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

Twitter:   / kimxxxjustice   Patreon:   / kimblejustice   Twitch:   / kim_justice   Wrestling channel:    / @thewrestlingroad   Back ARCADE DECADES - 80's Edition Here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... 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... The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The Forgotten Gottliebs: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Web%20Arc... Unreleased Gottlieb Games: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Web%20Arc... Pinside: https://pinside.com/ Genealogy of Q*bert: https://www.jeffreyplee.com/history-o... Us vs. Them and the Laserdisc Debacle: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/busines... Creating Q*bert: A Conversation With Warren Davis: https://www.fullecirclemagazine.com/2... 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/playmeter... 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 #retrogaming #80sgames #arcadegames #arcade #retro #kimjustice