Miami Beach

Miami Beach, produced by D. Gottlieb & Company in 1941, is a single-player electro-mechanical (EM) machine, designed by Harry Mabs with art by Roy Parker. It comes from an era before flippers existed in pinball — flippers would not be introduced until 1947 — so gameplay relies on the mechanical and electromechanical scoring elements typical of the early 1940s, such as bumpers and targets, rather than player-controlled flippers.

As an early Gottlieb title from designer Harry Mabs, Miami Beach reflects the state of pinball design in the pre-flipper era, when games relied on skillful nudging and shot placement into scoring features rather than direct ball control.

Beyond its manufacturer, designer, and artist, little further detail about Miami Beach's specific theme or features has been documented, leaving much to speculation among collectors and pinball historians researching this period of Gottlieb's output.