Rack 'Em Up!

Rack, designed by John Buras with artwork by David Moore, is a solid-state electronic pinball machine manufactured by Mylstar Electronics (operating under the Gottlieb trade name) in November 1983, running on the Gottlieb System 80A platform. It's a four-player machine built around a billiards theme, one of relatively few pinball games to take on that subject rather than more common fantasy or sci-fi settings.

The playfield features two flippers, three pop bumpers, two slingshots, a spinning target, dual left inlanes, and two banks of drop targets -- one of four and one of three -- along with an upper-left kickback lane that adds an extra layer of complexity to shot combinations. With 1,762 confirmed units produced, Rack represents Mylstar's brief run producing games under the Gottlieb name.

Little additional detail is documented about the game's reception, but its billiards theme and System 80A-era design and software, both by John Buras, make it a distinctive entry in Gottlieb's early-1980s catalog.