Rocky

Rocky, designed by John Trudeau with art by David Moore, was released by D. Gottlieb & Company in September 1982 as a widebody, 4-player, solid-state game tied to the Rocky III film. It boasts five flippers, unusual for the era, along with four pop bumpers, four slingshots, a 5-bank drop target, two 3-bank drop targets, a ball kicker, a kick-out hole, a spinning target, and a standup target. 1,504 units were produced.

One of Rocky's most distinctive elements is the ball kicker lane below the flippers, which propels the ball back into play. The game is also famous for its connection to the film itself: it appears in a scene in Rocky III where Paulie throws a bottle through its backglass. However, the machine seen in the film actually used a special prop backglass (only three were ever made) rather than the production glass, since the real game hadn't been finalized when filming with the license began. Designer John Trudeau has said the production backglass design came together at the last minute, after an earlier in-house whitewood tied to the film didn't play well enough to reach production. Sylvester Stallone had final approval over the backglass artwork, and artist Dave Moore reportedly repainted the boxer's face twice before it was approved - Moore also painted himself and Trudeau into the crowd artwork.