1976–1978 · Gottlieb & Electromatic Brasil & Europlay
Volley
Known for Color lanes, Drop target banks, Colored bumpers and Side lanes. Dusk sky above a brick wall, leafy trees at both top corners, crowd terrace behind the wall, green grass badminton court with white lines, net and posts and wooden umpire ladder.
- Years
- 1976–1978
- Maker
- Gottlieb & Electromatic Brasil & Europlay
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Lane
Color lanes
- Target
Drop target banks
- Bumper
Colored bumpers
- Lane
Side lanes
3 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Blonde, red sleeveless dress, white shoes, leaping to the right with right fist raised and a racket in her left hand, long hair streaming left
- man Red-haired, orange shirt, pale blue shorts, lunging left mid-court with a racket
- man Red cap, standing on a tall wooden ladder at right, holding a light
- man Grey shirt and red shorts, standing right of the ladder holding a megaphone
- other Crowd of about fifteen spectators in varied coloured shirts and hats leaning over the brick wall, under a red-and-black striped parasol and a yellow parasol
Setting
- Dusk sky above a brick wall
- Leafy trees at both top corners
- Crowd terrace behind the wall
- Green grass badminton court with white lines
- Net and posts
- Wooden umpire ladder
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- VOLLEY
- BALL
- in PLAY
- GAME
- OVER
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Michele "Mike" Martinelli
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- Color lanes also called Top lanes also called Color top lanes
- Drop target banks also called Target banks
- Side lanes also called Middle side lanes
- Special lane also called Special
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- teal
- magenta
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Hopper, large blonde woman in magenta top and yellow shorts balancing silver covered serving tray striding across teal spiral disc, big clear-yellow moulded plastic ramp cover glowing orange flanked by two white compass-rose pop-bumper caps, four angled side lanes with 500 or 5000 WHEN LIT ovals, mid-century sport theme
The most memorable feature is a large blonde woman in a magenta top and yellow shorts striding across a teal spiral disc while balancing a silver covered serving tray on one hand. Second, the upper playfield is buried under a big clear-and-yellow moulded plastic ramp cover that glows orange, flanked by two white compass-rose pop-bumper caps. Third, four angled side lanes each carry an identical oval scoring caption, 500 or 5000 WHEN LIT, in red lettering. Fourth, the apron is unusually wordy for a playfield, with two full cream instruction cards and a blue double-headed arrow telling you where the flipper buttons are.
Setting
- Flat mid-century airbrushed field of teal, magenta and olive green shapes
- Large teal spiral disc like a target or whirlpool in the centre
- Tan wood-grain lower playfield with no artwork
- Arched back panel at the top with banners and small flags
Symbols
- Compass rose starbursts
- Eight-pointed starburst title plaque
- Spoked wagon wheels
- Small flags on the top arch
- White horse and rider silhouette
- Playing-card-like teal disc
- Blue double-headed arrow
- Cream instruction cards with blue borders
- Chevron stripes in red, white and blue on the apron
Notable shapes
- Wide teal spiral disc dominating mid-playfield, four angled lane walls forming a v down each side, starburst title plaque, clear moulded ramp bubble arching over the upper centre, and the chevron-striped apron skirt
Art motifs
- Large concentric spiral
- Diagonal rainbow banding
- Curved yellow arrow banners
- Oval score captions
- Symmetric four-lane layout
Themes
- Harvest
- Food service
- Mid-century sport
- Target and bullseye
Title on it
- Hopper
Text on it
- SPECIAL
- LITE
- GREEN
- HOPPER
- 500 or 5000 WHEN LIT
- 500
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
- COPYRIGHT
- VOLLEY
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 5 BALLS PER PLAY
- INSERT COIN OR PRESS CREDIT BUTTON TO RESET MACHINE.
- BLUE AND GREEN BUMPERS SCORE 5 POINTS OR 100 POINTS WHEN LIT.
- COMPETITIVE BLUE, YELLOW AND GREEN DROP TARGETS LIGHT TOP BUMPERS ALTERNATELY FOR "SPECIAL".
- SPECIAL SCORES ONE REPLAY.
- BOTTOM CONTACTS SCORE 100 POINTS.
- MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORE ONE REPLAY.
