Great piece of history there. I checked on wiki's pinball page and it says "During World War II all of the major manufacturing companies in coin-operated games were put into use manufacturing equipment for the American war effort. Some companies like Williams bought old games from operators and refurbished them, adding new artwork with a patriotic theme." So that's probably why the other game was underneath. Thanks for putting the video up.
Funny you should say that!! We just saw Play the Joker on Ebay yesterday and was shocked to recognize it as the underside of our game. We are looking into why Gottlieb would have used a Play the Jokers playfield when it was not a Gottlieb game. Play the Joker was made by Sterling Manufacturing in the same year as Five Star Final. Weird.
shooting curve is awesome!
WhiskasIII 1 year ago
Love the videos!
newfagscanttrif0rce 1 year ago
How would the design be copied? Wasn't it copyrighted or something?
justincasekazoo 2 years ago
Apparently David Gottlieb did not take out a patent on this game.
animecrash2 2 years ago
Great piece of history there. I checked on wiki's pinball page and it says "During World War II all of the major manufacturing companies in coin-operated games were put into use manufacturing equipment for the American war effort. Some companies like Williams bought old games from operators and refurbished them, adding new artwork with a patriotic theme." So that's probably why the other game was underneath. Thanks for putting the video up.
MrHitchcockFan 2 years ago
it must be from play the joker
lukethegreat29 2 years ago
Funny you should say that!! We just saw Play the Joker on Ebay yesterday and was shocked to recognize it as the underside of our game. We are looking into why Gottlieb would have used a Play the Jokers playfield when it was not a Gottlieb game. Play the Joker was made by Sterling Manufacturing in the same year as Five Star Final. Weird.
animecrash2 2 years ago
Interesting. Did you get the one that was just on ebay?
animecrash2 3 years ago
you mean the one that went off for $91.00? yup its fun and really hard.
holopin 3 years ago
I just got a home version of this game and there is nothing on the other side.
holopin 3 years ago
five star final was manufactured by gottlieb, and the only other game that they made that sounds cardish/vegas like is
chuck-o-luck but there is no pictures on the internet so I'm not sure
holopin 3 years ago
Yes, we were suspicious of chuck-o-luck too but like you said, there are no pics.
animecrash2 3 years ago
Love these videos. Keep 'em coming!
robtran 3 years ago