1975 Gottlieb EL DORADO pinball machine

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1975 Gottlieb EL DORADO pinball machine

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Here's a 1975 Gottlieb El Dorado pinball machine in action.
This machine is a drop target lovers dream. Tons of targets to shoot for and dropping them all spots a roving target for special. Easy to understand. Challenging to achieve.
El Dorado has some excellent flow. The two upper flippers are placed at angles that look awkward, but they're actually incredibly functional and fun to shoot with.
The initial plunge to the playfield is unique and pure genius.
Good artwork. Great gameplay. Gottlieb at their finest.
El Dorado was designed by Ed Krynski with artwork by Gordon Morison. It's two player brother is Solar City and the four player version is Target Alpha. All are classics and remain very popular examples of 70's pinball.
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@ernestneven27 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite machine of all time, used to leave games on the board because the store was closing and I had to go home, those were the days

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 2 ай бұрын

I used to love playing that pinball machine as a kid! So many targets to knock down.

@StevenCalwas 4 жыл бұрын

I missed a lot of my college classes because of this game. I think I made the right choice.

@bricksalthouse 4 жыл бұрын

This guy’s pin videos are always good. Right angle, skilled play and no effing music or people yelling. Thanks.

@londonpinball 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks, man. I've always been annoyed at people who talk and talk about what they did to the game and how they fixed this and cleaned that and all that nonsense before they just PLAY the game.

@xpump876 Жыл бұрын

Ditto to that comment- I also get annoyed when they turn off the lights to demo game play

@tjrox 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve had my El Dorado since 1990. Love it. Also have a Captain Fantastic

@brianfergus839 Жыл бұрын

Wow - two of my favorites! When can I come over? : )

@Mike-pj1kv 4 жыл бұрын

I used to play this at a bowling alley in 1975 when I was a kid after my paper route.

@davidsuperdavelarson6174 3 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite. I remember when it came out, love to have one today.

@brianfergus839 Жыл бұрын

It’s a great one 👍

@WorksOnMyComputer 3 жыл бұрын

That looks like a really fun pinball to play. Very cool design and theme to it.

@silverrails4661 4 жыл бұрын

I played this machine a couple years back at the Milwaukee Expo. They had it set-up on "killer" mode though. The drop targets would reset for each ball! So in order to get the special you had to knock down all the targets, twice, on one ball! I tried about 20 times...was within one target of pulling it off in one of those games! Aaaarrrrgh!

@the-original-ghost Жыл бұрын

I used to spend countless winter days waiting my turn to play this very game.Ohh I am a kid again for just a moment.Thank you

@CIAVE 2 жыл бұрын

El Dorado! Probably my favorite EM of all time. First played it in 1977. Never owned the EM version, but did own the SS version "El Dorado City of Gold" in the 1990's.

@alpal1966 2 жыл бұрын

Played this in the late 70's was my favorite

@wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193 5 жыл бұрын

I love these old em machines man. The bells and clicks make me wish i had the money to buy one

@jayducharme Жыл бұрын

Still one of the greatest tables ever made. That one looks brand new!

@joegibson6041 5 ай бұрын

One of the best play EM target games along with Jacks Open. Color scheme is beautiful too.

@ThisGuyFrritz 7 жыл бұрын

I've played it once when I was a little kid. I didn't get all the targets down. My second time was in the '80s. That time I got all targets down. It was one of my highlights in playing pinball.

@brianfergus839 Жыл бұрын

How do you remember that?!?!?

@ThisGuyFrritz Жыл бұрын

@@brianfergus839 From experience.

@xabitxuto 5 жыл бұрын

i can't take the smile off my face!

@crazedoutlook 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic flipper work! I grew up with this game in my basement, no lie. My grandfather was in the business of servicing pinball machines and jukeboxes. For my all-time high score, I maxed out the score and flipped it back to 12,000. The machine began malfunctioning and not registering all the points at some point after that. Fortunately my brother-in-law put the machine in his basement and restored it.

@BAKU2K2 7 жыл бұрын

There was also an add-a-ball version called "Gold Strike", two international versions named "Lucky Strike" and "Canada Dry", and a solid state version called "El Dorado & The City of Gold".

@londonpinball 7 жыл бұрын

Let's also not forget about Solar City and Target Alpha.

@eyerlymonster883 4 жыл бұрын

In between the bells and the EM flipper buzz, there are the little noises we all unconsciously, reactively make when playing a table -- the ahhs, the uhhs, the ermphs, and the tsks (and the occaisional expletives). Superb.

@xpump876 6 жыл бұрын

a pinball classic

@jelupiccard 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite pinballs

@johnbaumgartner 4 жыл бұрын

Great score

@willjones6495 4 жыл бұрын

Can remember similar pinball machines in the Cliffs hotel in Blackpool in the mid 1970s. Great times.

@brianfergus839 Жыл бұрын

One of the best ‘70s machines!

@gynandroidhead 2 жыл бұрын

Great machine, great production quality. Subscribed

@Playsinvain 3 жыл бұрын

Came here for the " Shiiiii". Was not disappointed.

@cpi23 8 жыл бұрын

I like that you have it at a decent angle

@roryvonbrutt7302 4 жыл бұрын

Nice restoration

@davee2928 3 жыл бұрын

I used to play this one back in the 70s at the skating rink

@andrewlee88 7 жыл бұрын

wholly.you are the save-master

@OldZephyr 3 жыл бұрын

Nice game! Good video.

@Riz2336 8 жыл бұрын

For an EM it looks pretty fun, especially if your into shooting drop targets a lot.

@ocsrc 3 жыл бұрын

That's a nice game

@Chris-wq3pe 5 жыл бұрын

makes you work hard this machine. great save at 3:22 :)

@dahur 4 ай бұрын

On my Target Alpha the targets reset after each ball. I'm surprised this one doesn't do that. They're set up nearly identical.

@londonpinball 4 ай бұрын

The single player version of the game doesn't reset the targets between balls. It's what gives El Dorado a leg up over the multi-player versions. You have the whole game to try to complete the targets and get the special.

@dahur 4 ай бұрын

@@londonpinball Cool.

@XxBishop78 5 жыл бұрын

Nice game,id like to find one,i have a couple em's but no gottliebs yet

@davideisemann7130 5 жыл бұрын

A desirable game it's just hard to find one at a fair price

@joegibson6041 5 ай бұрын

That top right target is a bear.

@marksoupiset2517 8 жыл бұрын

Switches that control the lights on most of the drop targets appear to need cleaning or adjustment, or else you've got a bunch of bulbs out. Otherwise nice game!

@londonpinball 8 жыл бұрын

There are only two switches that move the light for the drop targets. One is the stand-up target and the other is the rollover switch in the middle of the playfield. They are working properly, as you can see at :15 and :45. Thanks for your comment.

@SuburbanDon 8 жыл бұрын

cool. this is really an asymmetrical game isn't it.

@roryvonbrutt7302 4 жыл бұрын

What was the special score for this game

@tjrox 4 жыл бұрын

Drop all the targets top and bottom. Cool thing is that once you do, the top target that is lit give a reply. So if you are good you can hit the lit, move the spot to the next target, hit and get another replay. So you can get lots of replays once in special.

@roryvonbrutt7302 4 жыл бұрын

tjrox .....Wow great response, I see it ....move spot so cool