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Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an arcade game corporation, which was established by David Gottlieb in the 1930s and first produced pinball games, but also produced various other games including pitch-and-bats, bowling games, and eventually video arcade games as well.

Like other manufacturers, Gottlieb first made mechanical pinball games, then electromechanical starting in 1935, and solid state tables starting in the late 1970s.

Gottlieb was bought by Columbia Pictures in 1977. In 1983, a management coup turned them into Mylstar Electronics. Another coup in 1984 turned them into Premier Technology, which went bankrupt in 1996.

Today, Gottlieb's pinball games (along with those distributed under the Mylstar and Premier names), as well as the trademark on the Gottlieb name is owned by a holding group, Gottlieb Development L.L.C.

Gottlieb's most popular pinball game was Baffle Ball (Mid-1931), and their last released game was Barb Wire (Early 1996).

Gottlieb Video Games

• No Man's Land (1980)
• New York! New York!
• Reactor
• Q*bert
• Q*bert Qubes (published under Mylstar name)
• Krull
• Mad Planets
• Exterminator

Gottlieb Pinball Games

Electromechanical Pinball Games

• Baffle Ball (1931)
• Bank-A-Ball (1950)
• Happy Clown (1964)
• Spirit of 76 (1975)
• Fast Draw (1975)

Gottlieb System 1 Pinball Games

• Cleopatra #409
• Sinbad #412
• Joker Poker #417
• Dragon #419
• Solar Ride #421
• Count Down #422
• Charlie's Angles #425
• Pinball Pool #427
• Totem #429
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind #430
• Incredible Hulk
• Genie
• Buck Rodgers
• Torch
• Roller Disco
• Asteroid Annie

System 80 Pinball Games

• Panthera #652
• The Amazing Spider-Man #653 (1980)
• Circuis #654
• Counterforce #655
• Star Race #657
• James Bond #658
• Time Line #659
• Force II #661
• Pink Panther #664
• Mars God of War #666
• Volcano #667
• Black Hole #668 (1981)
• Haunted House #669 (1982)
• Devil's Dare #670
• Rocky #672
• Spirit #673
• Striker #675
• Q*Bert's Quest #677
• Super Orbit #680
• Arena #709 (1987)

System 80B Pinball Games

• Chicago Cubs Triple Play #969 (1985)
• Spring Break #706 (1987)
• Diamond Lady #711 (1988)
• Bone Busters #347 (1989)

System 3 Pinball Games

• Vegas (1990)
• Super Mario Bros. #733 (1992)
• Stargate (1995)

Gottlieb was last to introduce a solid-state system, and last to cease manufacture of electromechanical games. The first version of Gottlieb's solid state pinball hardware was called System 1, and had many design flaws. Likely it was rushed to compete with the new solid-state games from other manufacturers, particularly Bally. An entirely new platform was produced in 1980, System 80, which was refined in System 80A and System 80B. The final revision was System 3, first made in 1988.

External links

• Internet Pinball Database
• Stork's Nest Pins: A guide about Gottlieb's System 80 pinballs
• The Mondial Group: current rights owners of the Gottlieb/Premier pinballs

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