- D-184
- 6-27665-1
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN
- COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 18,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 150,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 700,000 POINTS
- A-5798
- 2534
- 2542
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One central blonde woman, short ponytail flying, smiling, wearing a magenta sleeveless top with white trim, high-waisted yellow shorts, white ankle socks and yellow shoes, holding a round silver serving tray with a domed cover raised in her left hand, arms and one leg mid-stride |
| Other | Printed figure on the upper left angled lane wall, a person in a wide-brimmed hat and dark clothing seen in profile against a yellow oval |
| Other | Printed figure on the upper right angled lane wall, a person in a wide-brimmed hat and blue clothing against a yellow oval |
| Other | Printed figure on the lower left lane wall, a person in a broad hat in profile against a yellow oval |
| Other | Printed figure on the lower right lane wall, a person in a broad hat in profile against a yellow oval |
| Animal | A small white horse-and-rider silhouette emblem printed near the centre script logo, and two black spoked-wheel motifs flanking the title plaque |
Full-length vertical view of a pinball playfield in a brushed aluminium cabinet with chrome side rails. Upper playfield: a large translucent moulded plastic cover in clear, yellow, orange and red sits over a scooped ramp, flanked by two round white pop-bumper caps printed with blue and teal compass-rose starbursts. Beneath it a yellow eight-pointed starburst plaque carries the title in chunky red letters with white and black outlines. An arched back panel at the top shows two red-on-yellow ribbon banners reading SPECIAL, small flags, and inset round targets. Four angled side lanes run down both edges, each with a printed oval reading 500 or 5000 WHEN LIT in red, and each lane wall carries a painted figure in a wide-brimmed hat. Mid-field is dominated by a large teal-green spiral disc on a pink and magenta background, over which a blonde woman in a magenta sleeveless top, yellow shorts, white socks and yellow shoes strides to the right carrying a silver serving tray with a domed cover. Lower field is bare pale wood-grain with two white rubber-tipped flippers. The white lower apron carries two blue-bordered instruction cards, a red-lettered coin note, a blue double-headed arrow, and a script company logo.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- red
- green
- cream
- blue
Fingerprint: Leaping blonde woman in red dress with badminton racket, long hair streaming horizontally across court, red-haired man in orange shirt lunging opposite way, both frozen mid-rally with white shuttlecock floating at edge, VOLLEY in huge slanted red letters with yellow outline on brick wall, spectators and man on ladder
A leaping blonde woman in a red dress dominating the foreground, right arm raised and badminton racket in her other hand, her long hair streaming horizontally across the court. Behind her a red-haired man in an orange shirt lunges the opposite way, both players frozen mid-rally with a white shuttlecock floating at the right edge. The word VOLLEY in huge slanted red letters with a yellow outline sits across a brick wall that a crowd of a dozen-plus spectators leans over. A man in a red cap stands on a tall wooden ladder at the right holding a light, next to a man with a megaphone.
Setting
- Dusk sky above a brick wall
- Leafy trees at both top corners
- Crowd terrace behind the wall
- Green grass badminton court with white lines
- Net and posts
- Wooden umpire ladder
Symbols
- Two badminton rackets
- Shuttlecock
- Striped parasol
- Yellow parasol
- Wooden ladder
- Megaphone
- Mason's brick pattern
- Parabolic net shadow across the court
Lettering
- Volley in slanted red block capitals with thick yellow outline and dark green drop shadow; gottlieb's in white cursive script above; ball in play and game over in small red condensed caps on the brick wall
Themes
- Badminton
- Racket sport
- Sports illustration
- Spectator crowd
- Outdoor terrace
- Cartoon
Title on it
- Volley
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- VOLLEY
- BALL
- in PLAY
- GAME
- OVER
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde, red sleeveless dress, white shoes, leaping to the right with right fist raised and a racket in her left hand, long hair streaming left |
| Man | Red-haired, orange shirt, pale blue shorts, lunging left mid-court with a racket |
| Man | Red cap, standing on a tall wooden ladder at right, holding a light |
| Man | Grey shirt and red shorts, standing right of the ladder holding a megaphone |
| Other | Crowd of about fifteen spectators in varied coloured shirts and hats leaning over the brick wall, under a red-and-black striped parasol and a yellow parasol |
Painted backglass in a comic-book cartoon style, framed by a cream/tan border with an inset dark green-black rectangle and a red trapezoid accent at top and bottom centre. Upper third shows a dusk-blue sky over a brick wall terrace, with leafy trees at both top corners, a red-and-black striped parasol on the left, a yellow parasol near centre, and a long row of roughly fifteen small spectators in coloured shirts leaning on the wall. The centre is dominated by the word VOLLEY in slanted red block capitals with a thick yellow outline and dark green drop shadow, set over the brick wall; small white script reading Gottlieb's sits above it, and red block text BALL in PLAY is painted at the left end of the wall while GAME OVER appears in red on the right. Lower half shows a green grass badminton court with white boundary lines, a taut net on posts, and a white shuttlecock in flight at right. Foreground figures: a red-haired man in an orange shirt and pale blue shorts lunging left with a racket, and a blonde woman in a red sleeveless dress and white shoes leaping right, right fist raised, racket in her left hand, long hair streaming. At right a man in a red cap stands on a tall wooden ladder holding a lantern-like light, with another man in a grey shirt and red shorts beside him holding a megaphone. A small painted signature plate sits at bottom left.
