Zombie Pinball – The Gottlieb System 3 Era
Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: e all been from the early solid-state era. The late 70s and early 80s was when the industry went through some of its largest shifts, we call that 'disruption' nowadays. The exit of electro-mechanical pinball and the entrance of solid-state was a watershed moment in the hobby. Some companies excelled in the new market, and some fell almost immediately. Gottlieb, well… they became zombies, just refusing to die and walking on and on and on… hanging in there… Somehow… This month, we're going to review the final years of Gottlieb in the System 3 era. Sources: Dennis Kriesel's Street Level Pinball Machines Article from Pinball News. Here Eclectic Gamers Podcast #47. Here Internet Pinball Database. Here Jon Norris IPDB. Here Pinside at pinside.com Gottlieb Developments. Here Wikipedia: Gottlieb. Here Interview with Jon Norris. Here. Here. Jon Norris Article. Here Pinball News. Smoked Out. Norris Leaves Stern. Here This Week in Pinball. Around the Playfield with Jon Norris. Here Norris Pinball Website. Here TOPCast Pinball Show: #10 John Trudeau. Here, #55 Jon Norris. Here Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 (1934-1936). Bueschel, Richard M. Silverball Amusements. Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here
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Episode Summary:
e all been from the early solid-state era. The late 70s and early 80s was when the industry went through some of its largest shifts, we call that 'disruption' nowadays. The exit of electro-mechanical pinball and the entrance of solid-state was a watershed moment in the hobby.
Some companies excelled in the new market, and some fell almost immediately. Gottlieb, well… they became zombies, just refusing to die and walking on and on and on… hanging in there… Somehow…
This month, we're going to review the final years of Gottlieb in the System 3 era.
Sources:
Dennis Kriesel's Street Level Pinball Machines Article from Pinball News. Here
Eclectic Gamers Podcast #47. Here
Internet Pinball Database. Here
Jon Norris IPDB. Here
Pinside at pinside.com
Gottlieb Developments. Here
Wikipedia: Gottlieb. Here
Interview with Jon Norris. Here. Here.
Jon Norris Article. Here
Pinball News. Smoked Out. Norris Leaves Stern. Here
This Week in Pinball. Around the Playfield with Jon Norris. Here
Norris Pinball Website. Here
TOPCast Pinball Show: #10 John Trudeau. Here, #55 Jon Norris. Here
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 (1934-1936). Bueschel, Richard M. Silverball Amusements.
Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here