New York

New York, designed by Ed Krynski with artwork by Gordon Morison, was manufactured by Gottlieb in August 1976 as a special add-a-ball version of the company's four-player replay game Spirit of 76 (1975), itself based on the two-player Pioneer. It was produced to commemorate the 1976 lifting of New York City's decades-long ban on pinball, with only 300 units confirmed produced, making it a notably scarce piece of pinball history.

As an electro-mechanical machine, New York features two flippers, three pop bumpers, five star rollovers, and two 4-bank drop targets, along with a kick-out hole and dual left/right inlanes. There are no slingshots, and sound is provided simply by three chimes and a knocker, typical of Gottlieb's EM output of the era. An end-of-ball bonus rounds out the scoring.

Because the game was essentially a conversion of the replay Spirit of 76 cabinet, the half-moon credit window remains on the backglass, redecorated with stars, and the replay unit itself was left in place inside the cabinet rather than removed. This quirky bit of repurposing, combined with its low production run and its tie to a real moment in New York City history, makes New York a distinctive and historically interesting Gottlieb machine.