Gottlieb
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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, after the Coca Cola Company had acquired Columbia, Gottlieb's pinball assets were transferred to a new Coca Cola subsidiary, Mylstar Electronics. In 1984, Coca Cola sought to divest itself of Mylstar, which also made video games. A management group, led by Gilbert G. Pollock, purchased Mylstar's pinball assets in October 1984 and continued the manufacture of pinball machines under a new company, Premier Technology. Premier Technology continued in operation until the summer of 1996, when the slackening demand for pinball forced the company to cease business. Premier did not file for bankruptcy, but sold off all its assets for the benefit of its creditors.
Today, Gottlieb's pinball games (along with those distributed under the Mylstar and Premier names), as well as the trademark on the Gottlieb name are owned by a holding group, Gottlieb Development LLC
Gottlieb's most popular pinball game was Baffle Ball (Mid-1931), and their last released game was Barb Wire (Early 1996).
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[edit] Gottlieb Video Games
- Curve Ball (1984) (published under Mylstar name)
- Exterminator (1989) (published under Premier Technology name)
- Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*bert (1983) (prototype only, developed under Mylstar name)
- Knightmare (1983) (prototype only)
- Krull (1983)
- New York New York (1980) (licensed from Sigma Enterprises Inc.)
- No Man's Land (1980)
- M.A.C.H. 3 (1983) (Laser Disc game, published under Mylstar name)
- Mad Planets (1983)
- Protector (1984) (aka Videoman / Argus /Guardian) (prototype only)
- Q*bert (1982)
- Q*bert Qubes (1983) (published under Mylstar name)
- Reactor (1982)
- Screw Loose (1983) (prototype only, developed under Mylstar name)
- The Three Stooges In Brides Is Brides (1984) (published under Mylstar name)
- Tylz (1982) (prototype only, developed under Mylstar name)
- Us vs. Them (1984) (Laser Disc game, published under Mylstar name)
- Video Vince and the Game Factory (1984) (prototype only, developed under Mylstar name)
- Wiz Warz (1984) (prototype only, developed under Mylstar name)
[edit] Gottlieb Pinball Games
[edit] Electromechanical Pinball Games
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] System 80B Pinball Games
- Chicago Cubs Triple Play #969 (1985)
- Hollywood Heat (1986)
- Spring Break #706 (1987)
- Diamond Lady #711 (1988)
- Bone Busters #347 (1989)
[edit] System 3 Pinball Games
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.
