300 (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | Gottlieb |
|---|---|
| Release date | August 1975 |
| System | Electro-mechanical |
| Design | Ed Krynski |
| Artwork | Gordon Morison |
| Production run | 7,925 (approx.) |
"300" (the exact machine name includes the quotation marks) is a pinball machine designed by Ed Krynski and produced by Gottlieb with a bowling theme. The title is a reference to a perfect game in the sport, in which a bowler scores 300 points. A two-player version of this four-player game was released as Top Score.
Description[edit]
Gottlieb sold this game design in the two varieties, though they are essentially exactly the same game (with slight artwork differences). The two-player version (Top Score) had a lower price than the four-player ("300"), and was targeted to game operators with a smaller budget. This game used animated backbox red (bowling) balls for the bonus unit. Two kickout holes, two pop bumpers, one spinner, one slingshots, and two 3-inch flippers. It has the same right side lane scoring as Gottlieb Sheriff pinball (1971), and similar left side score as Gottlieb Super Soccer. Only a couple Gottlieb pinball games made during the 1970s used a backbox animation. The game has the same mechanical backbox animation as Super Soccer pinball. They made 7925 Gottlieb "300" pinball machines, and 3200 Gottlieb Top Score pinball machines.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gottlieb 300 pinball, Gottlieb Top Score pinball machine - collector buying". Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
External links[edit]
- Internet Pinball Database entry for "300"
- Internet Pinball Database entry for Top Score
- Webpage of the Institute of Control Engineering of the Helmut-Schmidt-University
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