Description

Jacks Open

Come check out this Jacks Open pinball with a gambling theme made by the pinball company Gottlieb at Vintage Arcade Superstore today!

The following is from the International Pinball Database:

Description

Manufacturer:	D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture:	January, 1977
Model Number:	395
Type:	Electro-mechanical (EM)
Production:	3,088 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:	View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme:	Cards/Gambling
Design by:	Ed Krynski
Art by:	Gordon Morison

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), 9-bank drop targets (1) with trip arm. No slingshots. Open-elbow inlanes allow ball to pass from inlane to outlane and vice-versa. Wedge head.
Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points.
The playfield shows a progression ladder of “Shoot For” inserts. This notifying the player which of the nine drop targets to hit to advance the ladder.
In 5-ball play, the play opens with the “2 Jacks” lit on the progression ladder. Achieving each step on the ladder when lit resets all drop targets for the next step. However, when Royal Flush is lit, hitting the five red A-K-Q-J-10 drop targets for this not only resets all targets but a drop target trip coil mounted on the drop target chassis operates a trip arm having four trip arm wireforms to immediately drop the four black Q-J-K-Q targets, leaving only the five red A-K-Q-J-10 targets to complete for an All Targets Down Special.
In 3-ball play, the two Jack drop targets are spotted by the game and thus play begins with shooting for the three Queen drop targets. After scoring the Full House when lit and the bank resets, the drop target trip coil immediately drops the four black Q-J-K-Q targets, leaving only the five red A-K-Q-J-10 targets to complete for the All Targets Down Special.
Scoring the Special resets all nine drop targets and again trips the four black ones to leave only the five red ones up, to score another Special with them, and this pattern will repeat until the end of the game.

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