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Manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Co.Like other Gottlieb games from this time, Striker has a very unusual playfield design and a relatively complicated game objective. The game acts as the defence which the player has to play his lit ball around up the playfield in order to score at the top rollovers. Extra buttons next to the flipper buttons allow the player to pass the lit ball between the left and right flanks when lit. Striker doesn't have a multi-ball mode because you cannot play football with more than 1 ball! Instead, the player can win a "free-kick", which in effect is an extra ball played immediately, whilst the actual ball in play is held captive in a hole until the extra ball is lost. Cross-over flippers add to the difficulty in playing the game. In Summer 2005, game designer John Trudeau discovered the original playfield design plans for a number of his Gottlieb games, including that of Striker - a truly unique artefact. The full-size plan is in pencil on mylar (without an adhesive backing!), which offers a transparent, non-stretch surface. The plan carries John's original notes that the production shop would have followed. Thanks to John, we are able to show a photo of this remarkable drawing here. Like most football-themed pinball games, the artwork fails to achieve the impossible and capture the dynamic action of soccer. Typically though the football boots depicted in the artwork bear the 3-Stripes of adidas. Whether or not adidas were ever asked about this use of their trademark is unknown - it's highly unlikely. It's also unlikely that adidas took any action against it....if they even knew about it. That adidas at this time was THE brand name in football though is without doubt. Gottlieb issued at least 3 different sound PROMs for Striker, playing the national anthems of the USA, Germany and France respectively. |  |
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