Hawaiian Beauty

Hawaiian Beauty, manufactured by Gottlieb in May 1954, is a classic single-player electro-mechanical game from the company's celebrated 1950s catalog. It was designed by Wayne Neyens with artwork by Roy Parker — the legendary duo behind many of Gottlieb's finest games of the decade — and 900 units were confirmed produced.

The layout is distinctive: two flippers with three pop bumpers placed between them, plus two gobble holes that swallow the ball for big points at the cost of ending its run. That risk-reward tension around the gobble holes, combined with the unusual bumper placement, gives the game a mix of speed and strategy characteristic of Neyens's designs.

The theme evokes mid-20th-century American travel culture and the allure of a tropical island paradise, rendered in Roy Parker's charming style. The game also enjoys an unusual footnote in pop-culture history: it is featured in 11 photos in the booklet included with the London Symphony Orchestra's all-star recording of "TOMMY", whose packaging even includes a (slightly modified) diagram of the playfield.