Gottlieb & Co., aka Mylstar Electronics, aka Premier Technology (Gottlieb went through a lot of names), was a pinball, arcade, and video game manufacturer started by founder David Gottlieb in 1927. What's Pingorithm®? Why it's our proprietary super-secret pinball rating algorithm, which combines data from several major industry sources to derive a conclusive pinball rating score.īut you should totally play them all and decide which ones are your favorites! What was Gottlieb pinball? In this blog post we'll look at 21 of the best Gottlieb Pinball Machines from the modern era, presented in Pingorithm® ranking order. Plus, many of the Gottlieb games in the modern era were just chock full of cheese and camp, and we love both of those things at Kineticist.
With approachable design choices and fun themes, these vintage tables make great options for those looking to get into the hobby on a budget or add more affordable used pinball machines to their collection. While they may not get as much love as classic Bally and Williams tables, or as Stern does today, their modern, solid-state era games are highly under-appreciated and have a bit of a cult following among hardcore pinball fans.
As one of the most prolific producers of electromechanical games throughout history, Gottlieb has provided some truly great experiences for pinball lovers over the years. Gottlieb is an often overlooked name in the world of modern pinball machines, but it shouldn't be.