Africa Queen

Africa Queen is an electro-mechanical pinball machine from Europlay of Italy, adapted from D. Gottlieb & Company's 1977 games 'Jungle Princess' and 'Jungle Queen.' Its exact release year isn't documented, but the four-flipper layout — a rare treat on EM machines — carries over from its Gottlieb source material.

The game features three pop bumpers, two kick-out holes, two standup targets, and two banks of five drop targets each, along with an end-of-ball bonus and no slingshots. It includes the distinctive 'Biri-Biri' sound effect and 7-digit score reels capable of displaying a maximum of 10,999,990 points. Operators could configure the game as either a fixed five-ball novelty play or an add-a-ball game, with earned extra balls indicated by lighting five flowers in the backglass's lower right corner.

With its Fantasy theme and Jungle Princess/Jungle Queen lineage, Africa Queen represents Europlay's practice of adapting established Gottlieb designs for the Italian and European market, though specific design and art credits for this version aren't documented.