Slick Chick (pinball)
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| Manufacturer | D. Gottlieb & Co. |
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| Release date | April 1963 |
| Design | Wayne Neyens |
| Artwork | Roy Parker |
| Production run | 4,550 |
Slick Chick is a single player wedge head pinball machine designed by Wayne Neyens and released by Gottlieb in April 1963.
Design and layout
[edit]The game designer, Wayne Neyens, conceived of the name "Party Girls" after designing a layout including nine criss-crossing bumpers. Others thought the name was too risque so Neyens looked for two other five letter words with a common middle letter; he took inspiration from a Chicago restaurant and called it Slick Chick.[1][2] The five central bumpers are pop bumpers, with the four outer ones "simple bumpers".[3] The playfield is symmetrical.[1]
The game uses a deeper cabinet than prior Gottlieb machines, and has a large chrome coin door. An "auto-clamp" feature was introduced to lock the playfield in position using a spring-loaded lever.[4] The backglass and playfield include bunny girls.[3]
Gameplay
[edit]The main objective of the game is to spell S-L-I-C-K C-H-I-C-K by hitting the bumpers in order, or by hitting various other targets around the playfield. Each time the name is completed a rollover target is lit,[5] and after all five are lit the player is awarded a replay if they lose the ball in the gobble hole in the middle of the table. A replay can also be awarded if four rollovers at the sides of the table are completed in order.[3]
Reception
[edit]In Bueschel's Encyclopedia of Pinball it was ranked the 77th best pinball machine by a group of pinball historians, regarding it as "one of the finest skill games ever made".[6]
Digital version
[edit]Slick Chick is one of seven Gottlieb tables recreated and released in Microsoft Pinball Arcade in 1998.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Neyens, Wayne; Joosten, Jonathan (2018). "Slick Chick". Pinball Magazine. No. 5. pp. 192–194. ISBN 978-90-816266-6-8.
- ↑ Shalhoub, Michael (2002). The pinball compendium, 1930s-1960s. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7643-1527-5.
- 1 2 3 Crow, Phil (Spring 2008). "Pinball Forgotten Classics - Slick Chick". Pinball Wizard. pp. 18–20.
- ↑ Rossignoli, Marco; McGuiness, Graham (2004). Pinball snapshots: Air Aces to Xenon. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-7643-2109-2.
- ↑ Young, Steve (July 1979). "Scoring concepts". Coin Slot. No. 53. pp. 20–21.
- ↑ Bueschel, Richard M. (November 1996). Encyclopedia Of Pinball - Whiffle to Rocket 1930-1933 - Volume 1. Silverball Amusements. p. 247. ISBN 1-889933-01-5.
- ↑ Atkin, Denny (March 1999). "Reviews - Give No Quarter(s)". Computer Gaming World. No. 176. p. 164.
External links
[edit]- Slick Chick at the Internet Pinball Database
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