Troubadour

The Troubadour, designed by Ed Krynski and manufactured by Gottlieb in October 1967, is a two-flipper, single-player add-a-ball game with a wedge-shaped cabinet head, one of Gottlieb's standard cabinet styles at the time. It is the same base game as Gottlieb's 1967 'Harmony,' with art changes made for the Italian export market.

The game's theme, "Happiness - Singing," is reflected in artist Art Stenholm's colorful artwork of singing troubadours. Players navigate the machine using two flippers, aiming for four pop bumpers, two slingshots, five standup targets, four relay kick-out holes, and a rollunder. The maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points, and 2,500 units were produced.

As an add-a-ball game made for the Italian market, Troubadour used specially designed cardholders with an outhole kick-up feature for extra balls -- a small kicker lane beside the outhole that could divert a drained ball back into play. Troubadour and Harmony were unique among Gottlieb's Italian add-a-ball titles in having two outlanes between the flippers rather than a single wide gap, requiring a distinct vertical kicker design and cardholder part.