BOLOVER AND SPINNING TARGET.
- COMPLETING A B C SEQUENCE LIGHTS SPECIAL BOLOVER.
- SUPER BUMPER AND BOLOVER BUTTONS SCORE 1000 POINTS.
- MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS BOLOLIKE AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORE ONE REPLAY.
- FLIPPER BUTTON ON SIDE OF CABINET
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- A Columbia Pictures Industries Company
- 105 W. LAKE STREET, MORTON GROVE, ILLINOIS 60093
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 160,000 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 320,000 POINTS.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 480,000 POINTS.
- 3 REPLAYS FOR BEATING HIGH SCORE TO DATE.
- MADE AND PRINTED IN U.S.A.
- 16
- B-19277-1
- SUPER BUMPER
- 3X
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Huge bright-green muscular male superhero, black short hair, angry grimace, giant clenched fists, bare-chested with purple torn shorts, sprawled horizontally across the upper-middle of the playfield in classic comic style |
| Other | Several small green chattering hulk heads with dark hair, grimacing, flanking the drop-target banks on both left and right sides |
| Other | Yellow and purple small hulk figures depicted on the lower pop-bumper caps and on the slingshot plastics |
| Monster | A purple/green villain-like figure painted in the mauve arch area near the top right of the upper field |
| Other | A small green figure painted in the arch at top left |
Vertically-oriented playfield art, cream border with green chevron stripes, dominated by a huge muscular green Hulk figure mid-upper field, lying/striding forward with oversized fists, drawn in flat comic-book colour with heavy black outlines. Above him sits a green oval '2X 3X 4X 6X MULTIPLIER' panel flanked by four white cone pop-bumper caps, two of them glowing green. A large block-letter teal-and-white HULK logo with yellow starbursts sits just below the figure, over a yellow starburst 'BONUS MULTIPLIER' band showing 2X 4X 6X. Two big yellow starbursts read '500 OR 5000' and '500 OR 5000' with red 'COLLECT BONUS' flags; diagonal lanes carry 'COLLECT BONUS' and 'ADD BONUS' text, and '10,000' appears in white numerals at both lower corners. The mid-lower field is a yellow-to-orange gradient with a V-shaped ladder of round insert lamps labelled 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10,000 and a black-bordered 'COLLECT BONUS 20,000' panel. Lower left/right hold two banks of three vertical drop targets each, with small green chattering Hulk faces beside them, and two round saucer-like pop bumpers lower left and right. A cream instruction card with black serif text sits bottom left, and a white card with magenta border bottom right. Colours: cream, green, magenta-pink, yellow-orange, black.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- green
- magenta
- yellow
Fingerprint: The Incredible Hulk title teal-green block letters orange outline; colossal bright green muscular humanoid torn magenta singlet lunging clawed hands spread grinning; three more chained green muscular men behind snarling weeping terrified; two terrified cartoon scientists cowering right; small atom symbol; burnt orange background flying grey rubble; four blue alphanumeric displays yellow player numbers 1-4
A colossal emerald-green hulking figure in a torn magenta singlet, lunging out of the glass with both oversized clawed hands reaching forward, framed by chains. Three other enormous green musclemen are chained in a row behind him, snarling and weeping. A small orange atom-with-orbitals icon sits at the right beside two terrified cartoon scientists. Four blue alphanumeric LED score windows ring the glass, each matched by a yellow 1-2-3-4 player number. Chunks of grey rubble fly across a burnt orange background behind the title.
Setting
- Burnt orange sky/field
- Flying grey shattered masonry blocks
- Scattered olive and yellow debris
- Black rubble fragments
- Grey chain links
- Maroon cabinet frame border
Symbols
- Atom with orbital rings
- Grey chains
- Playing-card-like yellow player number panels
- Yellow and green arrow panels
- Shattered rock fragments
Lettering
- Very large chunky teal-green sans-serif block capitals with orange and black outline and drop shadow for the title; small red sans-serif marvel's above; cursive blue-white script for the gottlieb's name top left; small white sans-serif caption beneath it
Themes
- Comic book
- Superhero
- Monster
- Rubble and destruction
- Science atom symbol
Title on it
- The incredible hulk
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- GAME OF SKILL
- MARVEL'S
- THE INCREDIBLE
- HULK
- Game Over
- NUMBER TO MATCH
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Central colossal emerald-green muscular male humanoid, black shaggy hair, torn magenta singlet, bare green feet, lunging forward with both huge clawed hands spread open, teeth bared in a grin |
| Monster | Second large green muscular male behind and right of centre, black hair, head tilted, eyes shut and teeth clenched in a scowl |
| Monster | Third green muscular male, black hair, mouth wide open crying out, teeth showing, chained |
| Man | Brown-skinned bearded man with wide white eyes, mouth agape in terror, only head and neck visible at right |
| Man | Tan/olive-skinned man in a pink or mauve shirt at far right, receding brown hair, crying with eyes shut and grimacing |
| Other | Small multicoloured atom symbol with a pink/red nucleus and blue, green and yellow orbiting rings at right centre |
A four-player comic-style backglass in a maroon/red cabinet frame. The centre is dominated by an enormous bright green muscular humanoid with a torn magenta-purple singlet, bare feet and black hair, lunging forward with both clawed hands spread, grinning and shouting. Behind him, chained at the right, are three more huge green muscular men with snarling, crying and terrified expressions. At the far right stand two cartoon men: one brown-skinned with a beard, one tan/olive-skinned in a lab-coat-like pink garment, both cowering, plus a small multicoloured atom symbol. The background is burnt orange with flying grey and olive-green shattered masonry blocks and black rubble. Across the top, huge chunky teal-green block letters with orange outline read THE INCREDIBLE HULK, flanked by red MARVEL'S and cursive script Gottlieb's with the caption GAME OF SKILL. Four blue-green seven-segment alphanumeric score displays sit at the corners, each paired with a yellow number panel (1, 2, 3, 4). Yellow and green arrow panels at bottom centre carry NUMBER TO MATCH. A red square reads Game Over. Small artist signature block bottom right.