Tic-Tac-Lotto

Tic-Tac-Lotto, model number 728, was a solid-state pinball project designed by Jon Norris for Premier Technology (trade name Gottlieb) that was never produced. Development took place around 1990-1991, with a playfield purchase order issued in December 1990 and the project cancelled shortly after a final product review in January 1991 — part of a wave of Gottlieb "street level" games phased out in favor of full-featured, ramp-equipped machines.

According to Norris, the game centered on a TV-game-show theme called "Tic Tac Lotto," built around a single-level playfield with a large center window and a ball-pop mechanism at the bottom of the cabinet, inspired by Chicago Coin's 1964 "Criss Cross Pop-Up." As on that earlier game, players aimed to form patterns — tic-tac-toes, a diamond, or four corners — with rubber balls that popped up when specific playfield shots were made.

The project team included artist David Moore, sound design by Craig Beierwaltes, and software by Allen Edwall, with programming underway before cancellation. Either a completed backglass painting or a preliminary drawing was produced before the game was killed, but no other artwork is known to have been created.