D. Gottlieb's 1974 'Big Indian'Big Indian/ D. Gottlieb & Co., February 1974, 4 players.Model number: 356 Production run: 8030 Theme: Western, Indian Features: 2 pop bumpers, 1 vari- target, 3 star rollovers, 2 bullseye targets, 5 drop targets. Design: Ed Krynsky Art: Gordon Morison Notes: Designed as 'Big Chief' or 'Big Injun', the name was changed before production. A two player version was released as 'Big Brave'. (Information from The Internet Pinball Database)
If you'd like to see a picture of the rare 'Big Injun',
A side view of the machine and a pic of me. 
A ball's eye view of the playfield from the outhole. 
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Big Indian Playfield
Comments on the playing action: The best way to rack up points is the vari- target and the star rollovers and drop targets. The vari- target if hit all the way back will give you 5,000 points and 5 bonus advances, which are collected at the end of the ball. The star rollovers are worth 100 points and 1 bonus advance when lit. The drop targets are worth 500 points plus 1 bonus advance and if all five targets are knocked down you get 5,000 bonus points. The special is a replay credit. To get the special, you have to roll through the B, I ang G lanes. That lights up the special light in front of the 5 drop down targets, which have to all be knocked down to get the special. A little difficult to do because the game resets after each ball. You have 1 chance to get the I: at the top rollthrough lane. There are two ways to get the B and G: At the top left and side left and the top right and side right repectively. My all- time high score is 140,190 on 10/13/02, before it went back to my Dad's.. |
Big Indian Backbox
Comments on the features: The backbox is nicely laid out and when lit, illuminates the Indian nicely. This machine is in fairly high demand among Gottlieb 70's collectors. I can see why- the artwork and play of this machine are great! |
Big Indian Flyer
Gottlieb produced advertising flyers for most or all of their machines I believe from the 1950's on. Here is a scan of the flyer for "Big Indian". The original flyer measures 8 1/2 x 11in.
I wish to acknowledge people who helped me in various ways with this machine:
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