1955 · Gottlieb
Tournament
Flat white central field, pale blue ribbon banner across the top, tall tapering rainbow side stripes in red, orange and yellow, pale blue ground behind the green and red diamond lozenge and wooden cabinet trim visible around all four edges.
- Year
- 1955
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- white
- light blue
Fingerprint: Gottlieb's 2-PLAYER, TOURNAMENT title on pale blue ribbon banner with golf-flag graphic between halves, vertical rainbow stripes flanking both edges topped with white DeLUXE shields and gold crown trophies, competition slogans in white center field, diamond lozenge containing upward arrow, yellow TWO PLAYER band below, bright mid-century flat cartoon style
The most memorable element is the pair of ornate, colour-coded player score windows at the bottom - a maroon-red '1st PLAYER' frame on the left and a green '2nd PLAYER' frame on the right, each with three white number wheels and a numbered ball circle above - divided by an orange heart-shaped ball-in-play lamp. Second, the title is split across a pale blue ribbon banner, with the script word 'Gottlieb's' and '2-PLAYER' on the left and the tall word 'TOURNAMENT' on the right, separated by a golf-club-and-flag graphic. Third, two tapering rainbow stripes of red, orange and yellow run the full height of both side edges, each carrying a white 'DeLUXE' shield in black gothic lettering above a small gold crown trophy. Fourth, the whole thing reads as a golf tournament poster, with slogans 'It's more Fun to Compete! A GAME OF SKILL' and '1 or 2 CAN PLAY at the same time' set into the white centre field.
Setting
- Flat white central field
- Pale blue ribbon banner across the top
- Tall tapering rainbow side stripes in red, orange and yellow
- Pale blue ground behind the green and red diamond lozenge
- Wooden cabinet trim visible around all four edges
Symbols
- Upward-pointing white arrow inside a green lozenge with red and yellow border
- Green diamond lozenge
- Two gold crown trophies
- White gothic shield placards
- Orange heart-shaped ball-in-play lamp
- Three number wheels in each player window
- Yellow circular ball-number discs marked 1 and 2
- Rainbow arch stripes
Lettering
- Mixed hand-lettered display type: tall condensed white capitals with red drop shadow for 'tournament', white block capitals with red keyline for '2-player', yellow cursive script for 'gottlieb's', red cursive for the slogan, narrow black gothic/blackletter capitals for the two 'deluxe' shields, and widely spaced sans-serif capitals in red and blue on the yellow 'two player' band
Themes
- Golf tournament
- Two player competition
- Skill game
- Electromechanical
- Score windows
Title on it
- 2-player tournament
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- 2-PLAYER
- TOURNAMENT
- It's more Fun to Compete!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- 1 or 2
- CAN PLAY
- at the same time
- DeLUXE
- TWO PLAYER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- 0 0 0
- 1 PLAYERS 2
- Gottlieb
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A small gold crown sitting on a trophy cup, positioned on each side stripe directly below a white gothic-lettered shield placard |
| Other | A stylised yellow-and-blue golf club with flag graphic set into the top banner between the two halves of the title |
A trans-lit style backglass for a two-player tournament game, framed by orange-brown wooden cabinet trim at the edges. A pale blue ribbon banner curves across the top carrying the title: a yellow cursive script word 'Gottlieb's' at upper left, '2-PLAYER' in large white block capitals with red outline below it, and 'TOURNAMENT' in tall white capitals with a red drop shadow to the right, with a stylised yellow-and-blue golf club/flag graphic between the two halves of the title. The central field is white and is framed by two tall, tapering rainbow stripes (red, orange, yellow) that run vertically up the left and right sides. Down each side stripe hangs a white shield-shaped placard lettered 'DeLUXE' in narrow black gothic capitals, and beneath each placard sits a small gold crown on a trophy cup. In the white centre field, two rounded rectangles carry slogans: at left, red cursive 'It's more Fun to Compete!' over black 'A GAME OF SKILL'; at right, '1 or 2 CAN PLAY' with a green numeral 2, over cursive 'at the same time'. Between them sits a green-and-red diamond lozenge containing a white arrow pointing up onto a yellow panel. Below is a long yellow lozenge band lettered 'TWO PLAYER' in spaced red and blue capitals, and under that a small blue lozenge reading 'BALL IN PLAY'. The lower third has two ornate score windows: a red/maroon ornate frame on the left labelled '1st PLAYER' with a yellow circle containing a '1' above three white number wheels, and a green ornate frame on the right labelled '2nd PLAYER' with a '2' above its own three white number wheels. Between the two windows sits an orange heart-shaped ball-in-play lamp flanked by a red '1' and a green '2' over a small yellow plate. A red script 'Gottlieb' logo signature sits at bottom centre. Art style is flat, hand-painted mid-century cartoon graphic art with heavy black keylines and bright primaries.