Back Pro-Football

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (3 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Spinning Targets used IPDB Vari-Targets ×2 used IPDB Standup Targets ×4 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×2 used IPDB Flippers ×4 used
theme
IPDB Football IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Football used
credit
IPDB Gordon Morison — Art IPDB Ed Krynski — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Krynski — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Gordon Morison — Art used

Sources agree (9 fields)

display_type
score-reels OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
2 OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1973 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
G41E2-ME00b OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Pro-Football OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
4500 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
1865 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (11 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/7448e8ba-2d20-4fc2-b979-7e45856bd231-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/7448e8ba-2d20-4fc2-b979-7e45856bd231-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/7448e8ba-2d20-4fc2-b979-7e45856bd231-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":864,"height":792},"small":{"width":250,"height":229},"medium":{"width":640,"height":587}},"title":null,"primary":true}] used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Gottlieb used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/1865f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1865/image-17.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 336 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The 2-player version is Gottlieb's 1977 'Gridiron' but with different artwork. John Osborne explains that he did not design Pro-Football but did design Gridiron:The single-player Pro Football was just going into production when I started at Gottlieb. Pro Football was the only game that ever injured me. The story: Since the game was in early production, there was one or two set up in the showroom at Gottlieb. Sometimes after lunch we'd go play these games. What I hated about Pro Football was that the ball could go out the side rollover while the motor was still running because of other scoring. The outlane rollover was very important --- it completed the football "run" across the playfield and gave a touchdown score. I am not much of a game pusher or tilter, but I got so frustrated from losing the outlane rollover score that I actually kicked the game. Being an amateur at this, all I did was cause an enormous bruise on my shin. At the same time I vowed that I would never design a feature like that, such a cheat for the player. Of all games for Wayne to ask me to remake! This was my chance to fix this unjust feature. I made no change in the playfield but rather added a delay relay so that the rollover was "remembered" until the motor finished. I didn't tell Wayne I was doing it because I was afraid he might veto it on the grounds of adding expense. When he saw the result he was glad I had done it.We previously showed a date for this game of February 1973. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Vari-targets (2), Spinning target (1). Ball enters playfield from between the flippers when right flipper button is pressed. Extra pair of score reels on backglass tally the Point Score. Maximum displayed High Score is 99,990 points. Maximum displayed Point Score is 99 points. Sound: 3 chimes, bell, knocker. used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 7.6 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog gridiron-pro-football used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog pro-football used