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Sinbad (EM)
Sinbad (EM)
GOTTLIEB

Sinbad (EM)

1978
★7.7(6 reviews)
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The 2-player EM version of this game is Gottlieb's 1978 'Eye Of The Tiger'. The 4-player SS version is Gottlieb's 1978 'Sinbad'. We previously showed a date for this game of May 1978. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation. Gottlieb Domestic & Export Sales Sheets for Sinbad: 950 total Domestic Sales: 159 Export Sales: 791 The above total does not include 2 Sample games produced in 1977 per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics. Sinbad (Sindbad) the Sailor was a character in one of the folk tales of classic Arabic literature known collectively as The Thousand and One Nights (aka The Arabian Nights).

IMAGES

Image # 67081: Sinbad Under Playfield
Image # 8408: Sinbad Backglass
Image # 8409: Sinbad Playfield
Image # 8410: Sinbad Cabinet - Full View
Image # 8412: Sinbad Cabinet - Front
Image # 24694: Sinbad Backglass
Image # 24695: Sinbad Upper Playfield
Image # 24696: Sinbad Cabinet - Left
Image # 24697: Sinbad Cabinet - Right
Image # 28048: Sinbad Backglass
Image # 28049: Sinbad Upper Playfield
Image # 28050: Sinbad Lower Playfield
Image # 28051: Sinbad Illuminated Backglass
Image # 28052: Sinbad Illuminated Playfield
Image # 28053: Sinbad Illuminated Upper Playfield
Image # 28054: Sinbad Playfield - Ball View
Image # 28055: Sinbad Cabinet - Left
Image # 28479: Sinbad Backglass
Image # 38777: Sinbad Cabinet - Front View
Image # 67082: Sinbad Under Middle Playfield
Image # 67083: Sinbad Split Drop Target Bank 
(The long drop target chassis has been configured to split the reset function between two reset coils.)
Image # 71770: Sinbad Illuminated Backglass
Image # 71771: Sinbad Illuminated Front View
Image # 71772: Sinbad Illuminated Full View

Images via IPDB.org

Pinside ID2202
Manufactured ByD. Gottlieb & Co.
DateMay 1978
TypeEM
IPDB ID4673
Players4

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general
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Drop target banks increase bonus X. Completed banks adv X only if previous are also down. Ex. can't collect 4X until 3X and 2X are also down
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3
Bonus (max 15K) will be collected once all drops are down, at which point they will reset and you start the whole process over
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2
Spinner and star rollovers advance bonus, completing banks lights a top lane for an award. the purple banks lights extra ball lane

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Getting the 3-bank of targets down lights the 2nd rollover for an extra ball, if enabled. Extremely valuable.