The Story and Games of Gottlieb: From Pinball to Q*bert

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The name of Gottlieb was synonymous with Pinball for decades, but they had to start making arcade games in the early 80’s as that market took a downturn. Their time in video games was short, but they made the smash hit Q*bert alongside some other intriguing games before the North American crash set in.

LIST OF SOURCES:

The Golden Age Arcade Historian: http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/
The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
The Forgotten Gottliebs: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Web%20Archives/ionpool.net%20(Dec-31-2020)/arcade/gottlieb/history.html
Unreleased Gottlieb Games: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Web%20Archives/ionpool.net%20(Dec-31-2020)/arcade/gottlieb/unreleased_games.html
Pinside: https://pinside.com/
Genealogy of Q*bert: https://www.jeffreyplee.com/history-of-qbert/
Us vs. Them and the Laserdisc Debacle: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/video-us-vs-them-and-the-laserdisc-debacle
Creating Q*bert: A Conversation With Warren Davis: https://www.fullecirclemagazine.com/2011/11/creating-qbert-conversation-with-warren.html
The Creation of Q*bert: https://www.coinop.org/features/qbstory
Arcade Italia: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/
Play Meter Magazines @ The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/playmetermagazine

0:00 Introduction
1:18 1927-1975: Gottlieb’s Glorious Pinball History; Harry Mabs, Wayne Neyes, Ed Krynski
5:31 Arcade Decades
5:58 1975-1980: Solid State Pinball Blindsides Gottlieb, Columbia steps in
13:50 1980-1982: Gottlieb’s First Games: Reactor, Caveman, Unreleased Titles
23:31 1982: Gottlieb Scores Big with Q*bert
31:59 1983: Coca-Cola Buys In, Gottlieb Changes name to Mylstar, M.A.C.H. 3, Krull, Mad Planets
43:37 1984: Us vs. Them, the North American Crash Spells the End for Mylstar
55:35 1984-1996: Premier Technology Saves Gottlieb, a One-off Return with Exterminator

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