Abra Ca Dabra

Abra Ca Dabra was designed by Ed Krynski for Gottlieb in October 1971, with artwork by Gordon Morison, but according to available records the game was ultimately never put into production. The name was later reused for an unrelated Gottlieb release in 1975, which is the machine most collectors associate with the title today.

Because this 1971 version never reached production, little is known about its finished gameplay, art, or specific features beyond its designer and artist credits. It stands as one of several prototype or unreleased titles from Gottlieb's electromechanical era, a period when the company was still producing traditional EM machines even as the industry was beginning its move toward solid-state technology later in the decade.

Details about Abra Ca Dabra's intended theme, cabinet art, or mechanical layout have not survived in available records. Its main interest for historians lies in its status as an unproduced Gottlieb project and its curious naming overlap with the later, actually-released 1975 game of the same name.