Also known as TOTEM
1979 · Electromatic Brasil & Gottlieb
Totem
Known for Vari-target, Right saucer and Offset flippers. Glowing yellow full-moon disc behind the title, dense black tribal-patterned backdrop, river or lagoon with green water and white spray at the lower right and brown rocky/timber shoreline at lower left.
- Year
- 1979
- Maker
- Electromatic Brasil & Gottlieb
- Players
- 4
Known for
- vari-target
Vari-target
- saucer
Right saucer
- Flipper
Offset flippers
2 games under this title
- Standard 1979 · Electro-mechanical · Score reels
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Standard 1979 · Solid state · Alphanumeric
On the playfield
- turquoise
- magenta-pink
- red
- yellow
- 2 flippers
- 4 pop bumpers
- 2 slingshots
Hole 1
- Right saucer saucer
Targets 2
- Vari-target vari-target
- Extra ball target
Lane 1
- Star rollovers rollovers
Flipper 1
- Offset flippers
Post or gate 1
- Right gate gate
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Central bare-chested muscular man with black beard and moustache, red feather headdress with a long yellow-and-black striped sash trailing to the right, yellow loincloth, white wrist cuffs, standing in profile facing left and holding a long yellow paddle
- other Stacked carved totem poles behind the man: a lower square-jawed grinning pole and a tall upper pole with a black raven or bird head and spread wings
- other Tall thin tiki idol to the right of the poles, arms raised, wearing a feather headdress, carved from pale wood
- creature Green and blue masked faces with round white eyes and grimacing mouths stacked down the left edge, and a red-and-blue mask with orange lips at lower right
- man Small seated figure at lower left, orange-skinned with a black beard and yellow clothing, arms raised, near the water
- woman Bared-breasted woman at bottom left in profile with long black hair and a gold necklace, one hand raised near her face
Setting
- Glowing yellow full-moon disc behind the title
- Dense black tribal-patterned backdrop
- River or lagoon with green water and white spray at the lower right
- Brown rocky/timber shoreline at lower left
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- TOTEM
- GAME OVER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 888 510
- 470 890
- 888 340
- 456 560
- 80 88
- NUMBER TO MATCH
- HIT 67
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- MODEL 6A
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- Right saucer also called Bonus Collect saucer also called Lower right saucer
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- turquoise
- magenta-pink
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Dense turquoise-pink tiki totem board centre dominated ladder eleven white oval inserts 10000 to 1000, four red triangular multiplier plaques 5X 4X 3X 2X, two oversized bumpers cream discs single red star rare twin motif, grinning tiki head red triangle upper right, TOTEM instruction card
A dense turquoise-and-pink tiki/totem board whose centre is dominated by a ladder of eleven white oval score inserts running 10000 down to 1000, flanked by four red triangular multiplier plaques marked 5X, 4X, 3X, 2X. Two oversized pop bumper caps in the upper centre carry matching cream discs with a single red star, a rare twin-star motif. A grinning head inside a red triangle at upper right and a second tiki face in a triangle lower right give the board two symmetrical mask targets. A white "TOTEM" instruction card and a blue "D. Gottlieb & Co." signature panel dominate the lower apron area.
Setting
- Flat turquoise and teal ground with large concentric-circle motif
- Warm brown and grey lower apron area
- Dark tunnel and upper-playfield shadows
Symbols
- Five-pointed star
- Red starburst insert
- Firework bursts
- Drop-target arrow
- Arrow head
- Circle and dot
- Concentric rings
- Red star outline
Notable shapes
- Two large cream star discs in the upper centre
- Red-bordered triangle target containing a grinning head on the right
- Long vertical ladder of eleven white oval score inserts down centre-left
- Column of four red triangular multiplier plaques
- Circular saucer on the right rail
Art motifs
- Carousel of clown heads
- Feather headdress
- Hand-painted carnival palette
- Tiki idol carving
- Numerous cream star discs
Themes
- Totem
- Tiki idol
- Tribal mask
- Bonus multiplier
- Clown face
Title on it
- Totem
Text on it
- 1000 AREA BONUS
- SHOOT AGAIN
- BONUS
- 5000 BONUS LITE
- SPECIAL
- BONUS MULTIPLIER
- 5X
- 4X
- 3X
- 2X
- 20000
- 10000
- 9000
- 8000
- 7000
- 6000
- 5000
- 4000
- 3000
- 2000
- 1000
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAINST
- TOTEM
- 4 BALL 2 PLAYER
- INSTRUCTIONS
- A, B, C OR D ROLLOVER LIGHTS CONSISTENTLY INCREASE VALUE
- COMPLETING BOTH 2X AND 7X ROLLOVERS TURNS BOTH ROLLOVERS INTO 5X ROLLOVERS
- COMPLETING A-B-C-D ROLLOVERS ON ALL DROP TARGETS COMPLETES BONUS MULTIPLIER
- COMPLETING A-B-C-D ROLLOVERS AND ALL SPECIAL ROLLOVERS ALSO TURNS SPECIAL ROLLOVERS TO 2X
- POP BUMPERS AND ROLLOVER BUTTONS SCORE SPECIAL POINTS
- A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER
- ANGLER LETS PLAYER REPEAT A MISS BONUS
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE
- OF CABINET
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- A Columbia Pictures Industries Company
- 155 W. LAKE STREET, MORTON GROVE, ILLINOIS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF
- 3 REPLAYS FOR BEATING HIGH SCORE
- 1ST GAME 3 PLAYS
- 3 GAMES 5 PLAYS
- 1979 Gottlieb Tottems
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Pink tiki idol mask with bared teeth and a furrowed brow, upper right of centre |
| Other | Grinning clown-like head with wide eyes and buck teeth set inside a red-outlined triangle, upper right |
| Other | Second tiki/harlequin face with a ruffled collar inside a triangle, lower right quadrant |
| Other | Small round clown face with a red nose in a circular target above the lower right triangle |
| Other | Stylised feathered headdress and totem post forms printed along the left and centre background |
