Vegas

Vegas, designed by Jon Norris and manufactured by Premier Technology (under the Gottlieb trade name), is a solid-state electronic pinball machine that embodies the spirit of Las Vegas. Released in 1990, it was part of a small, experimental line of Gottlieb 'Street level' games — simpler, single-level machines without ramps, designed to be slightly smaller and cheaper to produce. Only six such models were made, and they did not sell particularly well, making Vegas a fairly uncommon title from this period.

At its core, Vegas offers gameplay built around two flippers, three pop bumpers, a kick-out hole, and a five-bank drop target, providing focused opportunities for strategy on its single-level layout. One notable feature is the use of two 20-digit, alpha-numeric blue Futaba displays, which were advanced for the time, along with an Electronic Roto Unit that adds a mechanical dimension to gameplay.

The artwork on Vegas, credited to David Moore, Constantino Mitchell, and Jeanine Mitchell, draws on casino and gambling imagery befitting its theme. As one of the rarer 'Street level' experiments from Gottlieb's early-1990s lineup, Vegas remains an interesting example of the company's attempt to build a simpler, lower-cost pinball line.