Backglass Volèe
- green
- red
- cream
- purple
Fingerprint: Giant italic red-and-green VOLEE logo slanted across centre with yellow-green striped ball suspended above it, blonde woman in red top and shorts lunging across green court in extreme foreground racket extended with long ponytail streaming horizontally, crowd of tiny cartoon spectators in bright shirts leaning over top of purple-grey wall, man in orange shirt perching on tall wooden umpire chair at right
A giant italic red-and-green VOLEE logo slanted across the centre, with a yellow-green striped ball suspended above it. A blonde woman in a red top and shorts lunges across a green court in the extreme foreground, racket extended, her long ponytail streaming horizontally. A crowd of tiny cartoon spectators in bright shirts leans over the top of a purple-grey wall, with a red-and-yellow parachute carrying more figures at the upper left. A man in an orange shirt perches on a tall wooden umpire chair at the right.
Setting
- Outdoor sports court
- Perimeter wall
- Blue sky
- Tree
- Spectator crowd
Symbols
- Tennis racket
- Black paddle
- Yellow-green striped ball
- Umpire chair
- Parachute
- Mechanical score reels
- White circles along the top
Lettering
- Large italic red sans-serif capitals with green inner shading and white keyline, slanted upward
Themes
- Tennis
- Sport
- Outdoor games
- Competition
Title on it
- Volee
Text on it
- VOLEE
- BALL IN PLAY
- EUROPLAY
- 0,3 3 3,0 0 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Foreground, blonde ponytail, red sleeveless top and red shorts, white socks, pale blue trainers, lunging right with a tennis racket |
| Man | Mid-left, orange shirt and white shorts, running left holding a black paddle |
| Man | Right, orange shirt and white shorts, seated high on a tall wooden umpire chair |
| Man | Far right, pale blue shirt and dark trousers, standing upright beside the post |
| Other | Row of small cartoon spectators in bright shirts leaning over the top of the wall |
| Other | Tiny figures hanging beneath a red-and-yellow parachute canopy at upper left |
A printed backglass with a white cabinet border and a large rounded-rectangle colour panel. A black-bordered cream score window at the top reads 0,3 3 3,0 0 0 in black sliding digits, flanked by small white circles. Below, a huge italic logo in red capitals with green inner shadow and white keyline reads VOLEE, angled upward, with a yellow-green striped ball hovering above. The scene is an outdoor sports ground: green court with white lines, purple-grey perimeter wall, a leafy tree at upper right, pale blue sky. In the foreground a blonde woman in a red sleeveless top and red shorts, white socks and pale blue trainers lunges right with a racket, ponytail streaming. Behind her a man in an orange shirt and white shorts runs left with a black paddle; at right another man in orange sits on a tall wooden umpire chair, and a man in a pale blue shirt stands beside the post. Tiny cartoon spectators in bright shirts lean over the wall, and a red-and-yellow parachute carries more figures at upper left. Bottom-left print reads BALL IN PLAY.