Illuminated pinball playfield on an electro-mechanical game, with two white rubber flippers at the bottom centre, a red bat-shaped "SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAINST" plaque between them and a round red "FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET" decal. The artwork is a dense, cartoon-styled totem/tiki theme on a turquoise and teal ground with a large concentric-circle motif behind the upper-centre. Two big round pop bumper caps near the top carry cream discs with a red five-pointed star each, set in pale yellow bezels. Between and below them run a row of red post rubbers, a blue plastic ramp structure with a "1000 AREA BONUS" label at the top of the arc, and a cluster of orange starburst inserts down the right. A small pink tiki idol face, a grinning clown-like head set inside a triangle, and a second tiki face lower down are scattered as targets. A long descending ladder of white oval inserts is printed down the centre-left, numbered 10000 down to 1000, beside a column of red triangular plaques reading 5X, 4X, 3X and 2X, with a yellow "BONUS MULTIPLIER" wedge. White plastic slingshots, a red ball-launcher saucer on the right, and a blue lower-left apron plate fill the sides. A white instruction card headed TOTEM sits on the lower left; a blue "D. Gottlieb & Co." signature with an address line and a small blue semicircle logo is printed lower right, above a white replay-settings card. A vertical pink-red neon tube reflection runs down the left of the glass.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- magenta
- orange
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: Towering carved totem poles topped with black raven-head totem and spread wings, bare-chested man with red feather headdress and yellow paddle, stacked tribal masks with bulging eyes, tall tiki idol, canoe scene, TOTEM title in red jagged letters, hot magenta-purple and orange jungle-totem theme, Gottlieb's
The single most memorable element is the towering stack of brightly carved totem poles rising behind the central figure, topped with a black raven-head totem with outstretched wings. A huge red jagged-lettered TOTEM logo arcs across the top over a glowing yellow full-moon disc, with a cream cursive maker word tucked above its left arm. Four blue seven-segment score windows are arranged in a rectangle, two up top and two below, framed by black-and-white zigzag patterned borders and orange discs numbered 1 to 4. A white licence-plate-shaped signature plaque reading D. Gottlieb & Co. sits at bottom centre next to a small red arrow sign and a red-and-blue 80 88 display.
Setting
- Glowing yellow full-moon disc behind the title
- Dense black tribal-patterned backdrop
- River or lagoon with green water and white spray at the lower right
- Brown rocky/timber shoreline at lower left
Symbols
- Carved totem poles
- Tribal masks
- Feather headdresses
- Feathers
- Full moon
- Paddle
- Canoe
- Birds
- Zigzag geometric border
- Arrow sign
- Licence-plate-shaped plaque
- Seven-segment digit displays
Lettering
- Main title in huge jagged red block capitals with heavy black drop shadow and a cream-to-yellow inner glow, arcing across the top; a cream/yellow cursive script maker word above it; score numbers in blue seven-segment digits inside blue window boxes; game over in purple/magenta block letters at upper right; red arrow sign with white lettering
Themes
- Totem poles
- Tiki
- Tribal mask
- River
- Canoe
- Voyage
- Jungle
Title on it
- Totem
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- TOTEM
- GAME OVER
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 888 510
- 470 890
- 888 340
- 456 560
- 80 88
- NUMBER TO MATCH
- HIT 67
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- MODEL 6A
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central bare-chested muscular man with black beard and moustache, red feather headdress with a long yellow-and-black striped sash trailing to the right, yellow loincloth, white wrist cuffs, standing in profile facing left and holding a long yellow paddle |
| Other | Stacked carved totem poles behind the man: a lower square-jawed grinning pole and a tall upper pole with a black raven or bird head and spread wings |
| Other | Tall thin tiki idol to the right of the poles, arms raised, wearing a feather headdress, carved from pale wood |
| Creature | Green and blue masked faces with round white eyes and grimacing mouths stacked down the left edge, and a red-and-blue mask with orange lips at lower right |
| Man | Small seated figure at lower left, orange-skinned with a black beard and yellow clothing, arms raised, near the water |
| Woman | Bared-breasted woman at bottom left in profile with long black hair and a gold necklace, one hand raised near her face |
| Woman | Brown-haired woman figure lying or seated at bottom centre-left, head tilted back, near a blue-green canoe prow |
| Vehicle | Yellow canoe or boat at right carrying a figure, riding through swirling green water and white spray |
A printed backglass with a hot magenta-purple and orange jungle-totem theme, packed with four score windows and four numbered player panels. Across the top a cream cursive word sits at upper left above a huge jagged block-capital title in red with black shadow reading TOTEM, arcing over a full-moon-like yellow disc. At the centre a bare-chested muscular man with a black beard, a red feather headdress with a trailing yellow-and-black striped sash, a yellow loincloth and white wrist cuffs stands facing left, gripping a long yellow canoe paddle whose blade dips into greenish water at lower left. Behind him rise two stacked carved totem poles and, right of centre, a tall tiki idol wearing a feather headdress. Masked green, blue and red faces with bulging eyes cluster down the left edge and lower right. At right a figure in a yellow boat rides swirling green-white water and white spray. Bottom centre holds a small red-and-blue two-digit display reading 80 88, a red arrow sign, and a white plate-shaped label reading D. Gottlieb & Co. with MODEL 6A at the right end.