Super Bowl

Super Bowl, designed by Ed Krynski with art by Art Stenholm, was manufactured by Gottlieb in December 1969 as an export-only title for the Italian market. Very few units were produced, and its playfield design is identical to Gottlieb's own 'Mibs,' released the same year.

The machine features two flippers, four pop bumpers, two slingshots, and three standup targets, along with a backbox animation that adds bowling balls as play progresses, tying into its bowling theme. Notably, Super Bowl was the last Gottlieb game to feature an automatic ball shooter, marking the end of that mechanical feature in the company's lineup.

Because so few were built, surviving examples of Super Bowl are exceptionally scarce; it's listed in Gottlieb's 1970 parts catalog without a production date, and a complete example - likely one of the sample units shipped to Italy - has been pictured in GameRoom magazine. That rarity makes Super Bowl one of the more obscure and sought-after machines in Gottlieb's catalog.