Cleopatra

Cleopatra, designed by Ed Krynski with art by Gordon Morison, was released by Gottlieb in December 1977. It's a classic example of the late-era electromechanical (EM) pinball machine, built on a Historical/Egyptian theme just as Gottlieb's own solid-state 4-player 'Cleopatra' (released the same year) and the 2-player EM 'Pyramid' (1978) shared its design lineage.

Cleopatra's gameplay features two flippers, three pop bumpers, two slingshots, three standup targets, two kick-out holes, two star rollovers, and a 5-bank drop target, all feeding into an end-of-ball bonus. The maximum displayed score is 199,990 points per player, and the replay wheel tops out at 15. Notably, Cleopatra may be Gottlieb's first EM game to supply DC power to the playfield coils -- its manual lists a VK-448 bridge rectifier as a new addition, a detail of some significance to EM pinball collectors and restorers, though it's not confirmed that no earlier Gottlieb EM game used factory-installed rectifiers.

With 1,600 units produced (349 domestic, 1,251 for export), Cleopatra had a substantial production run for its era. Its ancient-Egypt theme and artwork reflect the broader wave of historical and exotic theming common in 1970s EM pinball, though no confirmed link to any specific film adaptation of the Cleopatra story has been documented.